Tone: [F]
[F]Dennis is a menace with his [A7]'anyone for tennis?'
and bese[Dm]beseeching me to come and keep the s[F7]score.
And M[Bb]Maud say 'Oh Lord, I'm so[Bbm]so terribly bored.
I [F]really can't s[Dm]stand it [G7]anymore[C7]anymore.'
I'm going [F]out to dinner with a g[A7]gorgeous singer
to a l[Dm]little place I found down by the [F7]quay
her [Bb]name is Patricia, she [Bbm]calls herself Delicia
and the [F]reason isn't[Dm]isn't very hard to [G]see.
[C7]She says '[F]'God made her a sinner just to keep [A7]fat man thinner
as they [Dm]tumble down in heaps before her f[F7]feet.
They h[Bb]hang around in groups like b[Bbm]battle weary troops
one can of[F]ten see them q[Dm]ueue right down the st[G]reet.
[C7]You see Pat[Bb]Patricia -or Delicia- not o[A7]only is a singer
she a[Dm]also removes all her clot[G7]clothing [C7]for
Pa[Bb]Patricia is the best [C] stripper in town. [F] [Bb] [F]
[F] And [C7]with a [F]swing of her hips she s[D7]started to strip
to tre[Gm]tremendous applause she t[C7]took of her drawers
and with a l[F]lick of her lips she undid[D7]undid all her clips
and threw it a[Dm]all in the air - ev'[C]ev'rybody stared
and as the [Bb]last piece of clothing fell[A7]fell on the floor
the police[F]police were banging on the door[D7]door
on a sa[Gm]turday night in n[C]ineteen-twentyf[F]our. [Bb]
Take it aw[F]away boys. [C7]
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[C7]But poor P[F]Patricia was arrested and e[A7]everyone detested
the [Dm]manner in which she was exposed[F7]exposed
[Bb]later on in court well [Bbm]everybody thought
a sum[F]mer run in jai[Dm]l would be proposed[G].
[C7]But the jud[Bb]judge said 'Patricia, or m[A7]may I say Delicia,
the f[Dm]facts of this case lie before [G7]me [C7]case dismissed
[Bb]this girl was in her wo[C]working clothes. [F] [Bb] [F]
And with a swing of her hips...
and as the [Bb]last piece of clothing fell[A7]fell on the floor
the police[F]police were yelling at the door[D7]door
on a sa[Gm]turday night in n[C7]ineteen-twentyfour[F] - [F7] [D7]
on a sa[Gm7]turday night in n[C7]ineteen-twentyfour.[F] [F7] [Bb] [Bbm] [C7]
Oh yea[F7]yeah.