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