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Intro
[G]
What's playing at the Roxy?
[Gdim] [Gmaj7]
I'll tell you what's playing at the Roxy.
[G]
It's a picture about a Minnesota man so in love with a Mississippi girl
[G] [C7]
that he sacrifices everything and moves all the way to Biloxi.
[Ab9] [G]
That's what's playing at the Roxy.
[Fmaj7]
What's in the daily news?
[Fmaj7]
I'll tell what's in the daily news.
[Fmaj7]
Story about a guy who bought his wife a small ruby
[Fmaj7] [Bm7]
with what otherwise would have been his union dues.
[A] [E]
That's what's in the daily news.
[Bmaj7]
What's happening all over?
[Bmaj7]
I'll tell you what's happening all over.
[Bmaj7]
Guys sitting home by a television set who used to be
[Bmaj7] [G7]
something of a rover.
[G7]
That's what's happening all over.
Bridge
[Cmaj7] [Am]
Love is the thing that has licked 'em?
[Cmaj7] [B] [Fmaj7]
And it looks like I am just another victim.
[Fmaj7] [Gb] [F9] [A7]
Verse
[Dmaj7] [Gm] [D]
When you see a guy reach for stars in the sky,
[D] [Gmaj7] [A] [D6] [Caug] [Baug]
You can bet that he's doing it for some doll
[Em] [G] [Db7] [Gbmaj7]
When you spot a John waiting out in the rain,
[C] [B7] [G6] [Gbdim] [Baug] [Gb7] [A7]
Chances are he's insane, as only a John can be for a Jane.
Verse
[A7] [G] [Dm6] [G] [Bm7]
When you meet a gent paying all kinds of rent
[D6] [G6] [A7] [Dmaj7] [G6] [A9] [Dmaj7] [Dbaug] [Am] [G6]
For a flat that could flatten the Taj Mahal,
[Em7] [Db7] [Gbm7] [B7]
Call it sad, call it funny, but it's better than even money,
[G6] [Dmaj7] [A]
That's the guy's only doing it for some doll.
Verse
[G6] [Dmaj7] [Em7] [Dmaj7]
When you see a Joe saving half of his dough,
[Dmaj7] [G6] [Gbm7] [D6] [Dbaug] [Caug] [Baug]
You can bet they'll be minting it for some doll,
[G6] [Db7] [Gb] [Gm7b5] [B7]
When a bum buys wine like a bum can't afford,
[E7] [Gbm7] [Bmaj7] [A7] [G6] [Gdim]
It's a cinch that the bum is under the thumb of some little broad
Verse
[G6] [Dmaj7] [D6]
When you meet a mug lately out of the jug,
[D6] [G6] [Em7] [Dmaj7] [Dbaug] [Caug]
And he's still lifting platinum folderol
[Em7] [Db7] [Gbm7] [B7]
Call it hell, call it heaven, it's a probable twelve to seven
[G6] [Dmaj7]
That's a guy's only doing it for some doll.
Outro
[Dmaj7]
Some doll.some doll.
[G6] [F9] [Dmaj7]
The guy's only doing it for some doll.
[Gbm7b5] [B7] [Bm7] [Gm7] [D6]
[Em7] [Db7] [Gbm7] [B7]
Call it hell, call it heaven, it's a probable twelve to seven
[G6] [Dmaj7]
That's a guy's only doing it for some doll.
[Dmaj7]
Some doll.some doll.
[G6] [F9] [Dmaj7]
The guy's only doing it for some doll.
[Gbm7b5] [B7] [Bm7] [Gm7] [D6] [D7]
