Ballad Of The Garment Trade Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]If [Em]you d[D]on[Em]'t[D]
want to get [Em]nervous[D]
Do yourself a great [Em]big [D]serv[A]ice
Stay away [Em]please [D]far [Em]from [D]sev [Em]enth
[D]aven[Em]ue
[D][Em][A][Em]

[Verse 2]
[A][Em][F#m]
You can [E]lose [F#m]your s[E]ense
[F#m]and re[E]ason
Guessing what [F#m]style [E]for [F#m]next s[E]eas[F#m]on
[E]Yes, the dress business will make a[F#m]
[E]wreck [F#m]of you
[E][F#m][E][F#m]

[Verse 3]
[E]
[G]It's a [F]battle [G]of fie[F]rce and[G] gri[F]m[G][F]
[C]That de[F]pends on the
[C]ladies' whim
What'll miss and [F]misses Amer
[Gm]ica's [F]an [Gm]swer [C]be[G][F][G][C]

[Verse 4]
Will she [G]say [C]with [G]a toss[C]ing [G]head
And [D]that [G]rare guy wouldn't drop [Dm]dead
[D]Or she'll say, "Yes,
this dress [G]is really me"

[Verse 5]
On [G]guessing what, a day will [Fm]say
A [G]sheer impossibil[Abdim]ity
[A]This poor kid's [Bb]brave,
he [A]worked [Bb]away
And [A]try to build that [Bb]in d[A]ustry
How crazy, [B]bold and reck[D]less
[Ebdim]Can human[Em] bein[G]gs be[A]

[Verse 6]
[A]Hip, hip, [D]hooray! For the garment trade
Hear the cheer to push the
music [A]hits us everyone
Day after day, they go on this way
To the cockeyed way the
job that must be [D]done

[Verse 7]
[D]Off to the fray on the brave crusade
Gallant ladies' garment [G]trade
Though in health got speed
[D]In a gesture breed,
made [Em]all answers o[A]n [D]parade

[Verse 8]
[D]What [Eb]a bus[D]in[Dm]ess,[D][E][A]
what a sack game
It's about as much your business
as a crap [E]game
Snapper, zipper, bowler, button
All we know is what the experts
[A]know from nothin'
So the last line you got pie with
Coming right up is another you could [D]die with
If you're [F]right,
the dough could [A]flow in
If you're [E]not,
you haven't got a [A]pot to sew with

[Verse 9]
[D]Off to the fray on the brave crusade
Gallant ladies' garment [G]trade
Though in health got speed
[D]In a gesture breed, made all an[Em]swers [A]on parade

[Interlude 1]
[D][Eb][Bb]
[Fm][Bb][Fm][Bb][Eb]
[Ab][Abm][Eb][Gm][Fm][Bb][Eb][Bb]

[Verse 10]
[Eb]Off to the f[Bb]ray [Eb]on the brave crusa[Bb]de
[Eb]Gall[Bb]ant ladi[Eb]es' garment
[Ab]trade[Fm]
Though in [Ab]health got speed
In a [Eb]gesture [Gm]breed,
[Eb]made [Fm]all answers on parade

[Outro 1]
[Fm][Bb][Eb]