Start Off Each Day With A Song Chords by Jimmy Durante
Tempo:
130.75 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
D
Am
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[A] [G] You've [C] got to start off each day with a song.
Now even when things [Gm] go wrong, [G] [E] you'll be better, [Am] you'll even look better.
[D] [C] I'm here to tell [D] you that you'll be a go [G]-getter.
Now the way that you shake my hand will tell me how [Am] I stand.
Now isn't it better to go through life with a [Fm] smile and a song [C] than walking around with
a face [D] eleven miles long?
Now [C] you know that you can't [A] go wrong if [D] you start [G] off each day with a [C] song.
[G] You've got [C] to start off each day with a song.
Oh sing it Jimmy boy, even when things go [G] wrong, sing it for the whole ploy.
[E] You'll feel better, [Am] you'll even look better.
[D] Ah that music, it does something [Bm] to me.
I wish I knew what it [C] was.
Last night I was telling Umbreago about my latest concerto called Tony's [F] Pushcart.
He said Tony's Pushcart, how does it go?
[Dm] I said it [Fm] doesn't go, you have to push it.
[A]
[D] I got a minute of him, a [G] minute of him.
Now [C] you know that you can't go wrong [F#m] if [D] you start [G] off each day with a [C] song.
[G] You've got [C] to start off each day with a song.
Boys, please, soft, soft, a little more fortissimo.
[G] I want to relate a yarn.
[E] Turn back the pages [Am] of history and what do you see?
[E] Madison Square Gardner, old [D] Dale.
And there I [G] was, [C] interviewing a prize winning cow.
I asked her to tell the radio public how she feels.
She [Am] said moo.
[Dm] She's contented, I'm contented, [D] but her husband ain't.
[C] So what happens?
The bull ups [D] to me, I [G] ups to him, and [C] without any preliminaries, [Em] I'm flat on my back.
Being [A] a gentleman I [G] apologize.
[C] But the bull's not [G] satisfied, he [C] demands an autopsy.
So I grabs him by the tail and what happens?
He [Em] flips his tail, I lands on [G] his head.
He flips his head, [E] I lands on his tail.
He's [Am] playing ping pong with me and [D] I'm losing.
[F#m] Just then the bull is ready [G] to charge again.
[C] I gets an idea, I start [Am] singing, south to the border, [C] down Mexico way.
And what [F] happens?
The bull starts crying.
But it [F] regardless, I keeps on [D] singing.
This [C] time with the caskets.
[D] That's too much for [G] the bull, he collapses.
[C] But cheer goes up, I'm [Em] saved and the moral is, [A] you gotta start [G] off big day.
[C] [G] [N]
[A] [G] You've [C] got to start off each day with a song.
Now even when things [Gm] go wrong, [G] [E] you'll be better, [Am] you'll even look better.
[D] [C] I'm here to tell [D] you that you'll be a go [G]-getter.
Now the way that you shake my hand will tell me how [Am] I stand.
Now isn't it better to go through life with a [Fm] smile and a song [C] than walking around with
a face [D] eleven miles long?
Now [C] you know that you can't [A] go wrong if [D] you start [G] off each day with a [C] song.
[G] You've got [C] to start off each day with a song.
Oh sing it Jimmy boy, even when things go [G] wrong, sing it for the whole ploy.
[E] You'll feel better, [Am] you'll even look better.
[D] Ah that music, it does something [Bm] to me.
I wish I knew what it [C] was.
Last night I was telling Umbreago about my latest concerto called Tony's [F] Pushcart.
He said Tony's Pushcart, how does it go?
[Dm] I said it [Fm] doesn't go, you have to push it.
[A]
[D] I got a minute of him, a [G] minute of him.
Now [C] you know that you can't go wrong [F#m] if [D] you start [G] off each day with a [C] song.
[G] You've got [C] to start off each day with a song.
Boys, please, soft, soft, a little more fortissimo.
[G] I want to relate a yarn.
[E] Turn back the pages [Am] of history and what do you see?
[E] Madison Square Gardner, old [D] Dale.
And there I [G] was, [C] interviewing a prize winning cow.
I asked her to tell the radio public how she feels.
She [Am] said moo.
[Dm] She's contented, I'm contented, [D] but her husband ain't.
[C] So what happens?
The bull ups [D] to me, I [G] ups to him, and [C] without any preliminaries, [Em] I'm flat on my back.
Being [A] a gentleman I [G] apologize.
[C] But the bull's not [G] satisfied, he [C] demands an autopsy.
So I grabs him by the tail and what happens?
He [Em] flips his tail, I lands on [G] his head.
He flips his head, [E] I lands on his tail.
He's [Am] playing ping pong with me and [D] I'm losing.
[F#m] Just then the bull is ready [G] to charge again.
[C] I gets an idea, I start [Am] singing, south to the border, [C] down Mexico way.
And what [F] happens?
The bull starts crying.
But it [F] regardless, I keeps on [D] singing.
This [C] time with the caskets.
[D] That's too much for [G] the bull, he collapses.
[C] But cheer goes up, I'm [Em] saved and the moral is, [A] you gotta start [G] off big day.
[C] [G] [N]
Key:
C
G
D
Am
A
C
G
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] You've [C] got to start off each day with a song.
_ Now even when things [Gm] go wrong, [G] _ _ [E] you'll be better, [Am] you'll even look better.
_ [D] [C] I'm here to tell [D] you that you'll be a go [G]-getter.
Now the way that you shake my hand _ will tell me how [Am] I stand.
_ Now isn't it better to go through life with a [Fm] smile and a song [C] than walking around with
a face [D] eleven miles long?
Now [C] you know that you can't [A] go wrong if [D] you start [G] off each day with a [C] song.
_ [G] You've got [C] to start off each day with a song.
Oh sing it Jimmy boy, even when things go [G] wrong, sing it for the whole ploy.
[E] You'll feel better, [Am] you'll even look better.
[D] Ah that music, it does something [Bm] to me.
I wish I knew what it [C] was.
Last night I was telling Umbreago about my latest concerto called Tony's [F] Pushcart.
He said Tony's Pushcart, how does it go?
[Dm] I said it [Fm] doesn't go, you have to push it.
_ [A] _ _
[D] I got a minute of him, a [G] minute of him.
Now [C] you know that you can't go wrong _ [F#m] if [D] you start [G] off each day with a [C] song.
_ [G] You've got [C] to start off each day with a song.
Boys, please, soft, _ soft, a little more fortissimo.
[G] I want to relate a yarn.
[E] _ Turn back the pages [Am] of history and what do you see?
[E] Madison Square Gardner, old [D] Dale.
And there I [G] was, [C] interviewing a prize winning cow.
I asked her to tell the radio public how she feels.
She [Am] said moo.
_ _ [Dm] She's contented, I'm contented, [D] but her husband ain't.
[C] So what happens?
The bull ups [D] to me, I [G] ups to him, and [C] without any preliminaries, [Em] I'm flat on my back.
Being [A] a gentleman I [G] apologize.
[C] But the bull's not [G] satisfied, he [C] demands an autopsy.
So I grabs him by the tail and what happens?
He [Em] flips his tail, I lands on [G] his head.
He flips his head, [E] I lands on his tail.
He's [Am] playing ping pong with me and [D] I'm losing.
[F#m] Just then the bull is ready [G] to charge again.
[C] I gets an idea, I start [Am] singing, south to the border, [C] down Mexico way.
And what [F] happens?
The bull starts crying.
But it [F] regardless, I keeps on [D] singing.
This [C] time with the caskets.
[D] That's too much for [G] the bull, he collapses.
[C] But cheer goes up, I'm [Em] saved and the moral is, [A] you gotta start [G] off big day.
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [N] _
[A] _ _ _ [G] You've [C] got to start off each day with a song.
_ Now even when things [Gm] go wrong, [G] _ _ [E] you'll be better, [Am] you'll even look better.
_ [D] [C] I'm here to tell [D] you that you'll be a go [G]-getter.
Now the way that you shake my hand _ will tell me how [Am] I stand.
_ Now isn't it better to go through life with a [Fm] smile and a song [C] than walking around with
a face [D] eleven miles long?
Now [C] you know that you can't [A] go wrong if [D] you start [G] off each day with a [C] song.
_ [G] You've got [C] to start off each day with a song.
Oh sing it Jimmy boy, even when things go [G] wrong, sing it for the whole ploy.
[E] You'll feel better, [Am] you'll even look better.
[D] Ah that music, it does something [Bm] to me.
I wish I knew what it [C] was.
Last night I was telling Umbreago about my latest concerto called Tony's [F] Pushcart.
He said Tony's Pushcart, how does it go?
[Dm] I said it [Fm] doesn't go, you have to push it.
_ [A] _ _
[D] I got a minute of him, a [G] minute of him.
Now [C] you know that you can't go wrong _ [F#m] if [D] you start [G] off each day with a [C] song.
_ [G] You've got [C] to start off each day with a song.
Boys, please, soft, _ soft, a little more fortissimo.
[G] I want to relate a yarn.
[E] _ Turn back the pages [Am] of history and what do you see?
[E] Madison Square Gardner, old [D] Dale.
And there I [G] was, [C] interviewing a prize winning cow.
I asked her to tell the radio public how she feels.
She [Am] said moo.
_ _ [Dm] She's contented, I'm contented, [D] but her husband ain't.
[C] So what happens?
The bull ups [D] to me, I [G] ups to him, and [C] without any preliminaries, [Em] I'm flat on my back.
Being [A] a gentleman I [G] apologize.
[C] But the bull's not [G] satisfied, he [C] demands an autopsy.
So I grabs him by the tail and what happens?
He [Em] flips his tail, I lands on [G] his head.
He flips his head, [E] I lands on his tail.
He's [Am] playing ping pong with me and [D] I'm losing.
[F#m] Just then the bull is ready [G] to charge again.
[C] I gets an idea, I start [Am] singing, south to the border, [C] down Mexico way.
And what [F] happens?
The bull starts crying.
But it [F] regardless, I keeps on [D] singing.
This [C] time with the caskets.
[D] That's too much for [G] the bull, he collapses.
[C] But cheer goes up, I'm [Em] saved and the moral is, [A] you gotta start [G] off big day.
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [N] _