{"id":2145,"date":"2021-10-03T19:06:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T19:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=2145"},"modified":"2025-08-25T23:28:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T23:28:20","slug":"makin-whoopee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/makin-whoopee\/","title":{"rendered":"Makin\u2019 Whoopee"},"content":{"rendered":"

as sung by Ella Fitzgerald<\/span><\/p>\n

Another [C] bride, another [G7] June, Another [C7] sunny honey-[F]-moon [Fm]\u00a0 Another [C Am] season another [Fm G7] reason For makin’ [C] whoopee [Am Dm G]<\/span><\/p>\n

A lot of [C Am] shoes a lot of [Dm G7] rice.\u00a0 The groom is [C7] nervous, he answers [F Fm] twice. It’s really [C Am] killin’ That he’s so [Fm G7] willin’ to make [C F C] whoopee<\/span><\/p>\n

[C7 F Fm C]\u00a0 Now picture a little love nest, Down where the roses cling\u00a0 [ C7 F Fm C G7]\u00a0 Picture the same sweet love nest, Think what a year can bring, yes<\/span><\/p>\n

[ C G7 C7 F, Fm ]\u00a0 He’s washin dishes and baby clothes, He’s so ambitious he even sews\u00a0\u00a0 [ C Am Fm G7 C, F, C ]\u00a0 But don’t forget folks, Thats what you get folks, for makin’ whoopee<\/span><\/p>\n

[ C, Am Dm, G7 C7 F, Fm ]\u00a0 Another year, or maybe less, What’s this I hear? Well, can’t you guess? [ C Am Fm, G7 C, Am, Dm, G ]\u00a0 She feels neglected, and he’s suspected, Of makin’ whoopee<\/span><\/p>\n

[ C G7 C7 F, Fm ]\u00a0 She sits alone, Most every night, He doesn’t phone, he doesn’t write, [ C, Am Fm, G7 C ]\u00a0 He says he’s busy, But she says, “is he?”, He’s makin’ whoopee.<\/span><\/p>\n

[ C7 F Fm C ]\u00a0 Now he doesn’t make much money, Only five thousand per [ C7 F Fm C, G7 ]\u00a0 Some judge who thinks he’s funny, Says, “You’ll pay six to her.”<\/span><\/p>\n

[C, Am Dm, G7 C7 F, Fm ]\u00a0 He says, “Now judge, suppose I fail?”, Judge say, “Budge, right into jail [ C Am Fm, G7 C, F, C ]\u00a0 You’d better keep her. I think it’s cheaper, Than makin’ whoopee.”<\/span><\/p>\n

[ C Am Fm, G7 C ]\u00a0 Yeah, you better keep her, I think it’s cheaper, Than makin’ whoopee<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Makin\u2019 Whoopee!, Ella Fitzgerald<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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 {t: Makin' Whoopee }  \r\n{key: C}  \r\n{artist:Harry Nilsson}  \r\nLouis Armstrong  Capo on 3     \r\nNilsson   Capo on 3 \r\n{c: } \r\nAnother [C] bride, [Am7] another [Dm7] June [G7]   \r\nAnother [C] sunny [C7] honey[F] moon [Fm]   \r\nAnother [C] season, [Am7] another [Dm7] reason [G7]    \r\nFor makin' [C] whoopee [Cdim][Dm7] [G7] \r\n{c: } \r\nYou get some [C] shoes, [Am7] a little [Dm7] rice [G7]   \r\nThe groom's so [C] nervous [C7] he answers [F] twice [Fm]   \r\nIt's really [C] thrillin' [Am7] that he's so [Dm7] willin' [G7]   \r\nFor makin' [C] whoopee [F] [Fm7] [C]  \r\n{c: } \r\n[C7] Picture a little [Dm] love nest   \r\n[Dm7] Down where the roses [C] cling   \r\n[C7] Picture that same [Dm] love nest   \r\nAnd [Dm7] see what a year will [G7] bring  \r\n{c: } \r\nHe's doin' [C] dishes [Am7] and baby [Dm7] clothes [G7]   \r\nHe's so ambi[C]tious, [C7] he even [F]sews [Fm]   \r\nJust don't for[C] get, folks, [Am7] that's what you [Dm7] get, folks, [G7]   \r\nFor makin' [C] whoopee [Cdim][Dm7] [G7]  \r\n{c: } \r\nAnother [C]year [Am7] or maybe [Dm7] less [G7]   \r\nWhat's this I [C]hear? [C7] Well, can't you [F] guess? [Fm]   \r\nShe feels [C] neglected [Am7] and he's [Dm7] suspected [G7]   \r\nOf makin' [C] whoopee [Cdim][Dm7] [G7]   \r\n{c: } \r\nShe sits a[C]lone [Am7]  'most every[Dm7]night [G7]   \r\nHe doesn't [C] phone her, [C7] he doesn't [F] write [Fm]   \r\nHe says he's [C] \"busy\" [Am7] but she says [Dm7] \"is he?\"[G7]   \r\nHe's makin' [C] whoopee [F] [Fm7] [C]  \r\n{c: } \r\n[C7] He doesn't make much [Dm] money   \r\n[Dm7] Only a five-thousand [C] per   \r\n[C7] Some judge who thinks he's [Dm]funny   \r\n[Dm7] Told him he got to pay six to [G7]her   \r\n{c: } \r\nHe says: \"Now [C] judge, [Am7] suppose I [Dm7] fail.\" [G7]   \r\nThe judge says: \"[C] Budge [C7] right into [F] jail! [Fm]    \r\nYou'd better [C] keep her [Am7] I think it's [Dm7] cheaper[G7]   \r\nThan makin' [C] whoopee \u201c [F] [Fm7] [C]\t\t\t\t<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
as sung by Ella Fitzgerald Another [C] bride, another [G7] June, Another [C7] sunny honey-[F]-moon [Fm]\u00a0 Another [C Am] season another [Fm G7] reason For makin’ [C] whoopee [Am Dm G] A lot of [C Am] shoes a lot of [Dm G7] rice.\u00a0 The groom is [C7] nervous, he answers … CLICK TO VIEW SONGMakin\u2019 Whoopee<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,117,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-piano","category-love-songs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}