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Thread #39825   Message #585571
Posted By: GutBucketeer
04-Nov-01 - 12:26 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Singing in the Bathtub (Herb Magidson)
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: SINGING IN THE BATHTUB (Magidson)
Here are some other versions of chords that I was sent.

Singing in the Bathtub
By Herb Magidson
From the 1929 movie "Show of Shows" .

Here is a  version provided by Roy Randall of the California Navels (red) ,

F
Why am I delighted
Ab7
Why am I so gay
Db7
Why am I excited
    G7        C7    F
Oh, what day is to-day

F
Pardon my elation
Ab7
Everything's all right
Db7
I get  inspiration
G7     C7          F      C+
Every  Saturday night, I'm

F       
Singing in the bath-tub
F            Db7
Happy once a-gain
C7
Watching all my troubles
C                   F    Eb7  Db7  C7
Go swinging down the drain


Singing through the soap suds
F               Db7
Life is full of hope
C7
You can sing with feeling
C7                    F      Gm  Ab7  A7
While feeling for the soap.

Cdim  A               E7
Oh A  ring around the bath-tub
G7               C  
Isn't so nice to see
Abdim   A
But a  ring around the bath-tub
A7   D7   G  G+ C Gm C7
Is a rain-bow to me

F
Reaching for a towel
F           D7
Ready for a rub
C7
Everyone is happy
C7                   F
While singing in the tub

Let the Whole wide nation worry over cash
I get compensation in hearing water splash!
Never any troubles cross my bathroom path
Bathing in those bubbles, I'm the knight of the bath

Singing in the bathtub
sitting all alone
Tearing out a tonsil
Just like a baritone

Never take a shower
It's an awful pain
Singing in the shower
Is like singing in the rain.

Oh, there is dirt to be abolished
But do not forget one thing
While your body's washed and polished
Sing brother sing!

You can yodel opera
Even while you scrub
Everyone is happy
While singing in the tub.

Here is a very similar version fromthe sheet music with the chord changes figured out by my voice teacher, Alison Ledbetter-Hines (blue).

F
Why am I delighted
Abm7
Why am I so gay
Dbm7
Why am I excited
    Gm7      Cm7    F
Oh, what day is to-day

F
Pardon my elation
Abm7
Everything's all right
Dbm7
I get  inspiration
G      Cm7      F      Cm7(#5)
Every  Saturday night, I'm

F                    F9  F7
Singing in the bath-tub
F            Db7   Db9 Db7
Happy once a-gain
C7
Watching all my troubles
C                   F    E D C
Go swinging down the drain

F                         F9  F7
Singing through the soap suds
F               Db9    Db7
Life is full of hope
C7
You can sing with feeling
C7                    F      Gm  Ab(b7)  AM
While feeling for the soap.

     AM              EM
Oh A ring around the bath-tub
em               C
Isn't so nice to see
C     AM
But a ring around the bath tub
     DM9  G7      C  C7
Is a rain-bow to me

F                   F9  F7
Reaching for a towel
F           Db7
Ready for a rub
C7
Everyone is happy
C7                   F
While singing in the tub

Same additional verses.