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Minnie The Moocher

Minnie the Moocher is a jazz song composed by Cab Calloway and Irving Mills, with lyrics by Clarence Gaskill. It was first recorded in 1931 by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, becoming one of his biggest hits with the famous chorus Hi-De-Ho. The song is about Minnie the Moocher, a girl involved with a drug user and living a life full of adventure and luxury. The song has been used in various film productions and is considered one of the first to r ... eference drug use within the jazz scene. See more [+]

Key: Em

Introduction:  Em   B7   Em   Em   B7   Em   Em   B7   Em   C7   Em/B   B7/  F#   Em   Em   Em   Em   C7   B7  

 Em 
Folks, here' s the story ' bout Minnie the Moocher,
 C7                    B7       Em 
  She was a low-down hoochie-cootcher,
 Em 
  She was the roughest, toughest frail,
     C7                     B7        Em 
But Minnie had a heart as big as a whale.

       Em 
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!)
       Em 
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!)
       Em 
He-de-he-de-he-de-he! (He-de-he-de-he-de-he!)
       Em 
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!)

 Em 
  She messed around with a bloke named Smoky,
 C7                      B7      Em 
  She loved him though he was cokie,
 Em 
  He took her down to Chinatown,
        C7                          B7     Em 
And he showed her how to kick the gong around.

       Em 
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!)
       Em 
      Whoooooaaaaah!  (Whoooooaaaaah!)
       Em 
He-de-he-de-he-de-he! (He-de-he-de-he-de-he!)
       Em 
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!)

 Em 
  She had a dream about the king of Sweden,
 C7                         B7       Em 
  He gave her things that she was needin' ,
 Em 
  He gave her a home built of gold and steel,
(Double time feel)
   C7                  B7        Em 
A diamond car with a platinum wheel.

 Em 
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi!)
 Em 
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-hi!)
 Em 
(Scat + Repeat)

 Em 
(Scat + Repeat)

 Em 
  He gave her his townhouse and his racing horses,
 C7                         B7     Em 
  Each meal she ate was a dozen courses 
 Em 
  She had a million dollars worth of nickels and dimes,
     C7                                 B7       Em 
She sat around and counted them all a million times.

       Em 
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-di-hi!)
       Em 
Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho! (Ho-de-ho-de-ho-de-ho!)
       Em 
He-de-he-de-he-de-he! (He-de-he-de-he-de-he!)
       Em 
Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho! (Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-ho!)

 Em       C7 
Poor    Min,
 C7       B7 
Poor    Min,
 Em7/  G    Em 
Poor    Min.