Chords with lyrics
Chorus:
(D-Riff)
D MajorD A7A7
Puttin' on the agony, puttin' on the style
A7A7 D MajorD
That's what all the young folks are doing all the while
D MajorD A7A7
And as we look around us, we're very apt to smile
A7A7 D MajorD
To see so many people puttin' on the style
Verse:
(D-Riff)
D MajorD A7A7
Young man home from college makes a great display
A7A7 D MajorD
With a fancy adjective that he can hardly say
D MajorD A7A7
It can't be found in Webster's, and won't be for a while
A7A7 D MajorD
But we know that he's only puttin' on the style
Chorus:
(D-Riff)
D MajorD A7A7
Puttin' on the agony, puttin' on the style
A7A7 D MajorD
That's what all the young folks are doing all the while
D MajorD A7A7
And as we look around us, we're very apt to smile
A7A7 D MajorD
To see so many people puttin' on the style
Verse:
(D-Riff)
D MajorD A7A7
Young man in a restaurant puffin' on a pipe
A7A7 D MajorD
Looking like a pumpkin that's only halfway ripe
D MajorD A7A7
Smoking, drinking, cussing, and thinking all the while
A7A7 D MajorD
That there is nothing equal to puttin' on the style
Chorus:
D-Riff
D MajorD A7A7
Puttin' on the agony, puttin' on the style
A7A7 D MajorD
That's what all the young folks are doing all the while
D MajorD A7A7
And as we look around us, we're very apt to smile
A7A7 D MajorD
To see so many people puttin' on the style
Verse:
(D-Riff)
D MajorD A7A7
Sweet sixteen, she goes to school, just to see the boys
A7A7 D MajorD
She turns and laughs and giggles at every little noise
D MajorD A7A7
She turns this way a little then she turns that way a while
A7A7 D MajorD
But everybody knows she's puttin' on that style
Verse:
(D-Riff)
D MajorD A7A7
Preacher in the pulpit shouting all his might
A7A7 D MajorD
Glory Hallelujah, puts the people in a fright
D MajorD A7A7
They think that Satan's running up and down the aisle
A7A7 D MajorD
But it's just the preacher puttin' on the style
Chorus:
(D-Riff)
D MajorD A7A7
Puttin' on the agony, puttin' on the style
A7A7 D MajorD
That's what all the young folks are doing all the while
D MajorD A7A7
And as we look around us, we're very apt to smile
A7A7 D MajorD
To see so many people puttin' on the style
Outro:
E MajorE B7B7
Puttin' on the agony, puttin' on the style
B7B7 E MajorE
That's what all the young folks are doing all the while
E MajorE B7B7
And as we look around us, we're very apt to smile
B7B7 E MajorE
To see so many people puttin' on the style
Eb(b6b9) E MajorE