Personality

Words & Music by Johnny Burke & Jimmy Van Heusen
Recorded by Johnny Mercer, 1946 (#1)


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When Mad - am Pom - pa - dour was on a ball - room floor

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Said all the gen - tle - men "Ob - vi - ous -ly,"

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"The mad - am has the cu - test   per - son - al - i - ty."


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And think of all the books about Du Barry's looks --

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What was it made her the toast of Paree?

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She had a well-developed -- per - son - al - i - ty.


Bridge 1:

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What did Romeo see in Juliet?  
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Or Figaro    in Figarette?
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Or Jupiter in Juno?   You know!


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And when Sal - o - me danced and had the boys en - tranced

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No doubt it must have been ea - sy to see

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That she knew how to use her -- per - son - al - i - ty.


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A girl can learn to spell and take dictation well

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And never sit on the boss's left knee

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Unless she's got a per - fect    per - son - al - i - ty.


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A girl can get somewhere in spite of stringy hair

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Or even just a bit bowed at the knee

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If she can show a faultless -- per - son - al - i - ty.


Bridge 2:

 AM7     A7           Em7     A7
Why are certain girls offered certain things

      G          Em7      G
Like sable coats     and wedding rings?

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By men who wear their spats right?  That's right!


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So don'tcha say "I'm smart and have the kindest heart"

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Or "what a wonderful sister I'd be" --

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Just tell me how you like my -- per - son - al - i - ty

F#7    A      D9     E   E7  A             D9  E7   A
Baby, you've got the cutest -- per - son - al - i - ty!

*Competing versions charted by Bing Crosby (#9) and Dinah Shore (#10) Sung by Dorothy Lamour in "The Road To Utopia" also starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby.

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.