The hostess with the mostes' on the ball chords and lyrics - ETHEL MERMAN

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[Verse 1]
[Em]I wa[A]s bo[D]rn on a thousa[F#]nd
[D]acres of [G]Oklahoma [D]land
Noth[Bbdim]ing grew on the [D]thousand
acres for it was gravel and [G]sand
[C]One day[D], father started digging in [G]a field,
hop[D]ing to find some soil
[G]He dug[D] and he dug and,
what do you think?
[A]Oil, oil, oil[D]
The [G]money rolled in and I
rolled out
With a fortune piled [D]so high
Wash[G]ington [Bbdim]was my desti[D]nation
And [Em]now, [A]who am [D]I?

[Verse 2]
I'm [G]the chosen [D]par[G]ty giv[D]er
For [G]the White [D]House clientele
[G]And the[C]y know that I deliver
What it takes to make 'em [C#dim]gel
[C]And in [D]Washington [G]I'm
[D]known [Em]by one and[A] all
[C]As the hos[G]tess wit[Em]h the mostest [A]on[D]
the ball
[G][Em]

[Verse 3]
[Bbaug][F#aug][Bbaug]
[F#aug]They would go t[D]o E[G]lsa Maxw[D]ell
When [G]they had [D]an axe to [G]grind
They could [C]always grind their axe well
At the parties she designed
Now the [D]hatchet [G]grinders
all [Em]prefer [A]to call
[C]On the hos[G]tess wit[Em]h the
[A]mostest [D]on the ball
[G][Em]

[Verse 4]
[F#]
I've a [B]great big bar and good [F#]caviar
Yes, the best that can be [B]found[A]
And a [D]large amount in my [Em]bank [A]account
When [D]election [A]time comes [D]round
If you're feeling presid[G]en [D]tial
You can [G]make it, [D]yes in[G]deed
There are [C]just three things essential
Let me tell you, all you [C#dim]need
[C]Is an [D]ounce of wisdom
[G]and a[D] pou[Em]nd of gal[B]l[E]
[B]And the hos[D]tess wit[Em]h the mostest[A]
[D]on the ball
[G][Em]

[Verse 5]
[Bbaug]
[D]Entertaining [G]vodka [D]drinkers
Is a [G]job they give [D]to [G]me
Making [C]nice guys out of [B]stinkers
Seems [C]to be my cup [G]of [C]tea
[C#dim]What they[C] really ne[D]ed
[G]be [D]hind the [Em]iron [A]wall
[C]Is the hos[G]tess wit[Em]h the mostest[A]
[D]on the ball
[G][Em]

[Verse 6]
[Bbaug]
There's a [G]book [D]of [G]regulations
[D]As to who[G] sits next to [D]who[G]
But there [C]might be complications
When the blue blood's not so blue
So the [D]priestess with the
[G]least[D]est [Em]pro t[A]ocol
[C]Is the hos[G]tess wit[Em]h the
[A]mostest [D]on the ball
[G][Em]

[Verse 7]
[F#]
An am[B]bassador has just
[F#]reached the shore
He's a man of many [B]loves
[A]An impor[D]tant gent from the Ori[A]ent
To be [D]handled [A]with kid [D]gloves
He can come and let his hair down, ooh!
Have the [G]best time of [D]his [G]life
Even [C]bring his new affair down
Introduce her as his wife
[C#dim]But she mustn[C]'t l[D]eave her
[G]panties [Em]in the hall[F#][B][E]
[B]Of [G]the priestess [Em]with the leas[A]test
[D]Nor the hos[G]tess wit[Em]h the mostest[A]
[D]With the[G] most es[Em]t
[Am]on the b[D]all
[G][C]