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Introduction: Gm7 C7 F Gm7 F Bb F Bb F Gm7 C7 F
F Dm F Dm
East is east and west is west
F Dm F Dm
And the wrong one I have chose
Bb F Bb C9
Let's go where I'll keep on wearin' those
F Dm F Am
Frills and flowers and buttons and bows
F Bb C C7 F
Rings and things and buttons and bows
F Dm F Dm
Don't bury me in this prairie
F Dm F Dm
Take me where the cement grows
Bb F Bb
Let's move down to some big town
C9 F Dm F Am
Where they love a gal by the cut of her clothes
F Bb C C7 F Cm7
And You'll stand out in buttons and bows
F7 Bb
I'll love you in buckskin
F
Or skirts that you've homespun
F
But I'll love you longer, stronger where
G9 Dm7 G7 C7
Your friends don't tote a gun
F Dm F Dm
My bones denounce the buckboard bounce
F Dm F Dm
And the cactus hurts my toes
Bb F Bb C9
Let's vamoose where gals keep usin'
F Dm F Dm
Those silks and satins and linen that shows
F Bb C C7 F
And you're all mine in buttons and bows
Gm7 C7 F
Gimme eastern trimmin' where women are women
Gm7 C7 F
In high silk hose and peek-a-boo clothes
Gm7 C7 F
And French perfume that rocks the room
Gm7 C7 F
And You're all mine in buttons and bows
C7 F C7 F
Buttons and bows, buttons and bows