Playboy of the Western World — Connie Converse
Chords and lyrics for Playboy of the Western World by Connie Converse (key of D#).
Intro
[Eb] [Bb] [F]
[Eb] [Ab] [Cm] [F]
Verse
[Eb]I knew a man [Ab]once, [Bb]very long ago
[Eb]They say that he was born in Buffalo,
[Bb]but I don’t believe it
[F]Buffalo was never [Bb]sufficiently
[Eb]gilded and [Bb]pearled.
And [E]this man [Bb]turned out to be
the playboy of the Western [F]world.
Oh, he [Bb]was elegant [Ab]past all [Gm][Bb]dreaming
[Ab]he made [Bb]seeming seem like the real [F]McCoy.[Gm]
[F]All the sheiks of [Gb][Eb]Araby, [Bb]all the shahs of [F]Persia[Gm]
[Bb]couldn’t hold a [Cm]candle [Bb]to this [Gm]boy.[F]
[Gm]When he walked [Bb]through a room
it [Eb]looked as [Bb]handsome as Napoleon’s tomb,
and the [Cm]Ford he [F]rode
[Bb]could have been Mercedes-Benz à la mode.
When he took me [Eb]out I didn’t [E]doubt
that we were [Eb]going to the [Ab]Astor
or the [F]Sherry-Netherland.
[Eb]Spring seemed to [E]linger
in the [Eb]little bunch of flowers
he [F]pressed into my hand -
[Bb]Little bunch of flowers, [Gm]didn’t cost a [Bb]dime
picked them in the [F]park in their [Gm]prime.[Bb]
[F]He went around with his [Bb]heart [F]unfurled:
the one and [Gb]only playboy of the [F]Western world.
You could [Bb]fall in love [F]with [Gm]everyone you’d [Bb]meet
when you walked with him [F]down the [Gm][Bb]street.
Instrumental
[F] [Gb] [Bb] [Gb] [Cm]
Verse
[Eb]Playboys die [E][Bb]young; [Gb]this one did [F]too,
[Eb]all worn [Cm]out [Ab]making [E]dreams come [Gb]true.
[Bb]And the world was [Eb]grim again, without him again,
[Bb]without [Eb]him[Gb]
[Eb]For he [F]was [Gm][Bb]elegant [Ab]past all [Gm][Bb]dreaming;
[Ab]he made [Bb]seeming seem like the real McCoy.[Gm]
[Bb]All the sheiks of [Eb]Araby, all the shahs of [Bb][F]Persia[Gm]
[F]couldn’t hold a [Cm]candle [Eb]to [Gb]this [Gm][Bb]boy.
When they [E]took him [Eb]out, [E]oh, I didn’t [Ab]doubt
that he was [Gb]going to [Eb]Miami
or some[F] other wonderland.
[Eb]Spring seemed to [E]linger
in the [Gb]little bunch of flowers
I [F]pressed into his hand -
Little [Gm]bunch of [Bb]flowers, didn’t cost a [F]dime;
picked them in [Gm]the park in their [Bb]prime.[F]
[Gm]He went around with his [Ab]heart unfurled:
the one and [Gb]only playboy of the [F]Western world.
He was[Bb] the playboy of the [F]Western world,
the [Cm]playboy of the [Gm]Western [Bb]world.
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