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Crazy Words, Crazy Tune


Jack Yellen Milton Ager


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Song : C#

Intro :
C#7
F# C#7
There's a guy I'd like to kill
F# C#7
If he doesn't stop I will
F# B F# C#7 F#
He's got a uku- le- le, and a voice that's loud and shrill

B F#7
'Cause he lives next door to me
B F#7
And he keeps me up till three
B F#7 B G#7 C#7
With his uku- le- le and a funny mel- o- dy

Chorus :
F#
Crazy words, crazy tune
All that you'll ever hear him croon
G#7 C#7 F# C#7
Vo doe de o, vo doe doe de o, doe Vo-doe doe

F#
Sits around, all night long
Sings the same words to every song
G#7 C#7 F#
Vo doe de o, vo doe doe de o, doe

A#7
His uku- lele, daily
D#7
How he'll strum!
Bum bum bum!
G#7
Vampin' and stampin'
C#7
Then he hollers, "Black bottom!"

F#
Crazy words, crazy tune
He'll be driving me crazy soon
G#7 C#7 F# C#7
Vo doe de o, vo doe doe de o, doe

F# C#7
I have begged that guy to stop
F# C#7 F#
I have even called a cop
B F# C#7 F#
Told my dog "Go sic him", but that dog wouldn't go

B F#7
But tonight will be the end
B F#7
Yes siree, 'cause I intend
B F#7 B G#7 C#7
To go up and kick him in the vo doe doe de oh doe

Chorus :
F#
Napoleon marched his men
Turned around and he said to them
G#7 C#7 F# C#7
Vo doe de o, vo doe doe de o, doe

F#
Washington, Valley Forge
Man, 'twas cold but spoke George
G#7 C#7 F#
Vo doe de o, vo doe doe de o, doe

A#7
Remember Patrick Henry
D#7
In That speech, famous speech
G#7
Cried, "Give me, give me
C#7
"Liberty or black bottom!"

F#
You all heard yesterday
What did President Coolidge say
G#7 C#7 F#
Vo doe de o, vo doe doe de o, doe

A#7
He's got to stop it, stop it
D#7
Yes he must, or I'll just
G#7 C#7
Kill him, I'll kill him Then I'll do the black bottom

F#
When I'm jailed, upon my knee
To the jury and the judge I'll plead
G#7 C#7 F# C#7
Vo doe de o, vo doe doe de o, doe

F# C#7
Now the minuet, quiet bliss
F# C#7
Calm and peaceful, it went like this
G#7 C#7 F# C#7
Vo doe de o, vo doe doe de o, doe

F# C#7
The Polka too was a treat
F# C#7
Your partner said if you tread on his feet
G#7 C#7 F#
Vo doe de o, vo doe doe de o, doe

A#7
The gliding Foxtrot we've got
D#7 G#7
And the blues, if you choose
We've got the Charleston
C#7
And we'll soon have Black Bottom

F# C#7
Our vicar said, "Ah, me
F# C#7
Friends, our hymn for to- night will be
G#7 C#7 F# C#7
Vo doe de o, vo doe doe de o, doe

Chorus :
F#
It's a rage, it's a craze
Everybody sings now-a-days
G#7 C#7 F# C#7
Vo doe de o, vo doe doe de o, doe Vo doe doe

F#
Every goof, every sheik
Tunes his uke and begins to shriek
G#7 C#7 F#
Vo doe de o, vo doe doe de o, doe

A#7
Go on the east side, the west side
D#7
Here or there, everywhere
G#7
They vo doe, vo doe doe
C#7
Then they holler, "Black bottom!"

F#
Young or old, old or young
The guy that started it should be hung
G#7 C#7 F#
Vo doe de o, vo doe doe de o, doe

G#7 C#7 F# G#7 C#7 F#

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