Year: 1985 - Album: The Broadway Album
Written by Frank Loesser
Gm The average unmarried female D Basically insecure Gm Dm Due to some long frustration Eb F Eb F D May react Gm With psychosomatic symptoms D D7 Difficult to endure G Db11 C9 Affecting the upper respiratory tract F6 In other words A7 Just from waiting around Bb Bbm6 For that plain little band of gold F Gm7 C9 F6 F9 A person can develop a cold Bb6 You can spray her wherever you figure Bbm7 Bbm6 The streptococci lurk F6 You can give her a shot for whatever she's got F F7 But it just won't work Bb6 Bb7 If she's tired of getting the fish-eye F Bbm6 From the hotel clerk F Gm7 C9 F C7 F A person can develop a cold it says here Gm The female remaining single D Just in the legal sense Gm Dm Eb F Eb F D Shows a neurotic tendency Gm Chronic organic syndromes D D7 Toxic or hypertense G Involving the eye, Db11 C9 The ear, the nose and throat F6 A7 In other words, just from wondering Bb Bb6 Whether the wedding is on or off, F Gm7 C9 F6 F9 A person can develop a cough Bb You can feed her all day Bbm7 Bbm6 With the Vitamin A and the Bromo Fizz F6 But the medicine never F F7 Gets anywhere near where the trouble is Bb6 Bb7 If she's getting a kind of name for herself F And the name ain't "his" F Gm7 C9 F F7 D7 A person can develop a cough G B7 And further more just from stalling C And stalling and stalling Cm6 The wedding trip G Am7 D9 G G7 A person can develop La gripe C When they get on a train Cm7 Cm6 For Niag'ra and she can hear church bells chime G6 The compartment is air conditioned G6 G9 And the mood sublime C C7 Then they get off at Saratoga G Cm6 For the fourteenth time G Am7 D9 G G7 A person can develop La gripe C La grippe, la post nasal drip Cm7 Cm6 With the wheezes and the sneezes G6 And a sinus that's really a pip G6 G9 From a lack of community property C C7 And a feeling shes getting too old G Am7 D9 G G7 A person can develop a big, bad cold
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