Elmer's Tune

by Glenn Miller

Edit

ELMER'S TUNE
by Elmer Albrecht, Sammy Gallop and Dick Jurgens
Glenn Miller
Key: C

 3  -3  -3*  -4    -4  -3* 
Why are the stars  al-ways 
 -3  -3  -2*   3   3  -2* -2
Wink-in' and blink-in' a-bove?
 -2*   3   3* -3  -3  -2*
What makes a fel-low start 
  3   3   -2* -2  -2  -1*  2
Think-in' of fall-in' in love?
-2*   3  -3   3   3 
It's not the sea-son, 
-2*  -2  -2 -2*  3   3  -2*  -2
the reas-on is plain as the moon
 6    6   6   -4    -3
It's just El-mer's Tune

 3    -3  -3*-4 -4 -3* -3  -3   
What makes a la-dy of eight-y 
-2* 3  3  -2*   -2
go out on the loose?
-2*   3  3* -3 -3 -2* 3   3
Why does a gan-der me-an-der 
-2*  -2   -2 -1* 2
in search of a goose?
 -2*  3   -3    3  3 -2* -2   -2
What puts the kick in a chick-en, 
-2*  3  3  -2* -2
the mag-ic in June?
  6   6   6  -4     -3
It's just El-mer's Tune

-3   4     -3   3
Lis-ten    Lis-ten
   -3   4 -3    4    -3   4  -3  4  -3  3
There's a lot you're li’-ble to be miss-in'
 -3  6       -5  5
Sing it    Swing it
-5-5 -4   4  -3  -4 3 -3   3
An-y old way and an-y old time

 3  -3 -3* -4   -4   -3*  -3  -3
The hur-dy-gur-dies, the bird-ies, 
-2*  3  3  -2*  -2
the cop on the beat
-2*  3  3* -3  -3  -2*  3  3
The can-dy mak-er, the bak-er, 
-2* -2  -2 -1*    2
the man on the street
-2* 3  -3   3   3   -2*  -2  -2
The ci-ty charm-er, the farm-er, 
-2*  3  3  -2*  -2
the man in the moon
 6    6  6    6     5
All sing El-mer's Tune