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