EmM7 - x210xx
[Verse 1]
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When Mrs. O'Leary's cow Kicked the lantern in Chicago town
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They say that started the fire ,That burned Chicago down
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That's the story that went around ,But here's the real low-down
[Chorus]
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Put the blame on Mame, boys
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Put the blame on Mame
Am Em
Mame kissed a buyer from out of town
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That kiss burned Chicago down
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So you can put the blame on Mame, boys
Em B7 Em EmM7 Em
Put the blame on Mame
[Verse 2]
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Remember the blizzard, back in Manhattan ,In eighteen-eighty-six
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They say that traffic was tied up ,And folks were in a fix
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That's the story that went around, But here's the real low-down
[Chorus]
Em B7 Em B7
Put the blame on Mame, boys
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Put the blame on Mame
Am Em
Mame gave a chump such an ice-cold "No"
Em B7
For seven days they shovelled snow
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So you can put the blame on Mame, boys
Em B7 Em EmM7 Em
Put the blame on Mame
[Verse 3]
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When they had the earthquake in San Francisco ,Back in nineteen-six
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They said that Mother Nature ,Was up to her old tricks
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That's the story that went around ,But here's the real low-down
[Chorus]
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Put the blame on Mame, boys
Em B7 Em EmM7 Em
Put the blame on Mame
Am Em
One night she started to shim and shake
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That brought on the Frisco quake
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So you can put the blame on Mame, boys
Em B7 Em EmM7 Em
Put the blame on Mame
[Verse 4]
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They once had a shootin' up in the Klondike ,When they got Dan McGrew
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Folks were putting the blame on,The lady known as Lou
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That's the story that went around, But here's the real low-down
[Chorus]
Em B7 Em B7
Put the blame on Mame, boys
Em B7 Em EmM7 Em
Put the blame on Mame
Am Em
Mame did a dance called the hoochy-coo
Em B7
That's the thing that slew McGrew
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So you can put the blame on Mame, boys
Em B7 Em EmM7 Em
Put the blame on Mame