MINNIE THE MOOCHER – CAB CALLOWAY / THE BLUES BROTHERS
INTRO: (Strong blues feel, 95bpm)
?Em B7 ?Em ?Em B7 ?Em ?Em B7 ?Em ?
?C7 ?Em/B B7/F# Em ?Em ?Em ?Em ?C7 B7 ?
VERSE 1:
Folks, here's the story 'bout Minnie the Moocher,
She was a low-down hoochie-cootcher,
She was the roughest, toughest frail,
But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale.
CHORUS:
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!)
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!)
He-de-he-de-he-de-he! (He-de-he-de-he-de-he!)
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!)
VERSE 2:
She messed around with a bloke named Smoky,
She loved him though he was cokie,
He took her down to Chinatown,
And he showed her how to kick the gong around.
CHORUS:
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!)
Whoooooaaaaah! (Whoooooaaaaah!)
He-de-he-de-he-de-he! (He-de-he-de-he-de-he!)
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!)
VERSE 3:
She had a dream about the king of Sweden,
He gave her things that she was needin',
He gave her a home built of gold and steel,
(Double time feel)
A diamond car with a platinum wheel.
CHORUS:
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi!)
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-hi!)
(Scat + Repeat)
(A tempo)
(Scat + Repeat)
VERSE 4:
He gave her his townhouse and his racing horses,
Each meal she ate was a dozen courses;
She had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes,
She sat around and counted them all a million times.
CHORUS:
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!)
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!)
He-de-he-de-he-de-he! (He-de-he-de-he-de-he!)
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!)
OUTRO:
Poor Min,
Poor Min,
Em7/G Em (Hold to end)
Poor Min.
END
Personally transcribed by OliThePianist – there’s not enough free piano music out there!
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