Cocktails For Two

Words & Music by Arthur Johnston & Sam Coslow
Recorded by Spike Jones, 1944



(E7)                    A6   Dm7-5   A6
In some secluded rendezvous

                       E7  Edim    E7
That overlooks the avenue

                          Bm7-5    E7
With someone sharing a delightful chat 

   Bm7-5    E7           A6       Edim    E7
Of this and that and cocktails for two.


(E7)               A6    Dm7-5       A6
As we enjoy a cigarette

                         E7    Edim   E7
To some exquisite chansonette

                            Bm7-5    E7
Two hands are sure to slyly meet beneath

  Bm7-5   E7                      A6    D9     A
A sur-vi-ette with cocktails for two.


Bridge:

                 A7   Edim      E7
My head may go reel - ing,    

        Dm6            A   D9     A
But my heart will be o-be-dient

       Cdim       Bm7-5  E7      Bm7-5    E7     A  Edim   E7
With intoxicating kisses for the prin-ci-pal in-gre-dient.


(E7)                   A6   Dm7-5 A6
Most any afternoon at five

                         E7    Edim E7
We'll be so glad to be alive

                        Bm7-5        E7
Then maybe fortune will complete her plan

    Bm7-5  E7         A6          D9    A
That all began with cocktails for two.

Although forever after identified by the infamous send-up provided by Jones on his album "Dinner Music for People Who Aren't Very Hungry," the tune was originally written for the 1934 movie "Murder At the Vanities." Over-powered by the grandiose sets, the too-easy-going song sank into oblivion and was largely forgotten for twenty years until Jones and his City Slickers did their version.

The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.