Song Name: | Ten Cents A Dance (For Walt) | By: | Ruth Etting |
Posted By: | TIN_MAN | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | Eb | Genre: | General |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2009-01-23 01:01:06 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | TEN CENTS A DANCE RUTH ETTING
KEY Eb 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 I work at the Pal-ace Ball-room 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 But, gee that pal-ace is cheap 5 4 5 4 5 4 6 6 5 4 When I get back to my chil-ly hall room 5 6 6 5 5 4 4 I�m much too tir-ed to sleep 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 I�m one of those la-dy teach-ers 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 6 A beau-ti-ful host-ess you know 5 6 6 -5b 5 -4 -4 One that the pal-ace fea-tures 4 -4 5 5 5 5 5 6 At ex-act-ly a dime a throw. REFRAIN 4 4 4 4 -4 5 -4 5 -4 Ten cents a dance, that's what they pay me 4 -4 4 -4 4 4 Gosh, how they weigh me down 4 4 4 4 -4 5 -4 5 -4 Ten cents a dance, pan-sies and rough guys 4 -4 4 -4 4 5 Tough guys who tear my gown 5 4 4 4 -4 5 -5b 4 Sev-en to mid-night I hear drums 5 4 4 4 -4 5 -5b Loud-ly the sax-o-phone blows -5b -4 -4 -4 5 -5b 6 5 Trum-pets are tear-ing my ear-drums 6 6 6 -5b 5 -4 Cus-to-mers crush my toes 4 4 4 4 -4 5 -4 5 -4 Some-times I think I've found my he-ro 4 -4 4 -4 4 5 But it's a queer ro-mance 6 5 5 5 -5b 6 -6b -5b All that you need is a tick-et 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 4 Come on, big boy, ten cents a dance PATTER 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 Fight-ers and sail-ors and bow-leg-ged tail-ors 4 5 4 5 6 6 6 5 4 Can pay for their tick-ets and rent me 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 Butch-ers and bar-bers and rats from the har-bors 4 5 4 5 -5b -6b -6b 5 4 Are sweet-hearts my good luck has sent me 6 6 6 -5b 5 -5 6 5 6 5 Though I�ve a cho-rus of el-der-ly beaux -6b -6b -6b 6 -5b 6 -6b -5b -6b -5b Stock-ings are po-rous with holes at the toes 6 -6 6 -6 -6 6 I�m here till clos-ing time 6 -6 6 -6 -6 -6 -4 -4 -4 6 Dance and be mer-ry it�s on-ly a dime 4 4 4 4 -4 5 -4 5 -4 Some-times I think I�ve found my he-ro 4 -4 4 -4 4 5 But it�s a queer ro-mance 6 5 5 5 -5b 6 -6b -6b All that you need is a tick-et 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 Come on big boy ten cents a dance ENJOY!!! |