Quarter to three (1961) (video)

C - Am - F - G

C

1. Don't you know that I danced, I danced till a quarter to three,

Am

with the help, last night, of Daddy G.,

F

he was swingin’ on the sax like a nobody could,

G

and I was dancin' all over the room.

C

2. Oh, don't you know the people were dancin' like they were mad,

Am

it was the swingin'est band they had ever had.

F

It was the swingin'est song that could ever be,

C G C

it was a night with Daddy G.

F

Let me tell you now, I never had it so good,

C

yeah, and I know you never could.

F

Until you get hip kind of with that jive,

G D G

and take a band like the Church Street Five.

C

3. Oh don't you know that I danced, I danced till a quarter to three,

Am

with the help last night of Daddy G.,

F

everybody was as happy as they could be,

C G C

and they were swingin’ with Daddy G. Blow Daddy!

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F

Let me tell you now, I never had it so good,

C

yeah, and I know you never could.

F

Until you get hip kind of with that jive,

G D G

and take a band like the Church Street Five.

G

3. Oh don't you know that I danced, I danced till a quarter to three,

Am

with the help last night of Daddy G.,

F

everybody was as happy as they could be,

C G C

and they were swingin’ with Daddy G. Blow Daddy!

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(orig. = capo 3rd) (Gary U.S. Bonds)