Button Up Your Overcoat chords by Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band

Chords with lyrics

Button Up Your Overcoat – Bonzo Dog Band


C majorC        Dm7Dm7            G7G7
Listen big boy! Now that I’ve got you made
Dm7Dm7        G7G7
Goodness but I’m afraid,
C majorC         G7G7
Something’s gonna happen to you
C majorC        Dm7Dm7           G7G7
Listen big boy! You’ve got me hooked and how!
E minorEm       G+G         A augmentedA  D7D7
I would die if I should lose you now


G+G            A7A7
Button up your overcoat, when the wind is free
D7D7                G+G
Take good care of yourself you belong to me
G+G           A7A7
Eat an Apple every day, get to bed by three
D7D7                G+G     G7G7
Take good care of yourself you belong to me
                                                       C majorC
Be careful crossing streets Oo – oo!
G+G
Don’t eat meat Oo – oo!
E minorEm         A7A7
Cut out sweets Oo – oo!
D7D7
You’ll get a pain and ruin your tum tum
G+G
Keep away from bootleg hooch,
A7A7
When you’re on a spree
D7D7                G+G
Take good care of yourself you belong to me


Trumpet:

                        G7G7      C majorC
Don’t step on hornets tails Oo – oo!
G+G
Or on snails Oo – oo!
E minorEm         A7A7
Or third rails Oo – oo!
D7D7
You’ll get a pain and ruin your tum tum
G+G
Keep away from bootleg hooch,
A7A7
when you’re on a spree
D7D7                G+G
Take good care of yourself you belong to me


         C majorC
Beware of frozen ponds Oo – oo!
G+G
Peroxide blondes Oo – oo!
E minorEm          A7A7
Stocks and bonds Oo – oo!
D7D7
You’ll get a pain and ruin your bank vault
G+G            A7A7
Keep aware of underwear, when you climb a tree
D7D7             G+G   C majorC  D7D7 G+G
Take good care of yourself you belong to me