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Minnie the Moocher - Cab Calloway

Intro: 
[Em] [B7] [Em] [Em] x2

Verse 1:
[Em] Folks, here's the story 'bout Minnie the Moocher 
[C7] She was a red-hot [B7] hoochie [Em] cootcher 
[Em] She was the roughest, toughest frail
But [C7] Minnie had a heart as [B7] big as a [Em] whale

|Chorus:
|[Em] Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! {blue}(Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!){/blue}
|[Em] Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! {blue}(Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!){/blue}
|[Em] He-de-he-de-he-de-he! {blue}(He-de-he-de-he-de-he!){/blue}
|[Em] Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho! {blue}(Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!){/blue}

Verse 2:
[Em] She messed around with a bloke named Smokey
[C7] She loved him though [B7] he was [Em] cokie
[Em] He took her down to Chinatown
[C7] And he showed her how to kick the [B7] gong [Em] around

Chorus:

Verse 3:
[Em] She had a dream about the king of Sweden
[C7] He gave her things that [B7] she was [Em] needin'
[Em] He gave her a home built of gold and steel
[C7] A diamond car with the [B7] platinum [Em] wheels

|Fast Chorus:
|[Em] Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi! {blue}(Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi!){/blue}
|[Em] Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! {blue}(Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!){/blue} 
|[Em] Scoodley-boo, scoodley-boo, scoodley-boodley-boodley-boo!
|[Em] {blue}(Scoodley-boo, scoodley-boo, scoodley-boodley-boodley-boo){/blue}
|[Em] Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho! {blue}(Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!){/blue}

[Verse 4 - Normal speed]
[Em] He gave her his townhouse and his racing horses
[C7] Each meal she ate was a [B7] dozen [Em] courses
[Em] She had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes
She [C7] sat around and counted them all a [B7] million [Em] times

Outro:
[Em] Poor [C7] Min [C7] Poor [B7] Min [B7] Poor [Em] Min

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