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:
EmFolks, (022000@1)here's the story 'bout Minnie the Moocher,
C7 (x32310@1)                 B7 (x21202@1)    Em (022000@1) She was a low-down hoochie-cootcher,
Em (022000@1)  She was the roughest, toughest frail, 
    C7 (x32310@1)                  B7 (x21202@1)     EmBut (022000@1)Minnie had a heart as big as a whale. 

CHORUS: 
      EmHi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! (022000@1)(Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!)
      EmHo-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (022000@1)(Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!)
      EmHe-de-he-de-he-de-he! (022000@1)(He-de-he-de-he-de-he!)
      EmHi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho! (022000@1)(Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!)

VERSE 2:
Em (022000@1) She messed around with a bloke named Smoky,
C7 (x32310@1)                   B7 (x21202@1)   Em (022000@1) She loved him though he was cokie, 
Em (022000@1) He took her down to Chinatown, 
       C7 (x32310@1)                       B7 (x21202@1)  EmAnd (022000@1)he showed her how to kick the gong around.

CHORUS:
      EmHi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! (022000@1)(Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!)
      Em (022000@1)     Whoooooaaaaah!  (Whoooooaaaaah!)
      EmHe-de-he-de-he-de-he! (022000@1)(He-de-he-de-he-de-he!)
      EmHi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho! (022000@1)(Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!)

VERSE 3: 
Em (022000@1) She had a dream about the king of Sweden,
C7 (x32310@1)                      B7 (x21202@1)    Em (022000@1) He gave her things that she was needin',
Em (022000@1) He gave her a home built of gold and steel, 
(Double time feel)
  C7 (x32310@1)               B7 (x21202@1)     EmA (022000@1)diamond car with a platinum wheel. 

CHORUS: 
EmHi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi! (022000@1)(Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi!)
EmHo-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (022000@1)(Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-hi!)
Em(Scat (022000@1)+ Repeat)
(A tempo)
Em(Scat (022000@1)+ Repeat)

VERSE 4:
Em (022000@1) He gave her his townhouse and his racing horses,
C7 (x32310@1)                      B7 (x21202@1)  Em (022000@1) Each meal she ate was a dozen courses; 
Em (022000@1) She had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes,
    C7 (x32310@1)                              B7 (x21202@1)    Em (022000@1)She sat around and counted them all a million times.

CHORUS: 
      EmHi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! (022000@1)(Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!)
      EmHo-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (022000@1)(Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!)
      EmHe-de-he-de-he-de-he! (022000@1)(He-de-he-de-he-de-he!)
      EmHi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho! (022000@1)(Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!)

OUTRO: 
Em (022000@1)    C7 (x32310@1)    
Poor    Min, 	
C7 (x32310@1)    B7Poor (x21202@1)   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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