Just a gigolo (1956)   (midi)

 

           G              

1. I'm just a gigolo, and everywhere I go

                                Em         D

    people know the part I'm playing,

     Am                              C

    paid for every dance, selling each romance,

     D                        G

    oh, what they're saying.

        G7                                       F

    There will come a day when youth will pass away,

E                                 Am

    what will they say about me.

                      C                   Cm             G           Em

    When the end comes I know, I was just a gigolo,

Am             D         G

    life goes on without me.

 

+ repeat verse 1   + 'Cause …

 

     G - G - F#          F        E

    I………….I ain't got nobody,

C                                    G              - D

    nobody cares for me,     nobody        cares for me.

     G - G - F#        F           E

    I'…….….m so sad and lonely (sad and lonely),

A                                             A7                                          D

     won't some sweet mama come and take a chance with me ?

                               D7

    'Cause I ain't so bad.

 

G - C - E - Am   - - - - - - - - - - - -   D     - - - - - - - -

                         Bozadee bodzee bop, bodzee bop.

     G - G - F#          F        E

    I………….I ain't got nobody,

C                                    G              - D7

    nobody cares for me,     nobody         cares for me.

     G - G - F#        F           E

    I'…….….m so sad and lonely (sad and lonely),

A                                             A7                                          D

     won't some sweet mama come and take a chance with me ?

                               D7

    'Cause I ain't so bad.

 

(orig. = capo 1st)         (Louis Prima)