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Key: C
πΈ Intro:
E B7 E Db
When I take you out, tonight, with me
Db Ab Db Ab Bb
Honey, here's the way it's goin' to be
Bb F Bb F G E B7
You will set behind a team of snow white horses
E B7 E B7 E
In the slickest gig you ever see!
πΈ Verse:
C Em Am7 C
Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry
C Em Am7 C
When I take you out in the surrey
C Em Am7 C D7 G G7
When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top!
C Em Am7 C
Watch that fringe and see how it flutters
C Em Am7 C
When I drive them high steppin' strutters.
C Em Am7 C D7 G
Nosey pokes'll peek thru' their shutters and their eyes will pop!
πΈ Bridge:
C7 F
The wheels are yeller, the upholstery's brown
C7 F
The dashboard's genuine leather
D7 G
With isinglass curtains y' can roll right down
A7sus4 D7 Dm G7
In case there's a change in the weather.
πΈ Verse:
C Em Am7 C
Two bright sidelight's winkin' and blinkin'
C Em Am7 C
Ain't no finer rig I'm a-thinkin'
C Em Am7 C D7 G
You can keep your rig if you're thinkin' 'at I'd care to swap
G7 C Em F G C
Fer that shiny, little surrey with the fringe on the top!
πΈ Refrain:
E B7 E Db
Did you say the fringe was made of silk
Db Ab Db Ab Bb
Wouldn't have no other kind but silk
Bb F Bb F G E B7
Does it really have a team of snow white horses
E B7 E B7 E
One's like snow, the others more like milk
πΈ Verse:
C Em Am7 C
All the world'll fly in a flurry
C Em Am7 C
When I take you out in the surrey
C Em Am7 C D7 G
When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top!
C Em Am7 C
When we hit that road, hell fer leather
C Em Am7 C
Cats and dogs'll dance in the heather
C Em Am7 C D7 G
Birds and frogs'll sing all together and the toads will hop!
C7 F
The wind'll whistle as we rattle along
C7 F
The cows'll moo in the clover
D7 G
The river will ripple out a whispered song
A7sus4 D7 Dm G7
And whisper it over and ov er
C Em Am7 C
Don't you wishty'd go on forever?
C Em Am7 C
Don't you wishty'd go on forever?
C Em Am7 C D7 G
Don't you wishty'd go on forever and you'd never stop
G7 F Em F G C
In that shiny, little surrey with the fringe on the top!
πΈ Verse:
C Em Am7 C
I can see the stars gettin' blurry
C Em Am7 C
When we drive back home in the surrey
C Em Am7 C D7 G
Drivin' slowly home in the surrey with the fringe on top!
C Em Am7 C
I can feel the day gettin' older
C Em Am7 C
Feel a sleepy head on my shoulder
C Em Am7 C D7 G
Noddin', droopin' close to my shoulder, till it falls kerplop!
πΈ Bridge:
C7 F
The sun is swimmin' on the rim of a hill
C7 F
The moon is takin' a header
D7 G
And jist as I'm thinkin' all the earth is still
A7sus4 D7 Dm G7
A lark'll wake up in the medder.
πΈ Outro:
C Em Am7 C
Hush, you bird, my baby's a-sleepin'!
C Em Am7 C
Maybe got a dream worth a-keepin'
C Em Am7 C D7 G
Whoa! you team, and jist keep a-creepin' at a slow clip clop.
G7 F Em F G C
Don't you hurry with the surrey with the fringe on the top!
Song History
Published: January 26, 2022
Last Updated: January 26, 2022