Let's Do It

Words & Music by Cole Porter
Recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, 1956


D6   Bbm7-5    Em7 A7su4
Birds  do  it, bees  do  it;

D    D7        G6   Gm7
Even educated fleas do it --

D    Cdim   Em7    A7       D    Bm7  G
Let's do it, let's fall in love.

   Gdim      D6   Bbm7-5  Em7 A7su4
In Spain the best upper   sets  do  it,

D    D7          G6  Gm7
Lithuanians and Letts do it --

D    Cdim   Em7     A7       D   G   D
Let's do it,  let's fall in love.


Bridge:

     Bm7     F#7
The Dutch in old Amsterdam do it,

Bm7    F#7          Bm
Not to mention the Finns;

E7   Bm7-5   E7  Bm7-5  A7          Em7      A7
Folks  in  Siam   do it -- think of Siamese twins.


    Gdim   D6   Bbm7-5    Em7 A7su4
Some Argentines, without means  do it,

  D            D7          G6  Gm7
People say in Boston even beans do it --

D    Cdim   Em7    A7       D    Bm7  G
Let's do it, let's fall in love.

  Gdim    D6   Bbm7-5     Em7 A7su4
Romantic spon - ges  they say  do it;

 D       D7            G6  Gm7
Oysters down in Oyster Bay do it --

D    Cdim   Em7     A7       D
Let's do it, let's fall in love.



     Gdim      D6     Bbm7-5       Em7 A7su4
Cold Cape Cod clams, 'gainst their wish, do it;

D     D7       G6  Gm7
Even lazy jellyfish do it --

D    Cdim   Em7    A7       D    G   D
Let's do it, let's fall in love.


Bridge 2:

  Bm7     F#7
Electric eels, I might add, do it,

  Bm7      F#7          Bm
Though it shocks 'em I know;

E7  Bm7-5    E7  Bm7-5  A7         Em7          A7
Why  ask if shad  do it?  Waiter, bring me shad roe.


   Gdim     D6    Bbm7-5    Em7 A7su4
In shallow shoals, English soles  do  it;

D                D7         G6  Gm7
Goldfish in the privacy of bowls do it --

D     Bm7    G      A7      D
Let's do it, let's fall in love.



 
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