Makin’

Whoopee!
Lyric by Music by

        
GUS KAHN WALTER DONALDSON

  
       
Moderato VOICE
G A9 D7♯5 G


   
   
                    
Ev ’ry time I hear that march from

           
  
 

   


 C7           C7
         
        
4
G

    
     
 
              
Loh en grin I am al ways on the out side look ing in

         
       
     

 G           D/F♯   B♭7   B♭7/F E7

                          
       
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/F D /F♯ A7

       
                                  
May be that is why I see the fun ny side When I see a fall en broth er

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     
     
       

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             
          
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D7 E7

 
                
        
take a bride. Wed dings make a lot of peo ple


  
       
  

    
          
      
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Am A7 D7


  
                   
sad, But if you’re not the groom they’re not so bad.

  


   

   
    

               
      
CHORUS

     
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G D7


An oth er bride an oth er June An oth er

  
                         
An oth er year or may be less What’s this I

  
 
           
 
-

 


 G                  
       
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G7 C Am7♭5 G /D

        
sun ny hon ey moon An oth er sea son, an oth er

                  
         
hear? well, can’t you guess? She feels neg lect ed, and he’s sus

 
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          
    
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 E♭7  
                       
     
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Cm6/E♭ D7 G

    
rea son for mak in’ whoop ee! A lot of shoes a lot of

                       
                  
pect ed of mak in’ whoop ee! She sits a lone ’most ev ’ry

      

               
        
 D7
                  
        
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G G7 C Am7♭5

        
rice the groom is nerv ous he an swers twice It’s real ly

                  
        
night he does n’t ’phone her he does n’t write He says he’s

  

          
    

 G/D      D7 
              
   

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E♭7 G

 

   
kill ing that he’s so will ing to make whoop ee!

                                     
        
“bu sy” but she says “is he?” he’s mak in’ whoop ee!

        
    
                
      
              
    
32 G7♭9/F Am/E Cm6/E♭ G /D

   
          
 
Pic ture a lit tle love nest, Down where the ros es cling,

                     
 
He does n’t make much mon ey, On ly five thous and per,

    
      
 
    

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  G7♭9
             G     
        
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/F Am/E Cm6/E♭

   
             
 
Pic ture the same sweet love nest, Think what a year can bring. He’s wash ing

        
    
Some judge who thinks he’s fun ny, Says “you’ll pay six to her.” He says, “now

  
    
 
      


                    
        
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D7 G

         
dish es and ba by clothes He’s so am bit ious he ev en

             


          
judge, sup pose I fail?" The judge says “budge right in to

       
 
            
     
D7 
 C        
             
       
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Am7♭5 G /D E♭7

   
sews But don’t for get, folks that’s what you get, folks for mak in’

              
                           
jail You’d bet ter keep her, I think it’s cheap er, than mak in’


          
     
 
 1. G     
           
 
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G7/F F7/E♭ E7/D E♭7/D♭ D7/C 2. G D7♯5 G

      
          
whoop ee! An oth er whoop ee!

   
                      
whoop ee!” An oth er whoop ee!

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     
     
 
     
     
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