Verse
[Cm] [Ab] [Fm6] [Cm]
Times have changed
[Cm/Eb] [Db]
And we've often rewound the clock
[G]
Since the Puritans got a shock
[G/B]
When they landed on Plymouth Rock
[C7] [C#dim] [C7]
If today
[Fm]
Any shock they should try to stem
[G] [Cm]
'Stead of landing on Plymouth Rock
[G/D] [Cadd2/D] [D7] [G]
Plymouth Rock would land on them
Verse
[C]
In olden days, a glimpse of stocking
[Am]
Was looked on as something shocking
[F6]
But now, God knows
[Fm6] [C] [F/C] [C] [Gaug]
Anything goes
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
[Am]
Now only use four-letter words
[F6]
Writing prose
[Fm6] [C] [F/C] [C]
Anything goes
Verse
[B7] [E]
If driving fast cars you like
[B7]
If low bars you like
[E7]
If old hymns you like
[B7]
If bare limbs you like
[Em]
If Mae West you like
[Em/D]
Or me undressed you like
[C#dim] [Cdim] [C#dim] [G7]
Why, nobody will oppose
[C]
When ev'ry night the set that's smart is
[Am]
Intruding at nudist parties
[F6]
In studios
[Fm6] [C] [F/C] [G7]
Anything goes
Verse
[C]
When Missus Ned McLean (God bless her)
[Am]
Can get Russian reds to "yes" her
[F6]
Then I suppose
[Fm6] [C]
Anything goes
When Rockefeller still can hoard en-
[Am]
-ough money to let Max Gordon
[F6]
Produce his shows
[Fm6] [C] [F/C] [C]
Anything goes
Verse
[B7] [E]
The world has gone mad today
[B7]
And good's bad today
[E7]
And black's white today
[B]
And day's night today
[Em]
And that gent today
[Em/D]
You gave a cent today
[C#dim] [Cdim] [C#dim] [G7]
Once had several chateaus
[C]
When folks who still can ride in jitneys
[Am]
Find out Vanderbilts and Whitneys
[F6]
Lack baby clothes
[Fm6] [C]
Anything goes
Verse
[C]
When Sam Goldwyn can with great conviction
[Am]
Instruct Anna Sten in diction
[F6]
Then 'Nana' shows
[Fm6] [C]
Anything goes
When you hear that Lady Mendl standing up
[Am]
Now turns a handspring landing up-
[F6]
On her toes
[Fm6] [C]
Anything goes
Verse
[B7] [E]
Just think of those shocks you've got
[B7]
And those knocks you've got
[E7]
And those blues you've got
[B]
From those news you've got
[Em]
And those pains you've got
[Em/D]
(If any brains you've got)
[C#dim] [Cdim] [C#dim] [G7]
From those little radios
[C]
So Missus R., with all her trimmings
[Am]
Can broadcast abed from Simmons
[F6]
Cause Franklin knows
[Fm6]
Anything goes
