Biography:
Elizabeth “Connie” Converse disappeared in 1974, leaving behind a haunting body of recorded music that would remain virtually unheard for the next 35 years.
Biography:
Elizabeth Eaton Converse was born in Laconia, New Hampshire in 1924, the middle child of three siblings. She was bookish, the valedictorian her class at Concord High School, and described by most who knew her to be a polymath. She attended Mt. Holyoke College on an academic scholarship beginning in 1942, studied French, and wrote for several campus publications.
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[Intro]
Eb Bb F
Eb Ab Cm F
[Verse]
Eb Ab Bb
I knew a man once, very long ago
Eb
They say that he was born in Buffalo,
Bb
but I don’t believe it
F Bb
Buffalo was never sufficiently
Eb Bb
gilded and pearled.
E Bb
And this man turned out to be
F
the playboy of the Western world.
Bb Ab Gm Bb
Oh, he was elegant past all dreaming
Ab Bb F Gm
he made seeming seem like the real McCoy.
F Gb Eb Bb F Gm
All the sheiks of Araby, all the shahs of Persia
Bb Cm Bb Gm F
couldn’t hold a candle to this boy.
Gm Bb
When he walked through a room
Eb Bb
it looked as handsome as Napoleon’s tomb,
Cm F
and the Ford he rode
Bb
could have been Mercedes-Benz à la mode.
Eb E
When he took me out I didn’t doubt
Eb Ab
that we were going to the Astor
F
or the Sherry-Netherland.
Eb E
Spring seemed to linger
Eb
in the little bunch of flowers
F
he pressed into my hand -
Bb Gm Bb
Little bunch of flowers, didn’t cost a dime
F Gm Bb
picked them in the park in their prime.
F Bb F
He went around with his heart unfurled:
Gb F
the one and only playboy of the Western world.
Bb F Gm Bb
You could fall in love with everyone you’d meet
F Gm Bb
when you walked with him down the street.
[Instrumental]
F Gb Bb Gb Cm
[Verse]
Eb E Bb Gb F
Playboys die young; this one did too,
Eb Cm Ab E Gb
all worn out making dreams come true.
Bb Eb
And the world was grim again, without him again,
Bb Eb Gb
without him
Eb F Gm Bb Ab Gm Bb
For he was elegant past all dreaming;
Ab Bb Gm
he made seeming seem like the real McCoy.
Bb Eb Bb F Gm
All the sheiks of Araby, all the shahs of Persia
F Cm Eb Gb Gm Bb
couldn’t hold a candle to this boy.
E Eb E Ab
When they took him out, oh, I didn’t doubt
Gb Eb
that he was going to Miami
F
or some other wonderland.
Eb E
Spring seemed to linger
Gb
in the little bunch of flowers
F
I pressed into his hand -
Gm Bb F
Little bunch of flowers, didn’t cost a dime;
Gm Bb F
picked them in the park in their prime.
Gm Ab
He went around with his heart unfurled:
Gb F
the one and only playboy of the Western world.
Bb F
He was the playboy of the Western world,
Cm Gm Bb
the playboy of the Western world.
Eb Bb F
Eb Ab Cm F
[Verse]
Eb Ab Bb
I knew a man once, very long ago
Eb
They say that he was born in Buffalo,
Bb
but I don’t believe it
F Bb
Buffalo was never sufficiently
Eb Bb
gilded and pearled.
E Bb
And this man turned out to be
F
the playboy of the Western world.
Bb Ab Gm Bb
Oh, he was elegant past all dreaming
Ab Bb F Gm
he made seeming seem like the real McCoy.
F Gb Eb Bb F Gm
All the sheiks of Araby, all the shahs of Persia
Bb Cm Bb Gm F
couldn’t hold a candle to this boy.
Gm Bb
When he walked through a room
Eb Bb
it looked as handsome as Napoleon’s tomb,
Cm F
and the Ford he rode
Bb
could have been Mercedes-Benz à la mode.
Eb E
When he took me out I didn’t doubt
Eb Ab
that we were going to the Astor
F
or the Sherry-Netherland.
Eb E
Spring seemed to linger
Eb
in the little bunch of flowers
F
he pressed into my hand -
Bb Gm Bb
Little bunch of flowers, didn’t cost a dime
F Gm Bb
picked them in the park in their prime.
F Bb F
He went around with his heart unfurled:
Gb F
the one and only playboy of the Western world.
Bb F Gm Bb
You could fall in love with everyone you’d meet
F Gm Bb
when you walked with him down the street.
[Instrumental]
F Gb Bb Gb Cm
[Verse]
Eb E Bb Gb F
Playboys die young; this one did too,
Eb Cm Ab E Gb
all worn out making dreams come true.
Bb Eb
And the world was grim again, without him again,
Bb Eb Gb
without him
Eb F Gm Bb Ab Gm Bb
For he was elegant past all dreaming;
Ab Bb Gm
he made seeming seem like the real McCoy.
Bb Eb Bb F Gm
All the sheiks of Araby, all the shahs of Persia
F Cm Eb Gb Gm Bb
couldn’t hold a candle to this boy.
E Eb E Ab
When they took him out, oh, I didn’t doubt
Gb Eb
that he was going to Miami
F
or some other wonderland.
Eb E
Spring seemed to linger
Gb
in the little bunch of flowers
F
I pressed into his hand -
Gm Bb F
Little bunch of flowers, didn’t cost a dime;
Gm Bb F
picked them in the park in their prime.
Gm Ab
He went around with his heart unfurled:
Gb F
the one and only playboy of the Western world.
Bb F
He was the playboy of the Western world,
Cm Gm Bb
the playboy of the Western world.
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