C                                  Dm              G  F# F
A white sport coat and a pink carnation  
F                    G                C 
I'm all dressed up for the dance.  
C                                  Dm                G F# F
A white sport coat and a pink carnation  
F               G            C 
I'm all alone in romance. 
 
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G                                                  C 
Once you told me long ago, to the prom with me  
               D 
you'd go, now you've changed your mind,  
                G                                      G7 
it seems someone else will hold my dreams.  
C                                   Dm                 G F# F
A white sport coat and a pink carnation, 
F                        G          C 
I'm in a blue, blue mood.  
 
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