{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2884520,"song":"Ten Cents A Dance","artist":"Ruth Etting","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11649847-ten-cents-a-dance-chords-by-ruth-etting/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2884520?type=chord","rating":4.83964,"votes":8,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI work at the Palace Ballroom[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut, gee that Palace is cheap[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen I get back to my chilly hall room[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm much too tired to sleep[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm one of those lady teachers[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA beautiful hostess, you know[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe kind the Palace features[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt exactly a dime a throw[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nTen cents a dance[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat's what they pay me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGosh, how they weigh me down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nTen cents a dance[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPansies and rough guys[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTough guys who tear my gown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSeven to midnight I hear drums[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLoudly the saxophone blows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTrumpets are breaking my eardrums[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCustomers crush my toes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nSometime I think[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've found my hero[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut it's a queer romance[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAll that you need is a ticket[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCome on, big boy, ten cents a dance[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFighters and sailors and bowlegged tailors[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCan pay for their ticket and rent me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nButchers and barbers and rats from the harbors[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAre sweethearts my good luck has sent me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThough I've a chorus of elderly beaus[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nStockings are porous with holes at the toes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm there till closing time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDance and be merry, it's only a dime[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nTen cents a dance[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat's what they pay me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGosh, how they weigh me down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nTen cents a dance[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPansies and rough guys[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTough guys who tear my gown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSeven to midnight I hear drums[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLoudly the saxophone blows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTrumpets are breaking my eardrums[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCustomers crush my toes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nSometime I think[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've found my hero[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut it's a queer romance[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAll that you need is a ticket[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCome on, big boy, ten cents a dance[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC Am Dm G\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","Am","Dm","G","Em","A","D","Bm","E","Fm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}