Chords:
{t: Minnie the Moocher }
{key: Em}
{artist:Cab Calloway}
Cab Calloway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mq4UT4VnbE
Intro: [Em] [B7] [Em]
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[Em] Folks, here's the story 'bout Minnie the Moocher
[C7] She was a red-hot [B7] hoochie- [Em] cootcher
[Em] She was the roughest, toughest frail
But [C7] Minnie had a heart as [B7] big as a [Em] whale
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[Em] Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!)
[C7] Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!)
[B7] He-de-he-de-he-de-he! (He-de-he-de-he-de-he!)
[Em] Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de- [B7] ho! [Em] (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!)
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[Em] She messed around with a bloke named Smokey
[C7] She loved him though [B7] he was [Em] cokie
[Em] He took her down to Chinatown
[C7] And he showed her how to kick the [B7] gong [Em] around
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[Em] Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!)
[C7] Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!)
[B7] He-de-he-de-he-de-he! (He-de-he-de-he-de-he!)
[Em] Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de- [B7] ho! [Em] (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!)
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[Em] She had a dream about the king of Sweden
[C7] He gave her things that [B7] she was [Em] needin'
[Em] He gave her a home built of gold and steel
(Double speed) [C7] A diamond car with the [B7] platinum [Em] wheels
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[Em] Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi!
[Em] (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi!)
[C7] Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!
[C7] (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-hi!)
[B7] Scoodley-boo, scoodley-boo, scoodley-boodley-boodley-boo!
[B7] (Scoodley-boo, scoodley-boo, scoodley-boodley-boodley-boo)
[Em] Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de- [B7] ho!
[Em] (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de- [B7] ho!)
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(Normal speed) [Em] He gave her his townhouse and his racing horses
[C7] Each meal she ate was a [B7] dozen [Em] courses
[Em] She had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes
(Double speed) She [C7] sat around and counted them all a [B7] million [Em] times
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[Em] Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi!
[Em] (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi!)
[C7] Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!
[C7] (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-hi!)
[B7] Scoodley-boo, scoodley-boo, scoodley-boodley-boodley-boo!
[B7] (Scoodley-boo, scoodley-boo, scoodley-boodley-boodley-boo)
[Em] Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de- [B7] ho!
[Em] (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de- [B7] ho!)
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[Em] Poor [C7] Min
[C7] Poor [B7] Min
[B7] Poor [Em] Min
