CHICAGO STYLE
From the film "Road To Bali" (1952)
(Johnny Burke / Jimmy Van Heusen)

Bob Hope & Bing Crosby - 1952

Also recorded by: Rosemary Clooney; Anita Gravine; Rebecca Kilgore.


Bing: Look out!
Bob: You ready for this?

Who's that comin' down the thoroughfare
The sunshine flashin' on his ring
Bowin' left and right and here and there
That's Chester, the trombone king

He gets his shirts straight from Paris
Cigarettes from the Nile
He tallks like a 'eyebrow', but he plays Chicago style

He gets his shoes made in London
And they're real crocodile
But he plays trombone...Chicago style

Bob: And he sometimes plays sweet
Bing: Hup-toodle-oodle-oodle-dee-ooo
Both: But sweet or hot, he's always got
That real gut-bucket beat

He's got a neat Latin moustache
And the girls love his smile
But he plays trombone...Chicago style
A trombone made in Newark
Played in Chicago style

(Instrumental Break)
Chicago style
(Instrumental Break)
Chicago style
(Instrumental Break)

BING: He gets his neckties from Naples
And his socks from Argyle
Speaks Oxford English, but he plays Chicago style

BING: Wears a stickpin from Rio, are you listenin'
You can see it for a mile
But he plays trombone...Chicago style

Bob: And he sometimes plays sweet
Bing: Uncle Jake's weary blues
Both: But sweet or hot, he's always got
That real gut-bucket beat

He likes New York for the Opera
And gets two on the aisle
But he plays trombone...Chicago style
A trombone made in Newark
Played in Chicago style

Bing: Yes sir
Bob: Hey-hey
Both: A trombone played Chicago style


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2003)