Ten Cents A Dance(Chords)

	        
Intro: C Am Dm G 
  
Verse 1:
 
  C           Am     Dm      G 
I work at the Palace Ballroom 
     C        Am        Dm   G 
But, gee that Palace is cheap 
     C     Am         Em     Am 
When I get back to my chilly hall room 
    Em       G        C 
I'm much too tired to sleep 

Verse 2:
    C            Am   Dm      G 
I'm one of those lady teachers 
  C         Am           Em 
A beautiful hostess, you know 
    A               D 
The kind the Palace features 
   C         Am     G 
At exactly a dime a th  


C 
Ten cents a dance 
Dm               G 
That's what they pay me 
C              Dm       G 
Gosh, how they weigh me down 
C 
Ten cents a dance 
Dm          G 
Pansies and rough guys 
C                      Bm  E 
Tough guys who tear my gown 
Em       A          Dm 
Seven to midnight I hear drums 
Em         A         Dm 
Loudly the saxophone blows 
Fm                       Em 
Trumpets are breaking my eardrums 
A                  D   G 
Customers crush my toes 
C 
Sometime I think 
Dm            G 
I've found my hero 
C          Dm      E 
But it's a queer romance 
A                      Dm 
All that you need is a ticket 
E                 G           C 
Come on, big boy, ten cents a dance 


Bridge:
Am           E           C 
Fighters and sailors and bowlegged tailors 
    C 
Can pay for their ticket and rent me 
Am           E           Am 
Butchers and barbers and rats from the harbors 
    C                   G             C 
Are sweethearts my good luck has sent me 
Em 
Though I've a Chorus of elderly beaus 
Fm 
Stockings are porous with holes at the toes 
Em                     Am 
I'm there till closing time 
G 
Dance and be merry, it's only a dime 

 
C 
Ten cents a dance 
Dm               G 
That's what they pay me 
C              Dm       G 
Gosh, how they weigh me down 
C 
Ten cents a dance 
Dm          G 
Pansies and rough guys 
C                      Bm  E 
Tough guys who tear my gown 
Em       A          Dm 
Seven to midnight I hear drums 
Em         A         Dm 
Loudly the saxophone blows 
Fm                       Em 
Trumpets are breaking my eardrums 
A                  D   G 
Customers crush my toes 
C 
Sometime I think 
Dm            G 
I've found my hero 
C          Dm      E 
But it's a queer romance 
A                      Dm 
All that you need is a ticket 
E                 G           C 
Come on, big boy, ten cents a dance 

	        

Written by Cashy John