Song Name: | Then I'd Be Satisfied With Life | By: | George M. Cohan |
Posted By: | TolkeinFan | Difficulty: | Beginner |
Key: | Any | Genre: | Musical |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2011-03-11 13:03:20 | Modified: | 2011-03-12 10:03:03 |
Song: | Then I'd Be Satisfied With Life
George M. Cohan From the Musical "The Governor's Son" Where it was sung by George M. Cohan *Verse 1* 4 -6 6 -6 7 6 -5 6 How seldom will you meet a man -7 -6 6 -6 7 6 As thro' this world you go, 4 -5 5 -5 -6 -8 7 5 -5 -7 A man, I mean, who's satisfied with life, -7 -7 -6 -7 -8 -6 He may be blessed with wealth 6 -6 -8 6 6 -7 -4 but where's his health? Don't you know? 6 6 -6 -7 7 -8 -7 -6 6 7 His fight for millions brings him care and strife. -6 -6 6 -6 7 6 The king both great and grand -5 6 7 -5 5 -5 -6 -4 Who has a land at his command -4 5 -4 -5 6 -6 7 -7 -6 -8 Will want his flag to reach another shore, 6 6 6 -6 -7 -6 6 Ah this life we lead is greed, 5 -5 6 -6 -7 -6 6 Tho' there are some things I need 6 6 -6 6 -6 -6 -7 -6 -7 6 7 If I had them I would ask for nothing more____ *Chorus* 7 -7 -7 6 7 -7 -7 6 6 7 All I want is fifty million dollars, 7 7 -7 -7 6 7 -7 -7 6 -6 And seal skins to protect me from the cold. -6 -6 -8 8 -8 -6 -8 8 -8 -6 6 -7 If I only knew how stocks would go in Wall Street, -6 -6 -6 6 6 -6 6 -4 6 -6 6 And was living in a mansion built of gold. 7 7 7 -7 -7 6 7 -7 -7 6 -6 -7 If the Vanderbilts would let me spend their money 7 7 7 -7 -7 6 7 -7 -7 6 -6 If I only had an heiress for a wife -6 -6 -8 8 -8 -6 -8 8 -8 -6 6 -7 If I only stood in with the steel trust rake off -6 6 -6 7 -7 -6 -6 6 -6 6 -5 Then... I... know that I'd be satisfied... with life. *Verse 2* 4 4 -6 6 -6 7 6 -5 In a little brown stone shanty 6 7 -6 6 -6 7 6 Upon old Fifth Avenue 4 -5 5 -5 -6 -8 7 5 -6 -7 'Tis there I share my poverty with Pa's -7 -7 -7 -6 -7 -8 -6 6 -6 But while things are coming hard for us, -8 6 -5 6 -7 -4 I'm satisfied 'tis true, 6 6 -6 -7 7 -8 -7 -6 6 7 To smoke my little sixty cent cigars. -6 -6 6 -6 7 6 There are some people think -5 6 -7 -5 5 -5 -6 -4 A farmer's life is but a blank, -4 5 -4 -5 6 -6 7 -7 -6 -8 And long for city's glamor night and day, 6 6 6 6 -6 -7 -6 6 But if to me the choice you give, 5 -5 6 -6 -7 -6 6 I will settle down and live, 6 6 -6 6 -6 -6 -7 -6 -7 6 7 In some quiet little village like Broadway____ *Chorus* 7 7 -7 -7 6 7 -7 -7 6 6 7 And all I want is partridge for my breakfast 7 7 -7 -7 6 7 -7 -7 6 -6 A champagne fountain sprinkling at my feet. -8 8 -8 -6 -8 8 -8 -6 6 -7 Pierpont Morgan waiting on the table -6 -6 6 6 -6 6 -4 6 -6 6 And Sousa's band a-playing while I eat. 7 7 7 -7 -7 6 7 -7 -7 6 -6 -7 If I only owned the Western Union cable 7 7 -7 -7 6 7 -7 -7 6 -6 If Hetty Green would only be my wife -6 -6 -8 8 -8 -6 -8 8 -8 6 6 -7 If I only owned the Pennsylvania Railroad -6 6 -6 7 -7 -6 -6 6 -6 6 -5 Then... I... know that I'd be satisfied... with life. |