Youre The Top – Cole Porter · Song Chords

Youre The Top

Cole Porter · C

Real Key

C

C

0.2x

120

BPM

1

2

3

4

Rhythm

2/4

3/4

4/4

5/4

6/8

7/8

No Accent

Downbeat

Backbeat

All Equal

1 & 3

As performed in the 2011 revival of Anything Goes (F, M, and B denote Female, Male and 'Both')

F:

[Bb] [Bdim] [Cm7] [F7]

At words poetic, I'm so pathetic

[Bb] [C#dim] [G7]

That I always have found it best,

[Gaug] [Cm] [Eb] [F7]

Instead of getting 'em off my chest,

[Bb] [Cm7] [F7]

To let 'em rest unexpressed,

[Bb] [Bdim] [Cm7] [F7]

I hate parading my serenading

[Bb] [Gm7] [A7]

As I'll probably miss a bar,

[Dm] [Gm6] [Dm] [C7]

But if this ditty is not so pretty

[F7] [Faug]

At least it'll tell you how great you are.

[Bb] [F7]

You're the top! You're the Coliseum.

[Bb] [Gm] [D7]

You're the top! You're the Louvre Museum.

[Eb] [Cm7] [F7] [Bb] [F] [Gm]

You're a melody from a symphony by Strauss

[A7] [Dm] [G9] [C7] [F7] [Faug]

You're a Bendel bonnet, a Shakespeare sonnet, you're Mickey Mouse.

[Bb] [F7]

You're the Nile, you're the Tower of Pisa,

[Bb] [Gm] [Bb7] [Bb9]

You're the smile on the Mona Lisa

[Eb] [Cm7] [F7] [Ebmaj7] [Gaug] [G7] [C7]add6

I'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop,

[Cm] [Bb/D] [Eb] [F7] [Bb] [A7]

But if, baby, I'm the bottom you're the top!

M:

[D] [Ebdim] [Em7] [A7]

Your words poetic are not pathetic.

[D] [Fdim] [B7]

On the other hand, babe, you shine,

[Baug] [Em] [G] [A7]

And I can feel after every line

[D] [Em7] [A7]

A thrill divine down my spine.

[D] [Ebdim] [Em7] [A7]

Now gifted humans like Vincent Youmans

[D] [Bm7] [C#7]

Might think that your song is bad,

[F#m] [Bm6] [F#m] [E7]

But I've got a notion, I'll second the motion

[A7] [Aaug]

And this is what I'm going to add:

[D] [A7]

You're the top! You're Mahatma Gandhi.

[D] [Bm] [F#7]

You're the top! You're Napoleon Brandy.

[G] [Em7] [A7] [D] [A] [Bm]

You're the purple light of a summer night in Spain,

[C#7] [F#m] [B9] [E7] [A7] [Aaug]

You're the National Gallery, you're Garbo's salary, you're cellophane.

[D] [A7]

You're sublime, you're turkey dinner,

[D] [Bm] [D7] [D9]

You're the time, of the Derby winner

[G] [Em7] [A7] [Gmaj7] [Baug] [B7] [E7]add6

I'm a toy balloon that’s fated soon to pop

[Em] [D/F#] [G] [A7] [D] [F7]

But if, baby, I'm the bottom you're the top!

[Bb] [F7]

F: You're the top! You're an arrow collar

[Bb] [Gm] [D7]

You're the top! You're a Coolidge dollar,

[Eb] [Cm7] [F7] [Bb] [F] [Gm]

You're the nimble tread of the feet of Fred Astaire,

[A7] [Dm] [G9] [C7] [F7] [Faug]

You're an O'Neill drama! M:You're Whistler's mama! F:You're Camembert.

[Bb] [F7]

M: You're a rose, you're Inferno's Dante,

[Bb] [Gm] [Bb7] [Bb9]

F: You're the nose on the great Durante.

[Eb] [Cm7] [F7] [Ebmaj7] [Gaug] [G7] [C7]add6

I'm just in a way, as the French would say, "de trop".

[Cm] [Bb/D] [Eb] [F7] [Bb] [Ab7]

But if, baby, I'm the bottom you're the top!

[Db] [Ab7]

M: You're the top! You're a dance in Bali.

[Db] [Bbm] [F7]

You're the top! You're a hot tamale.

[Gb] [Ebm7] [Ab7] [Db] [Ab] [Bbm]

You're an angel, you, simply too, too, too diveen,

[C7] [Fm] [Bb9] [Eb7] [Ab7] [Abaug]

You're a Boticcelli, you're Keats! F:You're Shelly! M:You're Ovaltine!

[Db] [Ab7]

F: You're a boon, you're the dam at Boulder,

[Db] [Bbm] [Db7] [Db9]

M: You're the moon, over Mae West's shoulder,

[Gb] [Ebm7] [Ab7] [Gbmaj7] [Bbaug] [Bb7] [Eb7]add6

I'm the nomi-nee of the G. O. P. F:Or GOP!

[Ebm7] [Edim]

M: But if, baby, I'm the bottom

[Db/F] [Bb7]

F: But if, baby, I'm the bottom

[Ebm7] [Db/F] [Gb] [Db/F]

B: But if, baby, I'm the bottom,

[Ebm7] [Db/F] [Gb] [Gdim] [Ab7] [Db]

You're the top!

Reprise:

[C] [G7]

[C] [G7]

M: You're the top! You're my Swanee river!

[C] [Am] [E7]

F: You're the top! You're a goose's liver!

[F] [Dm7] [G7] [C] [G] [Am]

M: You're the baby grande of a Lady, and a Gent.

[B7] [Em] [A9] [D7] [G7] [Gaug]

F:You're a dress from Saxes, you're next years taxes! M:You're Pepsi-dent!

[C] [G7]

F: You're a prize, you're a night at Coney!

[C] [Am] [C7] [C9]

M: You're the eyes of Irene Bordoni.

[F] [Dm7] [G7] [Fmaj7] [Aaug] [A7] [D7]add6

F: I'm a frightened frog, that can find no log to hop!

[Dm] [C/E] [F] [G7] [C] [Ab7]

B:But if, baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top!

[Db] [Ab7]

F: You're the top! You're a Waldorf salad.

[Db] [Bbm] [F7]

M: You're the top! You're a Berlin ballad.

[Gb] [Ebm7] [Ab7] [Db] [Ab] [Bbm]

F: You're the boats that glide on the sleepy Zuider Zee,

[C7] [Fm] [Bb9] [Eb7] [Ab7] [Abaug]

You're an old Dutch master! M:You're Lady Astor! F:You're broccoli!

[Db] [Ab7]

M: You're romance, you're the steppes of Russia,

[Db] [Bbm] [Db7] [Db9]

F: You're the pants on a Roxy usher,

[Gb] [Ebm7] [Ab7] [Gbmaj7] [Bbaug] [Bb7] [Eb7]add6

I'm a broken doll, M:A fol-de-rol, B:a blop!

[Ebm7] [Edim]

F: But if, baby, I'm the bottom

[Db/F] [Bb7]

M: But if, baby, I'm the bottom

[Ebm7] [Db/F] [Gb] [Db/F]

B: But if, baby, I'm the bottom,

[Ebm7] [Db/F] [Gb] [Gdim] [Ab7] [Db]

You're the top!

Chords Used (67)

Guitar

Ukulele

Bb

1 / 4

Bdim

1 / 4

Cm7

8fr

1 / 5

F7

1 / 4

C#dim

1 / 4

G7

1 / 4

Gaug

1 / 4

Cm

1 / 4

Eb

1 / 4

Gm7

1 / 5

A7

1 / 4

Dm

1 / 4

Gm6

1 / 4

C7

1 / 4

Faug

1 / 4

Gm

1 / 4

D7

1 / 4

F

1 / 5

G9

1 / 4

Bb7

1 / 4

Bb9

1 / 4

Ebmaj7

N/A

Bb/D

1 / 4

D

1 / 4

Ebdim

N/A

Em7

1 / 7

Fdim

1 / 4

B7

1 / 4

Baug

1 / 4

Em

1 / 4

G

1 / 5

Bm7

7fr

1 / 5

C#7

1 / 4

F#m

1 / 4

Bm6

1 / 4

E7

1 / 4

Aaug

1 / 4

Bm

1 / 4

F#7

1 / 4

A

1 / 4

B9

1 / 4

D9

4fr

1 / 4

Gmaj7

1 / 4

D/F#

1 / 4

Ab7

1 / 4

Db

1 / 4

Bbm

N/A

Gb

1 / 4

Ebm7

N/A

Ab

1 / 4

Fm

1 / 4

Eb7

1 / 4

Abaug

N/A

Db7

1 / 4

Db9

1 / 4

Gbmaj7

N/A

Bbaug

N/A

Edim

1 / 4

Db/F

1 / 4

Gdim

1 / 4

C

1 / 4

Am

1 / 4

Dm7

10fr

1 / 5

A9

2fr

1 / 4

C9

1 / 5

Fmaj7

1 / 4

C/E

1 / 4

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