Sing For Your Supper

Words & Music by Lorenz Hart & Richard Rodgers
Recorded by Mamas & The Papas, 1967


C             G            Am    Cdim  Em
Sing for your supper, and you'll get breakfast;

C7               F   Dm7     Dm7/G     G   Fdim C    Cdim  Dm7  G
Songbirds always eat if their song is sweet to hear.


C             G             Am    Cdim  Em
Sing for your luncheon, and you'll get dinner.

C7                   F   Dm7  Dm7/G    G        C 
Dine with wine of choice if romance is in your voice.


Bridge:


C7  F          G    F    Em   Em7
I heard from a wise ca - na - ry

Em           B7     Em         B+
Tril - ling makes a fel - low wil - ling,

F              G          G+          C
So, lit - tle swal - low, swal - low now.

Fm         G    G+
Now is the time to


C             G           Am    Cdim  Em
Sing for your supper, and you'll get breakfast.

C7                 F   Dm7     Dm7/G       G   
Songbirds are not dumb,   they don't buy a crumb

    C    E7      A7
Of bread,  it's said,

    F        G         C
So sing and you'll be fed.


*Suggested by recent visitor James Andrews.


 
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