Intro
[Fm] [Ab] [Bb] [C] [Fm] [Am] [Dm]
Verse 1
[Dm] [C]
Have you seen the well-to-do
[C]
Up on Lenox Avenue
[C] [Gm]
On that famous thoroughfare
[Gm] [Eb]
With their noses in the air
[C] [Dm]
High hats and colored collars
[C]
White spats and fifteen dollars
[Am]
Spending every dime
[Gm]
On a wonderful time
Chorus 1
[Fm]
If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
[Fm] [C]
Why don't you go where Harlem sits
[Eb] [C#]
Puttin' on the ritz
[Fm]
Spangled gowns upon a bevy of high browns
[Fm] [C]
From down the levee, all misfits
[Fm] [C#]
Puttin' on the ritz
[Dm] [Bb] [Eb]
That's where each and ev'ry Lulu Bell goes
[Ab]
Ev'ry Thursday ev'ning with her spouse-os
[C#]
Rubbing elbows
[Fm]
Come with me and we'll attend their jubilee
[Fm] [C]
And see them spend their last two bits
[C#] [Gm]
Puttin' on the ritz
Solo
[Fm] [C] [Fm] [C#] [Fm] [C] [Fm] [C#] [Ab] [C#] [Fm] [C] [C#] [Gm]
Chorus 2
[C#] [Fm]
If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
[Fm] [Dm]
Why don't you go where Harlem sits
[C] [Bb] [C]
Hmmmmmm puttin' on the ritz
[Fm]
Spangled gowns upon a bevy of high browns
[C]
From down the levee, all misfits
[C] [C#]
And how they are puttin' on the ritz
[Bb] [Eb]
That's where each and ev'ry Lulu Bell goes
[Ab] [Eb] [Ab]
Ev'ry Thursday ev'ning with her spouse-os
[C#]
Rubbing elbows
[Fm]
Come with me and we'll attend their jubilee
[C]
And see them spend their last two bits
[C] [Bb] [Dm]
Just puttin' on the ritz
