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Puttin' On The Ritz

Words and Music by Irving Berlin - 1929

Verse:
F            Abdim	Gm7           C7	F            Abdim	Gm7           C7
Ab           Bdim	Eb7	Ab           Bdim	Eb7
C            C#dim	Dm7           G7	C            C#dim	Dm7           G7
Am	D7	G7	C7
Chorus:
Fm	-	-	-                 C7
-	-	Fm	Db7            C7
Fm	-	-	-                 C7
-	-	Fm	Db              F7
Bbm	-                   F#7    F7	Bbm	Eb7
Ab             Fm7	Bbm             Eb7	Ab	Db7            C7
Fm	-	-	-                 C7
-	-	Fm	-   (Db7  C7 repeat chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

Have you seen the well-to-do,  Up and down Park Avenue,
On that famous thoroughfare,  With their noses in the air?
High hats and arrow collars,  White spats and lots of dollars,
Spending ev'ry dime,  For a wonderful time.

 

Chorus:

If you're blue and you don't know where to go to,  Why don't you go where fashion sits,

Puttin' On The Ritz.
Diff'rent types who wear a day coat,  Pants with stripes and cutaway coat,  Perfect fits,
Puttin' On The Ritz.
Strolling up the avenue so happy.
All dressed up just like an English chappie,  Very snappy.
Come lets mix where Rockafellers,  Walk with sticks or umberellas,  In their mitts,

Puttin' On The Ritz.

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Performer Links:

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Listen to Buck Kelly perform "Puttin' On The Ritz" on the plectrum banjo (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com