Strip Polka Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][F][G][F][G][D]
[Em][D]

[Verse 1]
(Johnny Mercer) [G]There's a
burlesque theatre
where the [C]gang loves to [Am]go
To [D]see Queenie the cutie of
the [G]burlesque show
And the thrill of the evening is
when [C]out Queenie [Am]skips
And [D]the band plays the polka
while [G]she strips[Em][D]

[Verse 2]
"Take [G]it off," "Take [Em]it off"
Cries a [Am]voice from the rear
"Take it [D]off," Take it off"
Soon it's all [G]you can hear
[D]But she's [G]al ways a [Em]lady
even [Am]in pantomime
[D]So she stops! And always
just in [G]time[D]

[Verse 3]
She's as [G]fresh and as wholesome
[C]as the flowers in [Am]May
And she [D]hopes to retire to
the [G]farm [D]someday[G]
But you can't buy a farm un
[C]til you're up in the chips
[Am]So the band [D]plays the polka
while [G]she strips[Em]
[D]"Take it off,"

[Verse 4]
[G]"Take it off[Em]" all
[Am]the customers shout,
"Down in [D]front" "Down in front"
while the band [F#]beats [Em]it out
[G]But she's always a [Em]lady
even [Am]in pantomime
[D]So she stops! And always just in [G]time

[Verse 5]
[D]Queenie, Queen of them [Am]all
[G]Queenie, [C]someday you'll [G]fall
Someday [C]church bells will [Am]chime
[D]In [Ebdim]strip pol[Adim]ka time[D]

[Interlude 1]
[G][C][D][G]
[Em][G][Am]
[D][G]

[Verse 6]
Oh! She [Gm]hates corny waltzes and she hates
[Am]the gavott[Adim]e[Am]
[Adim]And there's one [D]big advantage
if the music's [G]hot
It's [Gm]a fast moving exit just
[Adim]in case something rips
So the [D]band plays the polka
while [G]she strips

[Verse 7]
Drop [G]around, take it in,
it's [D]the best [Am]in the west
"Take it [D]off," "Take it off"
[G]yell like the rest
Take her out when it's over,
she's [C]a peach when [Am]she's dressed
But [D]she stops! [D]And always
just in [G]time

[Verse 8]
Queenie, [G]Queen of them [D]all
Queenie, someday you'll [G]fall
Someday the church bell[D]s will chime, the
ol' church [Am]bells will chime
[D]In strip polka time
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