You're The Top Chords by Ella Fitzgerald
- Key: Bb
- BPM: 136
- Capo: no capo
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YOU'RE THE TOP CHORDS
[Start] [Verse] Bb Cm7 F7 Bbmaj7 Cm7 F7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Bb Bb At words poetic I'm so pathetic Dm7 That I always have found it best G7 Cm Instead of getting 'em off my chest F7 Cm7 F7 To let 'em rest ■ unexpressed [Chorus] Bbmaj7 Cm7 I hate parading my serenading A7 As I'll probably miss a bar Dm A7 Dm But if this ditty is not so pretty F7 Bb F7 At least it'll tell you how great you are ■ [Verse] Bb Eb You're the top you're the Collisseum C7 D7 You're the top you're the Louvre Museum Bbmaj7 You're the melody from a symphony by Strauss A7 D7 G7 F7 Cm You're a Bendel bonnet a Shakespeare sonnet you're Mickey Mouse ■ Bb Cm Eb Cm7 Bb7 You're the Nile ■ you're the Tower of Pisa Eb You're the smile of the Mona Lisa F7 G7 C7 I'm a worthless check a total wreck a flop F F7 Eb Bb But if baby I'm the bottom you're the top ■ Cm F7 Bb You're the top ■ you're Mahatma Gandhi ■ Gm Am7 D7 Eb You're the top ■ you're Napoleon brandy Cm7 F7 Gm You're the purple light of a summer night in Spain A7 D7 G7 C7 F7 You're the National Gallery you're Garbo's salary you're cellophane Bb Cm7 F7 Bb You're sublime you're a turkey dinner Gm Fm7 Bb7 Eb You're the time ■ of the Derby Winner Bb F7 Bb C7 ■ I'm a toy balloon that's fated soon to pop Fsus4 Bb But if baby I'm the bottom you're the top [Chorus] Gm Eb Bb You're ■ ■ the top you're a Waldorf salad Gm Am7 D7 Eb You're the top ■ you're a Berlin ballad F7 Gm You're the nimble tread of the feet of Fred Astaire A7 D7 G7 C7 F7 You're an O'Neal drama you're Whistler's mama you're camembert ■ Gm7 Eb F7 Bbmaj7 You're a rose ■ you're inferno's Dante Fm Bb7 You're the nose on the great Durante G7 I'm a lazy lout who is just about to stop Fsus4 But if baby I'm the bottom you're the top Cm7 Dm7 Eb Bb F Bb ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [End]