{"id":11072,"date":"2022-06-23T06:13:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T06:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=11072"},"modified":"2026-01-13T18:39:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:39:58","slug":"surrey-with-the-fringe-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/surrey-with-the-fringe-on-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrey with the Fringe on Top"},"content":{"rendered":"

SHEET MUSIC<\/a><\/p>\n

Rogers & Hammerstein – from Oklahoma<\/p>\n

From Oklahoma! 1943\r\nLyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II\r\nMusic by Richard Rodgers\r\n \r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\nG<\/span>       D7<\/span>     G<\/span>        D7<\/span>          E<\/span>\r\nWhen I take you out, to-night, with me,\r\nE<\/span>      B7<\/span>         E<\/span>        B7<\/span>       Db<\/span>\r\nHoney, here's the way it's goin' to be,\r\nDb<\/span>       Ab7<\/span>    Db<\/span>     Ab7<\/span>     Bb<\/span>         Cm7<\/span>  F7<\/span>\r\nYou will set be-hind a team of snow white hors-es,\r\nG<\/span>      D7<\/span>       G<\/span>       D7<\/span>   G<\/span>\r\nIn the slickest gig you ever see!\r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\nG<\/span>          Gmaj7<\/span>     G6<\/span>           G<\/span>\r\nChicks and ducks and geese better scurry\r\nG<\/span>      Gmaj7<\/span>    G6<\/span>         Gmaj7<\/span>\r\nWhen I take you out in the surrey,\r\nG<\/span>      Gmaj7<\/span>    G6<\/span>         G<\/span>               Em7<\/span>    A9<\/span> D7<\/span>\r\nWhen I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top!\r\nG<\/span>          Gmaj7<\/span>      G6<\/span>         G<\/span>\r\nWatch that fringe and see how it flutters\r\nG<\/span>      Gmaj7<\/span>      G6<\/span>            Gmaj7<\/span>\r\nWhen I drive them high steppin' strutters.\r\nG<\/span>     Gmaj7<\/span>    G6<\/span>               G<\/span>                  Em7<\/span>  A9<\/span>   Am7<\/span>\r\nNosey pokes'll peek thru' their shutters and their eyes will pop!\r\n \r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\nD7<\/span>  Dm7<\/span>    G7<\/span>                C<\/span>\r\nThe wheels are yeller, the upholstery's brown,\r\n    G7<\/span>          G7<\/span>      C<\/span>\r\nThe dashboard's genuine leather,\r\n     Em7<\/span>       A7<\/span>              D<\/span>\r\nWith isinglass curtains y' can roll right down,\r\n   Em7<\/span>            A7<\/span>            Am7<\/span>  D7<\/span>\r\nIn case there's a change in the weather,\r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\nG<\/span>          Gmaj7<\/span>       G6<\/span>          G<\/span>\r\nTwo bright sidelight's winkin' and blinkin',\r\nG<\/span>        Gmaj7<\/span> G6<\/span>        Gmaj7<\/span>\r\nAin't no finer rig I'm a-thinkin'\r\nG<\/span>       Gmaj7<\/span>     G6<\/span>            G<\/span>                Am<\/span>   Bdim<\/span> Am<\/span>\r\nYou can keep your rig if you're thinkin' 'at I'd keer to   swap\r\nBdim<\/span> Am<\/span>   G<\/span>             Gmaj7<\/span>           Am7<\/span>       D7<\/span>  G<\/span>\r\nFer  that shiny, little surrey with the fringe on the top!\r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\nG       Gmaj7    G6       G\r\nAll the world'll fly in a flurry\r\nG      Gmaj7    G6         Gmaj7\r\nWhen I take you out in the surrey,\r\nG      Gmaj7    G6         G               Em7    A9 D7\r\nWhen I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top!\r\nG       Gmaj7    G6             G\r\nWhen we hit that road, hell fer leather,\r\nG        Gmaj7    G6           Gmaj7\r\nCats and dogs'll dance in the heather,\r\nG         Gmaj7    G6         G              Em7   A9   Am7\r\nBirds and frogs'll sing all together and the toads will hop!\r\nD7  Dm7     G7            C\r\nThe wind'll whistle as we rattle along,\r\n    G7      G7         C\r\nThe cows'll moo in the clover,\r\n    Em7        A7           D\r\nThe river will ripple out a whispered song,\r\n    Em7        A7       Am7  D7\r\nAnd whisper it over and ov - er\r\nG         Gmaj7     G6        G\r\nDon't you wisht y'd go on for-ever?\r\nG         Gmaj7     G6        Gmaj7\r\nDon't you wisht y'd go on for-ever?\r\nG         Gmaj7     G6        G           Am  Bdim  Am\r\nDon't you wisht y'd go on for-ever and ud nev-er    stop\r\nBdim Am   G             Gmaj7           Am7       D7  G\r\nIn   that shiny, little surrey with the fringe on the top!\r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\nG     Gmaj7   G6            G\r\nI can see the stars gettin' blurry,\r\nG       Gmaj7 G6               Gmaj7\r\nWhen we drive back home in the surrey,\r\nG       Gmaj7  G6          G               Em7    A9 D7\r\nDrivin' slowly home in the surrey with the fringe on top!\r\nG     Gmaj7    G6          G\r\nI can feel the day gettin' older,\r\nG      Gmaj7  G6         Gmaj7\r\nFeel a sleepy head on my shoulder,\r\nG        Gmaj7    G6          G                 Em7   A9  Am7\r\nNoddin', droopin' close to my shoulder, till it falls ker-plop!\r\n \r\n[Bridge]\r\nD7  Dm7 G7                 C\r\nThe sun is swimmin' on the rim of a hill,\r\nG7          G7       C\r\nThe moon is takin' a header,\r\n    Em7         A7               D\r\nAnd jist as I'm thinkin' all the earth is still,\r\n  Em7     A7             Am7 D7\r\nA lark'll wake up in the med-der.\r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\nG         Gmaj7    G6        G\r\nHush, you bird, my baby's a-sleepin'!\r\nG     Gmaj7 G6            Gmaj7\r\nMaybe got a dream worth a-keepin'\r\nG         Gmaj7     G6          G             Am   Bdim Am\r\nWhoa! you team, and jist keep a-creepin' at a slow clip clop.\r\nBdim  Am  G              Gmaj7           Am7       D7  G    C    G\r\nDon't you hurry with the surrey with the fringe on the top!<\/pre>\n
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