Intro
[C] [Am] [Dm] [G]
Verse 1
[C] [Am] [Dm] [G]
I work at the Palace Ballroom
[C] [Am] [Dm] [G]
But, gee that Palace is cheap
[C] [Am] [Em] [Am]
When I get back to my chilly hall room
[Em] [G] [C]
I'm much too tired to sleep
Verse 2
[C] [Am] [Dm] [G]
I'm one of those lady teachers
[C] [Am] [Em]
A beautiful hostess, you know
[A] [D]
The kind the Palace features
[C] [Am] [G]
At exactly a dime a throw
Chorus
[C]
Ten cents a dance
[Dm] [G]
That's what they pay me
[C] [Dm] [G]
Gosh, how they weigh me down
[C]
Ten cents a dance
[Dm] [G]
Pansies and rough guys
[C] [Bm] [E]
Tough guys who tear my gown
[Em] [A] [Dm]
Seven to midnight I hear drums
[Em] [A] [Dm]
Loudly the saxophone blows
[Fm] [Em]
Trumpets are breaking my eardrums
[A] [D] [G]
Customers crush my toes
[C]
Sometime I think
[Dm] [G]
I've found my hero
[C] [Dm] [E]
But it's a queer romance
[A] [Dm]
All that you need is a ticket
[E] [G] [C]
Come on, big boy, ten cents a dance
Bridge
[Am] [E] [C]
Fighters and sailors and bowlegged tailors
[C]
Can pay for their ticket and rent me
[Am] [E] [Am]
Butchers and barbers and rats from the harbors
[C] [G] [C]
Are sweethearts my good luck has sent me
[Em]
Though I've a chorus of elderly beaus
[Fm]
Stockings are porous with holes at the toes
[Em] [Am]
I'm there till closing time
[G]
Dance and be merry, it's only a dime
Chorus
[C]
Ten cents a dance
[Dm] [G]
That's what they pay me
[C] [Dm] [G]
Gosh, how they weigh me down
[C]
Ten cents a dance
[Dm] [G]
Pansies and rough guys
[C] [Bm] [E]
Tough guys who tear my gown
[Em] [A] [Dm]
Seven to midnight I hear drums
[Em] [A] [Dm]
Loudly the saxophone blows
[Fm] [Em]
Trumpets are breaking my eardrums
[A] [D] [G]
Customers crush my toes
[C]
Sometime I think
[Dm] [G]
I've found my hero
[C] [Dm] [E]
But it's a queer romance
[A] [Dm]
All that you need is a ticket
[E] [G] [C]
Come on, big boy, ten cents a dance
