KEEP YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL - Eddie Cantor and others (see below)
Tabbed by Del Bradley Capo on 3
From the film "Roman Scandals" (1933), (Music: Harry Warren / Lyrics: Al Dubin)
ABRIDGED and ADJUSTED VERSION
Artists-various
Eddie Cantor (Film Soundtrack) - 1933
Denny Dennis (with Roy Fox & His Band) - 1934
Annie Lennox - 1992, Claire Martin - 2006
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Notes: In some versions it seems to say 'Marcel Wave' instead of 'Permanent Wave'
PLAY C7 AS AN OPEN CHORD FOR EASIER CHANGES
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Optional Intro: Play chords through as follows Verse, Bridge and Verse
Verse 1:
C Fmaj7 C
Keep young and beautiful
C Fmaj7 C
It's your duty to be beautiful
Fmaj7 G7 C A
Keep young and beauti-ful
G7 C C
If you wanta be loved
Verse 2:
C Fmaj7 C
Don't fail to do your stuff
C Fmaj7 C
With a little powder and a puff
Fmaj7 G7 C A
Keep young and beauti-ful
G7 C C
If you wanta be loved
Bridge:
C7 Fmaj7 C7 Fmaj7 C7
If you're wise, exercise all the fat off
C7 Fmaj7 C7 Fmaj7
Take it off, off o'here, off o'there
G
When you're seen anywhere with your hat off
Dm G7
Have a permanent wave in your hairrrr
Verse 3:
C Fmaj7 C
Take care of all those charms
C Fmaj7 C
And you'll always be in someone's arms
Fmaj7 G7 C A
Keep young and beauti-ful
G7 C C
If you wanta be loved
Instrumental Break: Play chords through from Bridge
Verse 4:
C Fmaj7 C
Don't fail to do your stuff
C Fmaj7 C
With a little powder and a puff
Fmaj7 G7 C A
Keep young and beauti-ful
G7 C C
If you wanta be loved
Verse 5:
C Fmaj7 C
Take care of all those charms
C Fmaj7 C
And you'll always be in someone's arms
Fmaj7 G7 C A
Keep young and beauti-ful
G7 C C
If you wanta be loved
Bridge:
C7 Fmaj7 C7 Fmaj7 C7
If you're wise, exercise all the fat off
C7 Fmaj7 C7 Fmaj7
Take it off, off o'here, off o'there
G
When you're seen anywhere with your hat off
Dm G7
Have a permanent wave in your hairrrr
Verse 6:
C Fmaj7 C
Keep young and beautiful
C Fmaj7 C
It's your duty to be beautiful
Fmaj7 G7 C A
Keep young and beauti-ful
G7 C C
If you wanta be loved
Outro (finish on 2 single downstrums marked !)
Fmaj7 G7 C A
Keep young and beauti-ful
G7 C C
If you wanta be loved
G7 C C
If you wanta be loved
G7 G C C C G C
If you wanta be loved ! !
