A White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation)

Words & Music by Marty Robbins
Recorded by Marty Robbins, 1957 (#2)



D                          Em       A        A G# G               
A white sport coat,  and a pink carnation

                A           D       A  
I'm all dressed up for the dance

D                           Em     A        A G# G        
A white sports coat, and a pink carnation

         A          D       G  D
I'm all alone in romance.

Bridge:

A 
Once you told me long ago, 

D
To the prom with me you'd go

E7
Now you've changed your mind it seems,

A
Someone else will hold my dreams


    D                     Em       A     A G# G
A white sport coat, and a pink carnation 

          A          D          G  D
And in a blue, blue mood.


Repeat Bridge:


Repeat Last Verse:


Coda:

G         A          D    G  D 
I'm in a blue, blue mood.



 
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