Lulu's Back In Town

Words & Music by Al Dubin & Harry Warren
Recorded by Fats Waller, 1935


Dalt           Fdim(III)     Gdim       D
Got - ta get my   old    tux - e - do pressed,

Dalt           Fdim(III)    Gdim    D
Got - ta sew a    but - ton  on my vest,

   D7        G6    G5 Fdim(III)      D       B7
'Cause to - night I've   got - ta   look my best--

E7/9      G/B  A6/7/9   D
Lu - lu's back   in   town.


Dalt          Fdim(III)  Gdim           D
Got - ta get a  half   a buck some - where,

Dalt             Fdim(III)    Gdim      D
Got - ta shine my  shoes  and slick my hair,

D7       G6  G5 Fdim(III) D            B7
Got - ta get my - self  a bou - ton - niere --

E7/9      G/B   Edim   D    D7
Lu - lu's back   in   town.


Bridge:

 D  D7   G   G/B A7  D
You can tell all my pets,

 D  D7  G    G/B A7      D
All my Har - lem co - quettes,

D     D7   G  Fdim        D    B7
Mis - ter  O - tis re - grets

    E7/9  E7   G/B Em7  A6/7/9 
That he  won't be   a - round.


Dalt            Fdim(III)   Gdim     D
You can tell the  mail - man not to call;

Dalt          Fdim(III)    Gdim      D
I ain't comin'  home   un - til the fall,

D7     G6   G5 Fdim(III)      D     B7
And I might not   get  back home at all --

E7/9      G/B   Edim   D   B7 E7/9      G/B  A6/7/9   D
Lu - lu's back   in   town,    Lu - lu's back   in   town.


*Suggested by recent visitor Marsha Ross


 
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