Capo 1st fret (to get original key of F)
[INTRO]
[E] [F#m] [B]
[VERSE]
The [E]loveliest girl Vi[A]enna
Was [B]Alma, the smartest as [E]well
Once you picked her up on your an[A]tenna,
You'd [B]never be free of her [E]spell.
Her [C]lovers were many and [G]varied,
From the [D7]day she began her -- [G]beguine.
There were [Em7]three famous ones whom she [A7]married,
And [F#]who knows how many [B]between.
[CHORUS 1]
[A]Alma, [E]tell us! [B]All modern women are [E]jealous.
[A]Which of your magical [E]wands [C#]got you [F#m]Gustav and [B7]Walter and [E]Franz?
[VERSE]
The [E]first one she married was [A]Mahler,
Whose [B]buddies all knew him as [E]Gustav.
And each time he saw her he'd [A]holler:
"Ach, [B]that is the fraulein I [E]moost have!"
Their [C]marriage, however, was [G]murduh
He'd [D7]scream to the heavens a[G]bove,
"I'm [Em7]writing Das Lied von der [A7]Erde,
And [F#]she only wants to make [B]love!"
[CHORUS 2]
[A]Alma, [E]tell us! [B]All modern women are [E]jealous
You [A]should have a statue in [E]bronze for [C#]bagging [F#m]Gustav & [B7]Walter & [E]Franz
[VERSE]
While [E]married to Gus, she met [A]Gropius,
And [B]soon she was swinging with [E]Walter.
Gus died, and her tear drops were [A]copious.
She [B]cried all the way to the [E]altar.
But [C]he would work late at the [G]Bauhaus,
And [D7]only came home now and [G]then
She said, [Em7]"What am I running, a [A7]chow house?
It's [F#]time to change parters a[B]gain."
[CHORUS 3]
[A]Alma, [E]tell us! [B]All modern women are [E]jealous
Though [A]you didn't even use [E]Ponds,
[C#]You got [F#m]Gustav and [B7]Walter and [E]Franz
[VERSE]
While [E]married to Walt she'd met [A]Werfel,
And [B]he too was caught in her [E]net.
He married her, but he was [A]careful,
'cause [B]Alma was no Berna[E]dette.
And [C]that is the story of [G]Alma,
Who knew [D7]how to receive and to [G]give
The [Em7]body that reached her [A7]embalma'
Was [F#]one that had known how to [B]live!
[CHORUS 4]
[A]Alma, [E]tell us! [B]How can they help being [E]jealous?
[A]Ducks always envy the [E]swans [C#]who get [F#m]Gustav and [B7]Walter,
You [F#m]never did [B7]falter, with [F#m]Gustav and [B7]Walter and [E]Franz
[OUTRO]
[B7] [E]
[INTRO]
[E] [F#m] [B]
[VERSE]
The [E]loveliest girl Vi[A]enna
Was [B]Alma, the smartest as [E]well
Once you picked her up on your an[A]tenna,
You'd [B]never be free of her [E]spell.
Her [C]lovers were many and [G]varied,
From the [D7]day she began her -- [G]beguine.
There were [Em7]three famous ones whom she [A7]married,
And [F#]who knows how many [B]between.
[CHORUS 1]
[A]Alma, [E]tell us! [B]All modern women are [E]jealous.
[A]Which of your magical [E]wands [C#]got you [F#m]Gustav and [B7]Walter and [E]Franz?
[VERSE]
The [E]first one she married was [A]Mahler,
Whose [B]buddies all knew him as [E]Gustav.
And each time he saw her he'd [A]holler:
"Ach, [B]that is the fraulein I [E]moost have!"
Their [C]marriage, however, was [G]murduh
He'd [D7]scream to the heavens a[G]bove,
"I'm [Em7]writing Das Lied von der [A7]Erde,
And [F#]she only wants to make [B]love!"
[CHORUS 2]
[A]Alma, [E]tell us! [B]All modern women are [E]jealous
You [A]should have a statue in [E]bronze for [C#]bagging [F#m]Gustav & [B7]Walter & [E]Franz
[VERSE]
While [E]married to Gus, she met [A]Gropius,
And [B]soon she was swinging with [E]Walter.
Gus died, and her tear drops were [A]copious.
She [B]cried all the way to the [E]altar.
But [C]he would work late at the [G]Bauhaus,
And [D7]only came home now and [G]then
She said, [Em7]"What am I running, a [A7]chow house?
It's [F#]time to change parters a[B]gain."
[CHORUS 3]
[A]Alma, [E]tell us! [B]All modern women are [E]jealous
Though [A]you didn't even use [E]Ponds,
[C#]You got [F#m]Gustav and [B7]Walter and [E]Franz
[VERSE]
While [E]married to Walt she'd met [A]Werfel,
And [B]he too was caught in her [E]net.
He married her, but he was [A]careful,
'cause [B]Alma was no Berna[E]dette.
And [C]that is the story of [G]Alma,
Who knew [D7]how to receive and to [G]give
The [Em7]body that reached her [A7]embalma'
Was [F#]one that had known how to [B]live!
[CHORUS 4]
[A]Alma, [E]tell us! [B]How can they help being [E]jealous?
[A]Ducks always envy the [E]swans [C#]who get [F#m]Gustav and [B7]Walter,
You [F#m]never did [B7]falter, with [F#m]Gustav and [B7]Walter and [E]Franz
[OUTRO]
[B7] [E]
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