Cole Porter

You're The Top(Chords)

Cole Porter

Key: F

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	        As performed in the 2011 revival of Anything Goes (F  M, and B denote Female, Male and 'Both') 
F: 
   Bb           Bdim Cm7   F7 
At words poetic, I'm so pathetic  
       Bb           C#dim   G7 
That I always have found it best,  
   Gaug    Cm                 Eb  F7 
Instead of getting 'em off my chest,  
           Bb   Cm7 F7 
To let 'em rest unexpressed,  
  Bb            Bdim Cm7  F7 
I hate parading my   serenading  
        Bb        Gm7   A7 
As I'll probably miss a bar,  
    Dm      Gm6      Dm     C7 
But if this ditty is not so pretty  
   F7                                     Faug 
At least it'll tell you how great you are.  

Bb               F7 
  You're the top!  You're the Coliseum. 
Bb           Gm  D7 
  You're the top!  You're the Louvre Museum.  
Eb         Cm7 F7           Bb    F  Gm  
  You're a melody from a symphony by Strauss  
         A7     Dm        G9            C7           F7          Faug 
You're a Bendel bonnet, a Shakespeare sonnet, you're Mickey Mouse.  
Bb                F7 
  You're the Nile,  you're the Tower of Pisa,  
Bb           Gm   Bb7      Bb9 
  You're the smile  on the Mona Lisa  
Eb      Cm7       F7      Ebmaj7 Gaug   G7 
  I'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a  flop,  
        Cm     Bb/D   Eb        F7      Bb  A7 
But if, baby, I'm the bottom you're the top!  

M: 
     D            Ebdim Em7     A7 
Your words poetic are   not pathetic.  
       D            Fdim     B7 
On the other hand, babe, you shine,  
    Baug  Em               G   A7 
And I can feel after every line  
           D    Em7     A7 
A thrill divine down my spine.  
    D             Ebdim Em7      A7 
Now gifted humans like  Vincent Youmans  
      D               Bm7     C#7 
Might think that your song is bad,  
    F#m        Bm6          F#m        E7 
But I've got a notion, I'll second the motion  
    A7                             Aaug 
And this is what I'm going to add: 

D                A7 
  You're the top!  You're Mahatma Gandhi.  
D            Bm  F#7 
  You're the top!  You're Napoleon Brandy.  
G            Em7    A7         D      A        Bm  
  You're the purple light of a summer night in Spain,  
           C#7      F#m             B9      E7             A7         Aaug 
You're the National Gallery, you're Garbo's salary, you're cellophane.  
D                A7 
  You're sublime,  you're turkey dinner,  
D            Bm   D7       D9 
  You're the time,  of the Derby winner  
G       Em7    A7          Gmaj7 Baug  B7  
  I'm a toy balloon thatâ??s fated soon  to pop  
        Em     D/F#   G         A7      D   F7 
But if, baby, I'm the bottom you're the top!  

  Bb               F7 
F:  You're the top!  You're an arrow collar  
Bb           Gm  D7 
  You're the top!  You're a Coolidge dollar,  
Eb           Cm7    F7           Bb      F    Gm  
  You're the nimble tread of the feet of Fred Astaire,  
          A7      Dm              G9         C7             F7        Faug 
You're an O'Neill drama! M:You're Whistler's mama! F:You're Camembert.  
  Bb              F7 
M:  You're a rose,  you're Inferno's Dante,  
  Bb           Gm  Bb7      Bb9 
F:  You're the nose  on the great Durante.  
Eb         Cm7  F7          Ebmaj7       Gaug  G7 
  I'm just in a way, as the French would say, 'de trop'.  
        Cm     Bb/D   Eb        F7      Bb  Ab7 
But if, baby, I'm the bottom you're the top!  

  Db               Ab7 
M:  You're the top!  You're a dance in Bali.  
Db           Bbm F7 
  You're the top!  You're a hot tamale.  
Gb          Ebm7     Ab7       Db          Ab  Bbm  
  You're an angel, you, simply too, too, too diveen,  
         C7   Fm            Bb9             Eb7              Ab7      Abaug 
You're a Boticcelli, you're Keats! F:You're Shelly! M:You're Ovaltine!  
  Db              Ab7 
F:  You're a boon,  you're the dam at Boulder,  
  Db           Bbm  Db7    Db9 
M:  You're the moon,  over Mae West's shoulder,  
Gb        Ebm7 Ab7        Gbmaj7  Bbaug  Bb7  
  I'm the nomi-nee of the G.  O.  P.   F:Or  GOP!  
           Ebm7          Edim 
M: But if, baby, I'm the bottom  
           Db/F          Bb7 
F: But if, baby, I'm the bottom  
           Ebm7  Db/F    Gb   Db/F 
B: But if, baby, I'm the bottom,  
Ebm7 Db/F Gb Gdim Ab7               Db 
                     You're the top! 

Reprise: 
C  G7 

  C                G7 
M:  You're the top!  You're my Swanee river! 
  C            Am  E7 
F:  You're the top!  You're a goose's liver! 
  F            Dm7    G7        C       G   Am  
M:  You're the baby grande of a Lady, and a Gent. 
           B7         Em            A9         D7             G7        Gaug 
F:You're a dress from Saxes, you're next years taxes! M:You're Pepsi-dent! 
  C                G7 
F:  You're a prize,  you're a night at Coney! 
  C            Am  C7   C9 
M:  You're the eyes of Irene Bordoni. 
  F       Dm7        G7             Fmaj7   Aaug  A7 D7add6 
F:  I'm a frightened frog, that can find no log   to hop! 
          Dm     C/E    F         G7       C    Ab7 
B:But if, baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top! 

  Db               Ab7 
F:  You're the top!  You're a Waldorf salad. 
  Db           Bbm F7 
M:  You're the top!  You're a Berlin ballad. 
  Gb           Ebm7         Ab7        Db       Ab   Bbm  
F:  You're the boats that glide on the sleepy Zuider Zee,  
          C7        Fm               Bb9  Eb7             Ab7      Abaug 
You're an old Dutch master! M:You're Lady Astor! F:You're broccoli! 
  Db              Ab7 
M:  You're romance,  you're the steppes of Russia,  
  Db           Bbm  Db7   Db9 
F:  You're the pants on a Roxy usher,  
Gb      Ebm7   Ab7       Gbmaj7 Bbaug  Bb7  
  I'm a broken doll, M:A fol-de-rol, B:a   blop!  
           Ebm7          Edim 
F: But if, baby, I'm the bottom  
           Db/F          Bb7 
M: But if, baby, I'm the bottom  
           Ebm7  Db/F    Gb   Db/F 
B: But if, baby, I'm the bottom,  
Ebm7 Db/F Gb Gdim Ab7               Db 
                     You're the top!
	        

Written by Cole Porter

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