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Five Foot Two (Eyes of Blue)
Milton Ager
Written in 1925 (possibly earlier) and first recorded by Art Landry
Standard tuning
The version everyone knows - 
INTRO: |   C|  E7|  A7|  A7|  D7|  G7|   C|
CFive foot two, E7eyes of blue,
A7But oh what those fives could do, 
Has D7anybody G7seen my CgirC#dim7l?Dm  G7  
CTurned up nose, E7turned down hose,
A7flapper? Yes sir, one of those,
Has D7anybody G7seen my Cgirl?
Now if you E7run into a five foot two
A7Covered in fur, 
D7diamond rings and all those things,
G7bet your life it isn't her
Gaugbut...
CCould she love? E7could she woo?
A7Could she, could she, could she coo?
Has D7anybody G7seen that girl of Cmine?
repeat as necessary and end on C7
The now more obscure version with the nearly forgotten verses.
Verse 1 
CI just saw a GmmaniA7ac, GmmaniA7ac, GmmaniA7ac,
D7Wild, and G7tearing his ChaiC#dimr,Dm  G7  
CJumpin' like a Gmjumping A7jack, Gmjumping A7jack, Gmjumping A7jack,
D7Child, you G7shoulda been Cthere,
E7He laughed so loud I thought that I would A7cave in,
D7When I heard that silly daffy-G7dilly ravin':
Chorus
CFive foot two, E7eyes of blue,
A7But oh what those fives could do, 
Has D7anybody G7seen my CgirC#dim7l?Dm  G7  
CTurned up nose, E7turned down hose,
A7flapper? Yes sir, one of those,
Has D7anybody G7seen my Cgirl?
Now if you E7run into a five foot two
A7Covered in fur, 
D7diamond rings and all those things,
G7bet your life it isn't her
Gaugbut...
CCould she love? E7could she woo?
A7Could she, could she, could she coo?
Has D7anybody G7seen that girl of Cmine?
Verse 2
CLove made him a GmlunaA7tic, GmlunaA7tic, GmlunaA7tic
D7Gee, he G7hollered and CcriC#dimedDm  G7  
CLike a monkey Gmon a A7stick, Gmon a A7stick, Gmon a A7stick
D7He was G7fit to be Ctied
E7When we asked him for his wife's A7description
D7He just answered all of us witG7h this conniption:
Chorus
CFive foot two, E7eyes of blue,
A7But oh what those fives could do, 
Has D7anybody G7seen my CgirC#dim7l?Dm  G7  
CTurned up nose, E7turned down hose,
A7flapper? Yes sir, one of those,
Has D7anybody G7seen my Cgirl?
Now if you E7run into a five foot two
A7Covered in fur, 
D7diamond rings and all those things,
G7bet your life it isn't her
Gaugbut...
CCould she love? E7could she woo?
A7Could she, could she, could she coo?
Has D7anybody G7seen that girl of Cmine?

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Five Foot Two

by Ray Henderson

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Chords in this song · guitar

C#dim7

Gaug

C#dim

Five Foot Two (Eyes of Blue)

Milton Ager

Written in 1925 (possibly earlier) and first recorded by Art Landry

Standard tuning

The version everyone knows -

C E7 A7 A7 D7 G7 C

C E7

Five foot two, eyes of blue,

But oh what those fives could do,

D7 G7 C C#dim7 Dm G7

Has anybody seen my girl?

C E7

Turned up nose, turned down hose,

flapper? Yes sir, one of those,

D7 G7 C

Has anybody seen my girl?

Now if you run into a five foot two

Covered in fur,

diamond rings and all those things,

bet your life it isn't her

Gaug

but...

C E7

Could she love? could she woo?

Could she, could she, could she coo?

D7 G7 C

Has anybody seen that girl of mine?

repeat as necessary and end on C7

The now more obscure version with the nearly forgotten verses.

Verse 1

C Gm A7 Gm A7 Gm A7

I just saw a maniac, maniac, maniac,

D7 G7 C C#dim Dm G7

Wild, and tearing his hair,

C Gm A7 Gm A7 Gm A7

Jumpin' like a jumping jack, jumping jack, jumping jack,

D7 G7 C

Child, you shoulda been there,

E7 A7

He laughed so loud I thought that I would cave in,

D7 G7

When I heard that silly daffy-dilly ravin':

Chorus

C E7

Five foot two, eyes of blue,

But oh what those fives could do,

D7 G7 C C#dim7 Dm G7

Has anybody seen my girl?

C E7

Turned up nose, turned down hose,

flapper? Yes sir, one of those,

D7 G7 C

Has anybody seen my girl?

Now if you run into a five foot two

Covered in fur,

diamond rings and all those things,

bet your life it isn't her

Gaug

but...

C E7

Could she love? could she woo?

Could she, could she, could she coo?

D7 G7 C

Has anybody seen that girl of mine?

Verse 2

C Gm A7 Gm A7 Gm A7

Love made him a lunatic, lunatic, lunatic

D7 G7 C C#dim Dm G7

Gee, he hollered and cried

C Gm A7 Gm A7 Gm A7

Like a monkey on a stick, on a stick, on a stick

D7 G7 C

He was fit to be tied

E7 A7

When we asked him for his wife's description

D7 G7

He just answered all of us with this conniption:

Chorus

C E7

Five foot two, eyes of blue,

But oh what those fives could do,

D7 G7 C C#dim7 Dm G7

Has anybody seen my girl?

C E7

Turned up nose, turned down hose,

flapper? Yes sir, one of those,

D7 G7 C

Has anybody seen my girl?

Now if you run into a five foot two

Covered in fur,

diamond rings and all those things,

bet your life it isn't her

Gaug

but...

C E7

Could she love? could she woo?

Could she, could she, could she coo?

D7 G7 C

Has anybody seen that girl of mine?

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