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Let's Do It
Words & Music by Cole Porter
Recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, 1956
D6 Bbm7-5 Em7 A7su4
Birds do it, bees do it;
D D7 G6 Gm7
Even educated fleas do it --
D Cdim Em7 A7 D Bm7 G
Let's do it, let's fall in love.
Gdim D6 Bbm7-5 Em7 A7su4
In Spain the best upper sets do it,
D D7 G6 Gm7
Lithuanians and Letts do it --
D Cdim Em7 A7 D G D
Let's do it, let's fall in love.
Bridge:
Bm7 F#7
The Dutch in old Amsterdam do it,
Bm7 F#7 Bm
Not to mention the Finns;
E7 Bm7-5 E7 Bm7-5 A7 Em7 A7
Folks in Siam do it -- think of Siamese twins.
Gdim D6 Bbm7-5 Em7 A7su4
Some Argentines, without means do it,
D D7 G6 Gm7
People say in Boston even beans do it --
D Cdim Em7 A7 D Bm7 G
Let's do it, let's fall in love.
Gdim D6 Bbm7-5 Em7 A7su4
Romantic spon - ges they say do it;
D D7 G6 Gm7
Oysters down in Oyster Bay do it --
D Cdim Em7 A7 D
Let's do it, let's fall in love.
Gdim D6 Bbm7-5 Em7 A7su4
Cold Cape Cod clams, 'gainst their wish, do it;
D D7 G6 Gm7
Even lazy jellyfish do it --
D Cdim Em7 A7 D G D
Let's do it, let's fall in love.
Bridge 2:
Bm7 F#7
Electric eels, I might add, do it,
Bm7 F#7 Bm
Though it shocks 'em I know;
E7 Bm7-5 E7 Bm7-5 A7 Em7 A7
Why ask if shad do it? Waiter, bring me shad roe.
Gdim D6 Bbm7-5 Em7 A7su4
In shallow shoals, English soles do it;
D D7 G6 Gm7
Goldfish in the privacy of bowls do it --
D Bm7 G A7 D
Let's do it, let's fall in love.
The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.
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