The Hostess With The Mostes' On The Ball Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
I was [D]born on a thousand acres
of Oklahoma land
Nothing grew on the thousand acres
for it was gravel and [G]sand
One [D]day, father started digging [G]in a field,
[D]hoping to find [G]some soil
He dug and he [D]dug and, what do you [G]think?
Oil, [A]oil, oil[D]
The [G]money rolled [C]in and I
rolled [G]out
With a fortune piled so [Ebdim]high
[D]Wash[G]ington was my [D]destination
And [Em]now, [A]who [D]am [C]I?
[D]I'm the

[Verse 2]
chosen party [G]giver
For the White House [D]clientele[G]
And they [C]know that I deliver
What it takes to make 'em gel
And in Wash[D]ington [G]I'm known
by [D]one [Em]and a[A]ll
As [D]the hostess with the mostest
on [G]the ball[Em][Am]
[D]They would go to

[Verse 3]
Elsa Max[G]well
When they had an [D]axe [G]to grind
They could [C]always grind their axe well
At the parties she designed
Now [D]the hatchet grinders
[G]all [D]prefer [Em]to call[A]
On the [D]hostess with the [A]most
[Am]est [D]on the b[G]all[D]

[Verse 4]
[F#]I've a great[B] big bar and good cavi[C#]ar
[F#]Yes, the best that can be [B]found
[A]And a [D]large amount in my [E]bank [A]account
When [D]election [A]time comes [D]round
If you're feeling presidential
[G]You can make it,[D] yes indeed
[G]There are jus[C]t three things essential
Let me tell you, all you need
Is an ounce [D]of wisdom [G]and [D]a pound of [B]gall[E]
[A]And the hos[D]tess wit[Em]h the mostest[Am]
on [D]the ball
[G][Em][D]

[Verse 5]
Entertaining vodka [G]drinkers
Is a job they [D]give [G]to me
Making [C]nice guys out of stinkers
Seems to be my cup of tea
What they [D]really need be
[G]hind the iron [Em]wall[A]
Is the [Em]hostess with the [A]most[Am]est
[A]on [D]the ball[G][Em][Am]
[D]There's

[Verse 6]
a book of regula[G]tions
As to who sits [D]next to [G]who
But there [C]might be complications
When the blue blood's not so blue
So the [D]priestess with [G]the leastest [Em]protocol
[A]Is the hos[D]tess wit[Em]h the mostest[A]
[D]on [A]the ball[D][Em][Am][D][F#]
An [B]am bassador

[Verse 7]
has just
[C#]reached the shore
[F#]He's a man of many [B]loves[E]
[Em]An im[D]portant gent from the [Em]Orient
[A]To be [D]handled with kid gloves
He can come and let his hair [G]down, ooh!
Have the best [D]time of his [G]life
Even [C]bring his new affair down
Introduce her as his wife
But she must[G]n't leave her panties
in the [D]hall[B]
[E]Of the priestess [A]with the leastest
Nor the hostess [Em]with the mostest
With the most[G]est on [D]the [G]ball