You're The Top chords by Cole Porter

Chords with lyrics

As performed in the 2011 revival of Anything Goes (F, M, and BB denote Female, Male and 'Both')
F:
  Bb majorBb      BdimBdim Cm7Cm7  F7F7
At words poetic, I'm so pathetic
    Bb majorBb      C#dimC#dim  G7G7
That I always have found it best,
  GaugGaug  C minorCm         Eb MajorEb F7F7
Instead of getting 'em off my chest,
      Bb majorBb  Cm7Cm7 F7F7
To let 'em rest unexpressed,
 Bb majorBb      BdimBdim Cm7Cm7 F7F7
I hate parading my  serenading
    Bb majorBb    Gm7Gm7  A7A7
As I'll probably miss a bar,
  DmDm   Gm6Gm6   DmDm   C7C7
But if this ditty is not so pretty
  F7F7                   FaugFaug
At least it'll tell you how great you are.

Bb majorBb        F7F7
 You're the top! You're the Coliseum.
Bb majorBb      G minorGm D7D7
 You're the top! You're the Louvre Museum.
Eb MajorEb     Cm7Cm7 F7F7      Bb majorBb  FF G minorGm
 You're a melody from a symphony by Strauss
     A7A7   DmDm    G9G9      C7C7      F7F7     FaugFaug
You're a Bendel bonnet, a Shakespeare sonnet, you're Mickey Mouse.
Bb majorBb        F7F7
 You're the Nile, you're the Tower of Pisa,
Bb majorBb      G minorGm  Bb7Bb7   Bb9Bb9
 You're the smile on the Mona Lisa
Eb MajorEb   Cm7Cm7    F7F7   Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 GaugGaug  G7G7 C7add6
 I'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop,
    C minorCm   Bb/DBb/D  Eb MajorEb    F7F7   Bb majorBb A7A7
But if, baby, I'm the bottom you're the top!

M:
   D MajorD      EbdimEbdim E minor 7Em7   A7A7
Your words poetic are  not pathetic.
    D MajorD      FdimFdim   B7B7
On the other hand, babe, you shine,
  BaugBaug E minorEm        G+G  A7A7
And I can feel after every line
      D MajorD  E minor 7Em7   A7A7
A augmentedA thrill divine down my spine.
  D MajorD       EbdimEbdim E minor 7Em7   A7A7
Now gifted humans like Vincent Youmans
   D MajorD        Bm7Bm7   C#7C#7
Might think that your song is bad,
  F# minorF#m    Bm6Bm6     F# minorF#m    E7E7
But I've got a notion, I'll second the motion
  A7A7               AaugAaug
And this is what I'm going to add:

D MajorD        A7A7
 You're the top! You're Mahatma Gandhi.
D MajorD      B minorBm F#7F#7
 You're the top! You're Napoleon Brandy.
G+G      E minor 7Em7  A7A7     D MajorD   A augmentedA    B minorBm
 You're the purple light of a summer night in Spain,
      C#7C#7   F# minorF#m       B9B9   E7E7       A7A7     AaugAaug
You're the National Gallery, you're Garbo's salary, you're cellophane.
D MajorD        A7A7
 You're sublime, you're turkey dinner,
D MajorD      B minorBm  D7D7    D9D9
 You're the time, of the Derby winner
G+G    E minor 7Em7  A7A7     Gmaj7Gmaj7 BaugBaug B7B7 E7add6
 I'm a toy balloon that?s fated soon to pop
    E minorEm   D/F#D/F#  G+G     A7A7   D MajorD  F7F7
But if, baby, I'm the bottom you're the top!

 Bb majorBb        F7F7
F: You're the top! You're an arrow collar
Bb majorBb      G minorGm D7D7
 You're the top! You're a Coolidge dollar,
Eb MajorEb      Cm7Cm7  F7F7      Bb majorBb   FF  G minorGm
 You're the nimble tread of the feet of Fred Astaire,
     A7A7   DmDm       G9G9     C7C7       F7F7    FaugFaug
You're an O'Neill drama! M:You're Whistler's mama! F:You're Camembert.
 Bb majorBb       F7F7
M: You're a rose, you're Inferno's Dante,
 Bb majorBb      G minorGm Bb7Bb7   Bb9Bb9
F: You're the nose on the great Durante.
Eb MajorEb     Cm7Cm7 F7F7     Ebmaj7Ebmaj7    GaugGaug G7G7 C7add6
 I'm just in a way, as the French would say, "de trop".
    C minorCm   Bb/DBb/D  Eb MajorEb    F7F7   Bb majorBb Ab7Ab7
But if, baby, I'm the bottom you're the top!

 DbDb        Ab7Ab7
M: You're the top! You're a dance in Bali.
DbDb      BbmBbm F7F7
 You're the top! You're a hot tamale.
GbGb     EbM7Ebm7   Ab7Ab7    DbDb     AbAb BbmBbm
 You're an angel, you, simply too, too, too diveen,
     C7C7  F minorFm      Bb9Bb9       Eb7Eb7       Ab7Ab7   AbaugAbaug
You're a Boticcelli, you're Keats! F:You're Shelly! M:You're Ovaltine!
 DbDb       Ab7Ab7
F: You're a boon, you're the dam at Boulder,
 DbDb      BbmBbm Db7Db7  Db9Db9
M: You're the moon, over Mae West's shoulder,
GbGb    EbM7Ebm7 Ab7Ab7    Gbmaj7Gbmaj7 BbaugBbaug Bb7Bb7 Eb7add6
 I'm the nomi-nee of the G. O. P.  F:Or GOP!
      EbM7Ebm7     EdimEdim
M: But if, baby, I'm the bottom
      Db/F     Bb7Bb7
F: But if, baby, I'm the bottom
      EbM7Ebm7 Db/F  GbGb  Db/F
B: But if, baby, I'm the bottom,
EbM7Ebm7 Db/F GbGb GdimGdim Ab7Ab7        DbDb
           You're the top!

Reprise:
C majorC G7G7

 C majorC        G7G7
M: You're the top! You're my Swanee river!
 C majorC      A minorAm E7E7
F: You're the top! You're a goose's liver!
 FF      Dm7Dm7  G7G7    C majorC    G+G  A minorAm
M: You're the baby grande of a Lady, and a Gent.
      B7B7     E minorEm      A9A9     D7D7       G7G7    GaugGaug
F:You're a dress from Saxes, you're next years taxes! M:You're Pepsi-dent!
 C majorC        G7G7
F: You're a prize, you're a night at Coney!
 C majorC      A minorAm C7C7  C9C9
M: You're the eyes of Irene Bordoni.
 FF    Dm7Dm7    G7G7       Fmaj7Fmaj7  AaugAaug A7A7 D7add6
F: I'm a frightened frog, that can find no log  to hop!
     DmDm   C/EC/E  FF     G7G7    C majorC  Ab7Ab7
B:But if, baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top!

 DbDb        Ab7Ab7
F: You're the top! You're a Waldorf salad.
 DbDb      BbmBbm F7F7
M: You're the top! You're a Berlin ballad.
 GbGb      EbM7Ebm7     Ab7Ab7    DbDb    AbAb  BbmBbm
F: You're the boats that glide on the sleepy Zuider Zee,
     C7C7    F minorFm        Bb9Bb9 Eb7Eb7       Ab7Ab7   AbaugAbaug
You're an old Dutch master! M:You're Lady Astor! F:You're broccoli!
 DbDb       Ab7Ab7
M: You're romance, you're the steppes of Russia,
 DbDb      BbmBbm Db7Db7  Db9Db9
F: You're the pants on a Roxy usher,
GbGb   EbM7Ebm7  Ab7Ab7    Gbmaj7Gbmaj7 BbaugBbaug Bb7Bb7 Eb7add6
 I'm a broken doll, M:A fol-de-rol, B:a  blop!
      EbM7Ebm7     EdimEdim
F: But if, baby, I'm the bottom
      Db/F     Bb7Bb7
M: But if, baby, I'm the bottom
      EbM7Ebm7 Db/F  GbGb  Db/F
B: But if, baby, I'm the bottom,
EbM7Ebm7 Db/F GbGb GdimGdim Ab7Ab7        DbDb