Rhode Island is Famous For You!
Howard Dietz / Arthur schwartz (sung by Blossom Dearie) 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blossom_Dearie
                                                              
transposed to C

C               G7              C                G7        
Every state has  something its  rotary club can  boast of;
C               G7               C               D7   G  
   Some product  that the state    produces the most of.
C                 A7     D7           
   Rhode islandis little but oh my  ,
                                G  G7  
it has a product anyone  would  buy!


C      G7           C      
Copper comes from arizona,
G7                C             
peaches come from Georgia,  and
D7                 G7     
lobsters come from Maine,
C                        
The wheat fields are the
C7                F      
sweet fields of Nebraska
D7                                
and Kansas gets bonanzas from the
G7     
grain,
C           
Old whiskey
G7       C                  
comes from old Kentucky
G7         C                  
ain't the country lucky?
     D7            G7         
New Jersey gives us glue.....

C        C7            F                 
And you, You come from Rhode Island, and
Fm               C         D7    G7     C  
little old Rhode island is famous  for you


                                                  
Cotton, comes from Loosiana, gophers from Montana

                      
and spuds from Idaho.

                                              
They plough land in the cow land of Missoura,

                                                   
where most beef meant for roast beef seems to grow

                                                           
Grand Canyons, come from Colorada, gold comes from nevada,

                  
divorces also do.

                                                                                
And you, you come from Rhode Island, and little Rhode island, is famous for you





                                
Pencils, come from Pencilvania,

                              
vests from vest-virginia, and

                      
tents from tent-a-see

                                    
They know mink where they grow mink

           
in Wyomink

                                            
a camp-chair in new hampchair that's for me

                                                      
And minnows, come from Minnowsota, coats from DaCoata

                            
but why should you be blue?

                                                                                
For you, you come from Rhode Island, and little Rhode island, is famous for you