Elegance Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][D][E][F][Dm][Gm][C]

[Verse 1]
[F]Yes, New York
It's really us
[G]Barnaby [C]and Cornelius
All the guests of Mr. Hackl are
[F]Feelin' great and look spectacular
[Bb]What a knack
There is to that
[F]Acting like a born aristocrat
We got [Bb]eleganc
If you [C]ain't [F]got[Faug] eleganc[Dm]e
You can [C]never [Dm]ever [G]carry[C]
it [F]off[G][C][G][C][D][G]
[C]
[F]All who are
Well- [C]bred agree
Minnie Fay
Has pedigree
Ex[Cm]er c[C]ise your wildest whims tonight
[F]We are [Gm]out with [Abdim]diamond
Jim[F]s ton[Faug]ight
[Bb]Could they be
Misleading us?
[F]Silver [Faug]spoon s were us[Dm]ed for f[F]eeding us
We got [Dm]elega[Bb]nce
[Bbm]If you ain[F]'t got ele[Dm]gance
[Bbm]You can ne[C]ver ever ca[G]rry it[C] off[F][C][Gm][C][F]
[Gm][Eb][Abm][Gaug]
[G#][G#m][G#][A#m][D#][A#m][Gdim][C][Bb][Gm][Bb][Gm][C][F]
Middle class
Don't speak of [G]it
Savoir [C]Faire[F#dim][C]
[G]We [C]reek of it
[Eb]Some were [C]born with rags [Eb]and p[Cm]atches b[C]ut
[F]We use [Gm]dollar [Abdim]bills for[G]
[F]matches [Bbm]and
[Bb]Vanderbilt
Kowtows to [Bbm]us[F]
[C]J.P[Db].Morgan[Dm] scrapes
and bows to [F]us
We've got elegance
[Gm]We w[F]ere born w[Faug]ith eleg[Dm]ance[Bb][Csus4]
[Bb]I be[Csus4]have like Walt[F]er Wally[Faug]
When the streets [Dm]are full of m[Faug]ud[F]
And [Faug]the bluest Huckelberry isn't
[Dm]bluer than my [Db]blood
[F#]Have you noticed when
[Bbaug]I hold my cup
The sau[Ebm]cer never mo[Bbaug]ves?
[F#]And the way I keep my pink[Bbaug]y up
[B]Indubitably [Abm]proves[Ab]
That [F#]we go[F]t el[F#]egan[E]ce
[Eb]We g[Ebm]ot bui[Db]lt in [Bbm]elegan[Eb]ce
And with [Abm]elegance... elegance...
Elegance... el[Dbsus4]egance... elegance
[B]We'll [F#]carry it off!

[Outro 1]
[F#][Abm][Db][F#]
[Abm][Db][F#][Abm][Db]
[F#][Abm][Db]