La Cage Aux Folles

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
By: Jerry Herman
From: “La Cage Aux Folles”
Key: Bb, G, Bb, C, A, C

Key: Bb

-5    5*  -5  -7  7
It's rath-er gaud-y 
5*   -5  -7  7  5*  -5   -5*
but it's al-so rath-er grand.
-5    5*  -5   -7  -7  5*   -5    -7
And while the wait-er pads your check 
7      -6*  7    -9
he'll kiss your hand.
7    -6* 7  -9 8  -6* 
The clev-er gi-go-los 
7    -9   8    -7* -6*-6  -5*
ro-mance the wealth-y ma-trons
-3* 4  -5  -5    -5
At La Cage Aux Folles.

-5     5*   -7  -7   7
It's slight-ly fort-ies, 
5* -5 -7   7   5*  -5   -5*
and a lit-tle bit "New Wave".
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You may be danc-ing with a girl 
7    -6*  7   -9
who needs a shave.
7      -6*  7   -9   8
Where both the riff-raff 
-6*  7  -9  8 -7* -6* -6  -5*
and the roy-al-ty are pa-trons
-3* 4  -5  -5   -7
At La Cage Aux Folles.

Key: G

-7* -8  -8    -8
La Cage Aux Folles,
-8  -7   7 -6* 6  -5*   6     8   8    8
The Mai-tre d' is dash-ing, Cage Aux Folles,
8   -8   -7    7  -6*  6*   -6*
The hat check girl is flash-ing,
-9 -9  -9  -9    -9    8   -8   8
We im-port the drinks that you buy,
7  -7  -7*-7*-7*-7* -7*-7 7* -7
So the Per-ri-er is Can-a-da Dry.
-5  5*  -5   -7   7
Ec-cen-tric coup-les 
5*  -5   -7  7   5* -5    6
Al-ways punc-tu-ate the scene.
-5 5*  -5 -7   7   5* -5 -7   7  -6* 7  -9
A pair of eu-nuchs and a nun with a Ma-rine.

Key: Bb

7   -6* 7  -9   8  -6*  
To feel a-live you get 
7 -9  8  -7* -6*  -9    8
a lim-ou-sine to drive you 
-7*-6* 8*   -9   7
To La Cage Aux Folles.

Key: C

6    -5*  6   -8  -7 -5*
It's bad and beau-ti-ful, 
6    -8  -7 -5*  6  -6
It's baw-dy and bi-zarre.
6  -5* 6  -8  -7  -5*  6   -8   -7  7* -7  10
I know a Duch-ess who got preg-nant at the bar.
-7    7* -7 10  -9   7*  -7  10
Just who is who and What is What 
-9   8    7*   7   -6   5 -5   6   6    6
Is quite the ques-tion at La Cage Aux Folles.

6  -5*  6  -8  -7 -5*  6  -8  -7 -5*  6   -6
Go for the mys-ter-y, the mag-ic and the mood.
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A-void the hust-lers,
-5*  6   -8    -7    7* -7   10
And the men's room, and the food.
 
-7   7* -7   10  -9   7*
For you get glam-our and 
-7   10  -9  8  7*  7   -6
Ro-mance and in-di-ges-tion
5  -5   6   6    -8
At La Cage Aux Folles.

Key: A

8   8*   8*   8*    8* -8 -7   7* -6* 6* -6*  
La Cage Aux Folles, a St. Tro-pez tra-di-tion,
-9   -9    -9
Cage Aux Folles 
-9       8*  -8  -7 7* 7   7*
You'll lose each in-hi-bi-tion,

10   10   10    10  10  -9   9* -9
All week long we're won-der-ing who
-7  -8   8   8   8   8    8  -8 -7* -8
Left a green Gi-ven-chy gown in the loo.

Key: C

6  -5* 6  -8  -7  -5*  
You go a-lone to have 
6   -8    -7 -5*   6   -6
the eve’-ning of your life.
6    -5*   6  -8   -7
You meet your mis-tress 
-5*  6   -8    -7    7*  -7   10
And your boy-friend and your wife.
-7   7*-7 10  -9
It's a bo-nan-za, 
7*  -7 10  -9   8 7* 10  -9
it's a mad ex-tra-va-gan-za,
8  7*  -9* 10    -7
At La Cage Aux Folles.
6    -5*   6    -8   -7
You cross the thresh-old 
-5*   6    -8  -7  -5*  6     -6
and your bridg-es have been burned.
6   -5*  6  -8   -7
The bar is cheer-ing 
-5*  6   -8  -7   7* -7   10
for the Duch-ess has re-turned.
-7    7*   -7  10  -9
The mood's con-ta-gious; 
7*  -7   10    -9    8
You can bring your whole
7*   7  -6    5 -5    7
Out-ra-geous en-tou-rage 
-7   7*-7  10  -9  7* -7  10   -9
It's so e-clec-tic ef-fer-ves-cent
8   7* 10  -9
And e-lec-tric
8  7*  -9* 10    -7 
At La Cage Aux Folles.