Minnie The Moocher (Play Along)

by Cab Calloway

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Minnie The Moocher / Cab Calloway

Tabbed for C Chromatic (Key of Em) so you can Play Along With Cab!



Cab Calloway also performed this classic in the movie The Blues Brothers!

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Minnie The Moocher


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Hey folks, here's the story 'bout  Minnie tHe Moocher
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She was a  red hot hoocie coocher
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She was the roughest, toughest frail
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Minnie had  a  heart  as big as a whale
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Hi De Hi De Hi De Hi  (Hi De Hi De Hi De Hi)
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Ho De Ho De Ho De Ho  (Ho De Ho De Ho De Ho)
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He De He De He De He  (He De He De He De He)
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Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho  (Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho)
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She had a dream about the king of Sweden
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He gave her things that she was needin'
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He gave Her a home built of gold and steel
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A diamond car with tHe platinum wheels
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Hi De Hi De Hi De Hi De Hi De Hi De Ya
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Ho De Ho De Ho De Ho De Ho De Ho De Yo
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Sco Ble Be Ay   Bi  Bi   Ta  Do  Be  Le  Ah
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Oh Ba La Ba  Do  Ba La Ba Do   Oh  Oh
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He gave her his house and his racing horses
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Each meal she ate was a dozen courses
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She had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes
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She sat around and counted them all a million times
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Hi De Hi De Hi De Hi  (Hi De Hi De Hi De Hi)
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Wo Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh  (Wo Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh)
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He Be He Be He Be He   (He Be He Be He Be He)
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Hi De Hi De Hi De Ho  (Hi De Hi De Hi De Ho)
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Poor Min, poor Min, poor Min
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