From the 1929 recorded version on the Brunswick label.
[Intro]
G E7 Am7 Daug G C Am7
G E7 Am7 D7 G C Adim7 G D7 G
[Refrain 0:12.5]
G Am7 D/F#
Shades of night are creeping
D Em
willow trees are weeping
D7 D7+ G G Am7 D
old folks and babies are sleeping
G Am7 D7
silver stars are gleaming
D Em
all alone I'm scheming
D7 D7+ G Em G D7
scheming to get you out here my dear, come
[Verse 1 0:44.4]
G E7 Am7 Daug
Tiptoe to the window
G C Am7
By the window that is where I'll be
G E7 Am7 D7 G C Adim7 G D Daug
Come tiptoe through the tulips with me
[verse 2 1:00]
G E7 Am7 D7+
Tip toe from your pillow
G C Am7
to the shadow of a willow tree
G E7 Am7 D7 G C Adim7 G
and tiptoe through the tulips with me
[Interlude - 1:14 ]
G Am Em Am
Knee deep
Bm E7
in flowers we'll stray
F#7 Bm7 D7
We'll keep the showers away
Em G D7 G E7 Am7 Daug
And if I kiss you in the garden,
G C Am7
In the moonlight will you pardon me?
G E7 Am7 D7 G Edim7 D7
Come tiptoe through the tulips with me
[Instrumental break- 1:44.8]
G E7 Am7 Daug G C Am7
G E7 Am7 D7 G Gaug Em Gaug Em D7
G E7 Am7 Daug G C Am7 G E7 Am7 D7 G D D6 Ebdim7 G
[Interlude - 2:12.3]
G Am Em Am
Knee deep
Bm E7
in flowers we'll stray
F#7 Bm7 D7
We'll keep the showers away
Em G D7 G E7 Am7 Daug
And if I kiss you in the garden,
G C Am7
In the moonlight will you pardon me?
G E7 Am7 D7 G C Adim7 G
And tiptoe through the tulips with me
