{t:Minnie the Moocher}
{st:Cab Calloway & Irving Mills}
{c:Intro:}
| [Em] [B7] [Em]
[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
{c:Chorus:}
{soc}
[Em]Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!)
[C7]Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!)
[B7]He-de-he-de-he-de-he! (He-de-he-de-he-de-he!)
[Em]Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de- [B7]ho! [Em](Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!)
{eoc}
[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
{c:Chorus:}
{soc}
[Em]Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!)
[C7]Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!)
[B7]He-de-he-de-he-de-he! (He-de-he-de-he-de-he!)
[Em]Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de- [B7]ho! [Em](Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!)
{eoc}
[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
{c:Double speed ...}
[C7]A diamond car with the [B7]platinum [Em]wheels
{c:Fast Chorus:}
{soc}
[Em]Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi!
[Em](Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi!)
[C7]Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!
[C7](Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-hi!)
[B7]Scoodley-boo, scoodley-boo, scoodley-boodley-boodley-boo!
[B7](Scoodley-boo, scoodley-boo, scoodley-boodley-boodley-boo)
[Em]Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de- [B7]ho!
[Em](Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de- [B7]ho!)
{eoc}
{c: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
{c:Double speed ...}
She [C7]sat around and counted them all a [B7]million [Em]times
{c:Fast Chorus:}
{soc}
[Em]Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi!
[Em](Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi!)
[C7]Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!
[C7](Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-hi!)
[B7]Scoodley-boo, scoodley-boo, scoodley-boodley-boodley-boo!
[B7](Scoodley-boo, scoodley-boo, scoodley-boodley-boodley-boo)
[Em]Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de- [B7]ho!
[Em](Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de- [B7]ho!)
{eoc}
{c:Outro:}
[Em]Poor [C7]Min
[C7]Poor [B7]Min
[B7]Poor [Em]Min
{t:Minnie the Moocher}
