Cab Calloway - Minnie The Moocher

INTRO

Em Am Em
Folks, here's the story 'bout Minnie the Moocher, INTRO
C7 B7 Em |-7---7-----------7--|
She was a low-down hoochie-cootcher, |-8-8---8-10-8-10----|
Em Am Em |-9------------------|
She was the roughest, toughest frail, |-9------------------|
C7 B7 Em |-7------------------|
But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale. |--------------------|

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CHORUS |-8-8---8-10-8---|-8-8---8-10-8-10---|-8-----8---12-12-8-8-|
Em |-9------------9-|-9-----------------|-9-----9---9-----9---|
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! |-9--------------|-9-----------------|-8-----8---8-----8---|
Em |-7--------------|-7-----------------|-10----10--10----10--|
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! |----------------|-------------------|-8-----8---8-----8---|
Em
He-de-he-de-he-de-he!
Em |-7-------7-------|
Ay-ee-ay-ee-ay-ee-aye! |-10-8-7--8-------|
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Em Am Em |-7-------9-------|
She messed around with a bloke named Smoky, |-9-------7-------|
C7 B7 Em |-7---------------|
She loved him though he was cokie,
Em Am Em haydee haydee haydee hoo
He took her down to Chinatown, |-0-0--2---3--3---2--2---0---|
C7 B7 Em |-0--------------------------|
And he showed her how to kick the gong around. |-0--------------------------|
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CHORUS |-2--------------------------|
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Em Am Em
She had a dream about the king of Sweden, varijacija intra
C7 B7 Em |---7-----------7-7--|
He gave her things that she was needin', |---8-10-8-10-8-8-8--|
Em Am Em |-9-9-----------9-9--|
He gave her a home built of gold and steel, |-9-------------9-9--|
C7(Double time feel) B7 Em |-7-------------7-7--|
A diamond car with a platinum wheel. |-7------------------|

CHORUS + (a tempo at the end) |-8--8---------s7--7--7---|

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Em Am Em |-9--9---------s8--8--9---|
He gave her his townhouse and his racing horses, |-10-10---------7--7--9---|
C7 B7 Em |-10------------9--9--7---|
Each meal she ate was a dozen courses; |-8-------------7--7------|
Em Am Em
She had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes,
C7 B7 Em RITAM
She sat around and counted them all a million times. 1 i 2 i 3 i 4 i

OUTRO:
Em C7 C7 B7 Em7/G Em (Hold to end)
Poor Min, Poor Min, Poor Min.