Cab Calloway – Minnie The Moocher (ENG)

Guitar chords and lyrics of Minnie The Moocher by Cab Calloway – The Blues Brothers soundtrack
Published 1980
Original key E

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Intro:

Em
Folks, here’s the story ‘bout Minnie the Moocher,
.      C7                             B7          Em
She was a low-down hoochie-cootcher,
.       Em
She was the roughest, toughest frail,
.       C7                                   B7              Em
But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale.

.     Em
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!)
.     Em
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!)
.     Em
He-de-he-de-he-de-he! (He-de-he-de-he-de-he!)
.     Em
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!)

Em
She messed around with a bloke named Smoky,
C7                                          B7     Em
She loved him though he was cokie,
Em
He took her down to Chinatown,
.      C7                                                B7              Em
And he showed her how to kick the gong around.

.      Em
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!)
.      Em
Whoooooaaaaah!  (Whoooooaaaaah!)
.      Em
He-de-he-de-he-de-he! (He-de-he-de-he-de-he!)
.      Em
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!)

Em
.  She had a dream about the king of Sweden,
C7                                          B7           Em
He gave her things that she was needin’,
Em
He gave her a home built of gold and steel,
(double time)
.  C7                      B7                       Em
A diamond car with a platinum wheel.

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Em
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi!)
Em
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-hi!)
Em
(jamming)
Em
(jamming)

Em
.  He gave her his townhouse and his racing horses,
C7                                           B7          Em
.  Each meal she ate was a dozen courses;
Em
.  She had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes,
.    C7                                                     B7                  Em
She sat around and counted them all a million times.

.      Em
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!)
.      Em
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!)
.      Em
He-de-he-de-he-de-he! (He-de-he-de-he-de-he!)
.      Em
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!)

Em      C7
Poor    Min,
C7      B7
Poor    Min,
Em7/G   Em
Poor    Min.