Chords for Betty Hutton - Doin' It The Hard Way (1945)

[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [D] _ _ [G] _
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] At the early age of three, it [E] first occurred to [D] me, [G] a girl [Dm] should always [C] try to [F] improve
herself.
_ _ [E] While the others played with toys, [B] I practiced charm and [C] poise and [Dm] finished Dr.
[E] Elliot's five-foot shelf.
[B] _ _ _
[Cm] I _ exercised each [F] morning, [Dm] called cream [Gm] my face each [A] night,
[C] saw my dentist twice a [D] year, [A] curbed my [Gm] appetite, [C] _ _ [F] _ and so I [G] modestly _ [Bb] admit, _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] it [C] didn't [F] [G] help one single _ [Bb] bit.
[Eb] _ [D] _ [Db] _ _ [C] _ [F] Some girls can [C] make [F] any man dream _ [Fm] by flashing an [Eb] innocent gleam.
_ [F] Me, I do an [Gm] if-up, curl my upper lip [Fm] up, light a [Cm] roman candle, [G] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] hard way.
[D] _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ [F] Some girls can wear
_ _ animal rags [Bb] and capture the wolves in [Eb] the stag.
_ [Dm] Me, I dress in [Gm] sables, walk across the tables,
[Bb] waving [Eb] three American, [G] _ [Bb] have to do it [Fm] the hard way.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] Let's say [Bbm] there's a dance, _ [Am] they're [E] playing [Dm] a _ waltz.
And [Dbm] I, [G] _ _ _ _ _ that's when I began turning _ somersaults.
[F] Some girls can keep men on their toes,
_ [Bb] by smiling and throwing [G] a rose.
_ _ [Fm] Me, I rack my noodle, [Gm] whistle Yankee [F] Doodle, _
[D] balancing a broom on [G] my nose.
Oh, [Bb] I'm a-telling [Eb] you, I [D] _ _ [Bb] _ [C] have to do it [F] the hard _ way. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Bbm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ I have to do it [F] the hard _ _ [Gb] way.
[F] _ _ [Bb] Suppose _ [Bbm] there's a park, _ _ [Dm] a boy on a bench.
_ I'm out for [G] a lark.
_ [Gm] So I make him fall with a monkey wrench, [F] when someone like Heddy [Cm] Lamar,
_ [Bb] steps into the [Eb] swankiest bar.
_ _ [Dm] All the fellas get [Gm] up, light her [D] cigarette up.
Me, I'd have to smoke a [Gm] cigar, and then they call me [A] a cop.
_ [C] _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] Doctor, is [Gm] there a chance [Dm] for me?
Can't you cure [Gm] this [C] insanity?
[F] I'm tired of tearing up the town, being one of the [Bb] sights,
wearing funny hats, [Db] trimmed to neon [B] light, [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] doing _ [Db] everything.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [Db] _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _