Misc Musicals – Oklahoma - The Surrey With The Fringe On Top (Guitar Intro)

G       D7     G        D7          E
When I take you out, to-night, with me,

E      B7         E        B7       Db
Honey, here's the way it's goin' to be,

Db       Ab7    Db     Ab7     Bb         Cm7  F7
You will set be-hind a team of snow white hors-es,

G      D7       G       D7   G
In the slickest gig you ever see!

G          Gmaj7     G6           G
Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry

G      Gmaj7    G6         Gmaj7
When I take you out in the surrey,

G      Gmaj7    G6         G               Em7    A9 D7
When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top!

G          Gmaj7      G6         G
Watch that fringe and see how it flutters

G      Gmaj7      G6            Gmaj7
When I drive them high steppin' strutters.

G     Gmaj7    G6               G                  Em7  A9   Am7
Nosey pokes'll peek thru' their shutters and their eyes will pop!

D7  Dm7    G7                C
The wheels are yeller, the upholstery's brown,

    G7          G7      C
The dashboard's genuine leather,

     Em7       A7              D
With isinglass curtains y' can roll right down,

   Em7            A7            Am7  D7
In case there's a change in the weather,

G          Gmaj7       G6          G
Two bright sidelight's winkin' and blinkin',

G        Gmaj7 G6        Gmaj7
Ain't no finer rig I'm a-thinkin'

G       Gmaj7     G6            G                Am   Bdim Am
You can keep your rig if you're thinkin' 'at I'd keer to   swap

Bdim Am   G             Gmaj7           Am7       D7  G
Fer  that shiny, little surrey with the fringe on the top!

G       Gmaj7    G6       G
All the world'll fly in a flurry

G      Gmaj7    G6         Gmaj7
When I take you out in the surrey,

G      Gmaj7    G6         G               Em7    A9 D7
When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top!

G       Gmaj7    G6             G
When we hit that road, hell fer leather,

G        Gmaj7    G6           Gmaj7
Cats and dogs'll dance in the heather,

G         Gmaj7    G6         G              Em7   A9   Am7
Birds and frogs'll sing all together and the toads will hop!

D7  Dm7     G7            C
The wind'll whistle as we rattle along,

    G7      G7         C
The cows'll moo in the clover,

    Em7        A7           D
The river will ripple out a whispered song,

    Em7        A7       Am7  D7
And whisper it over and ov - er

G         Gmaj7     G6        G
Don't you wisht y'd go on for-ever?

G         Gmaj7     G6        Gmaj7
Don't you wisht y'd go on for-ever?

G         Gmaj7     G6        G           Am  Bdim  Am
Don't you wisht y'd go on for-ever and ud nev-er    stop

Bdim Am   G             Gmaj7           Am7       D7  G
In   that shiny, little surrey with the fringe on the top!

G     Gmaj7   G6            G
I can see the stars gettin' blurry,

G       Gmaj7 G6               Gmaj7
When we drive back home in the surrey,

G       Gmaj7  G6          G               Em7    A9 D7
Drivin' slowly home in the surrey with the fringe on top!

G     Gmaj7    G6          G
I can feel the day gettin' older,

G      Gmaj7  G6         Gmaj7
Feel a sleepy head on my shoulder,

G        Gmaj7    G6          G                 Em7   A9  Am7
Noddin', droopin' close to my shoulder, till it falls ker-plop!

D7  Dm7 G7                 C
The sun is swimmin' on the rim of a hill,

G7          G7       C
The moon is takin' a header,

    Em7         A7               D
And jist as I'm thinkin' all the earth is still,

  Em7     A7             Am7 D7
A lark'll wake up in the med-der.

G         Gmaj7    G6        G
Hush, you bird, my baby's a-sleepin'!

G     Gmaj7 G6            Gmaj7
Maybe got a dream worth a-keepin'

G         Gmaj7     G6          G             Am   Bdim Am
Whoa! you team, and jist keep a-creepin' at a slow clip clop.

Bdim  Am  G              Gmaj7           Am7       D7  G    C    G
Don't you hurry with the surrey with the fringe on the top!