Gal In Calico

Words & Music by Leo Robin & Arthur Schwartz
Recorded by Johnny Mercer, 1947


D9    Em7    Edim      D  G       Em7  A7/6
Met a gal in cal - i - co down in Santa Fe;

D6      F#m    Bm7    Cdim  G     Cdim   A7
Used to be her Sunday beau 'til I rode away.

D     D6   D   Cdim            A7   Cdim    A7
Do I want her?  Do I want her love?  Yes sirree.

D      D6   D    F#m   Cdim      G     Em7      A7
Will I win her?  Will I win her love?  Wait and see.


D9       Em7    Edim       D  G       Em7     A7/6
Workin' with the ro - de - o, go from town to town,

D6       F#m   Bm7  Cdim  G     Cdim    A7
See most ev'ry kinda gal, ev'ry kind of gown;

     D       D6        D7  D6    G9  G     Gm7
But who made my heart sing yipee yi, yipee yo?

Edim D     F#m    Em7  A7   D 
 My little gal in cal - i - co.


      D9    Em7    Edim        D  G      Em7  A7/6
I'll take my gal in cal - i - co down in Santa Fe

D6      F#m    Bm7    Cdim  G      Cdim      A7
Guess I better let her know that I feel this way.

D       D6    D    Cdim              A7   Cdim    A7
Is she wait - in'?  Is she waitin'? She'd better be!

D    D6    D  Cdim          A7   Cdim    A7
Am I ho - pin' to be ropin' her?  Yes sirree!

D9    Em7     Edim       D  G     Em7     A7/6
Gonna quit the ro - de - o, gonna settle down,

D6     F#m    Bm7     Cdim  G    Cdim    A7
Buy a bolt of cal - i - co for a wedding gown.

     D       D6      D7  D6    G9  G     Gm7
And will I fence her in? Yipee yi, yipee yo!

Edim D     F#m    Em7   A7  D  F#7  B7  G    G/F#    Em7  A7   D
 My little gal in cal - i - co,        little gal in cal - i - co.


*Requested by recent visitor Paul Edmond.


 
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