The Whiffenpoof Song Words & Music by Meade Minnigerode, George S. Pomeroy & Ted Galloway Recorded by Rudy Vallee, 1927 E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1) F#7 (242352@1) D (xx0232@1) Bm7-5 E7To (020130@1)the tables down at Mory's, to the place where Louis dwells, D9 Bm7-5 E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1) Edim (3423xx@1) E7To (020130@1)the dear old Temple bar we love so well, A (x02220@1) F#7 (242352@1) D (xx0232@1) Bm7-5 E7Sing (020130@1)the Whiffenpoofs assembled, with their glasses raised on high, D9 Bm7-5 E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1) Edim (3423xx@1) E7And (020130@1)the magic of their singing casts a spell. E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1) F#7 (242352@1) D (xx0232@1) Bm7-5 E7Yes, (020130@1)the magic of their singing of the songs we love so well, D9 Bm7-5 E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1) "Shall I Wasting" and "Mavourneen" and the rest; E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1) A7 (x02020@1) D9 Dm6We (xx0201@1)will serenade our Louis while life and voice shall last, A (x02220@1) D9 E7 (020130@1) E7/9 E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1) E7Then (020130@1)we'll pass and be forgotten with the rest. E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1) F#m7 (131141@2) Bm7 (x20202@1) E7We're (020130@1)poor little lambs who have lost our way: Bm7 (x20202@1) E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1) Edim (3423xx@1) E7Baa! (020130@1) Baa! Baa! E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1) F#m7 (131141@2) Bm7 (x20202@1) E7We're (020130@1)little black sheep who have gone astray: Bm7 (x20202@1) E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1) Am7Baa! (x02010@1) Baa! Baa! F#m (244222@1) F#m/E Bm (x24432@1) Bm/AGentlemen (x04440@1)songsters off on a spree, E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1) Am7Doomed (x02010@1)from here to eternity; F#m (244222@1) F#m/A Bm7-5 Fdim (1201xx@1)Lord have mercy on such as we: D9 E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) Am7Baa! (x02010@1) Baa! Baa! The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions are the work of The Guitarguy
