Bm BmWhen Mrs. O'Leary's cow Kicked the
C7 Bmlantern in Chicago town
Bm BmThey say that started the fire ,That
C7 burned Chicago down
Bm BmThat's the story that went around
Bm C7,But here's the real low-down
[Chorus]
Bm C7 Bm C7Put the blame on Mame, boys
Bm C7 Bm EmM7 BmPut the blame on Mame
Bm BmMame kissed a buyer from out of town
Bm C7That kiss burned Chicago down
Bm C7 BmSo you can put the blame on Mame,
C7boys
Bm C7 Bm EmM7 BmPut the blame on Mame
[Verse 2]
Bm BmRemember the blizzard, back in
C7 BmManhattan ,In
eighteen-eighty-six
Bm BmThey say that traffic was tied up
C7,And folks were in a fix
Bm BmThat's the story that went around,
Bm C7But here's the real low-down
[Chorus]
Bm C7 Bm C7Put the blame on Mame, boys
Bm C7 Bm EmM7 BmPut the blame on Mame
Bm BmMame gave a chump such an ice-cold
"No"
Bm C7For seven days they shovelled snow
Bm C7 BmSo you can put the blame on Mame,
C7boys
Bm C7 Bm EmM7 BmPut the blame on Mame
[Verse 3]
Bm BmWhen they had the earthquake in San
C7 BmFrancisco ,Back in nineteen-six
Bm BmThey said that Mother Nature ,Was up
C7 to her old tricks
Bm BmThat's the story that went around
Bm C7,But here's the real low-down
[Chorus]
Bm C7 Bm C7Put the blame on Mame, boys
Bm C7 Bm EmM7 BmPut the blame on Mame
Bm BmOne night she started to shim and
shake
Bm C7That brought on the Frisco quake
Bm C7 BmSo you can put the blame on Mame,
C7boys
Bm C7 Bm EmM7 BmPut the blame on Mame
[Verse 4]
Bm BmThey once had a shootin' up in the
C7 BmKlondike ,When they got Dan McGrew
Bm BmFolks were putting the blame on,The
C7lady known as Lou
Bm BmThat's the story that went around,
Bm C7But here's the real low-down
[Chorus]
Bm C7 Bm C7Put the blame on Mame, boys
Bm C7 Bm EmM7 BmPut the blame on Mame
Bm BmMame did a dance called the
hoochy-coo
Bm C7That's the thing that slew McGrew
Bm C7 BmSo you can put the blame on Mame,
C7boys
Bm C7 Bm EmM7 BmPut the blame on Mame
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