(You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse by J. Leslie McFarland and Billy Moore Jr. This chord sketch by Benjy Cline is based on the version of the song by The Blues Jumpers "Wheels Start Turning" CD.
Intro (one chord/bar):
G9 F#9 F9 A9
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G
You're a freckled gal,
G7 C13 C#dim
You're a big-nosed cutey, sweet as Charlotte Russe
G9 F#9
You've got big blue eyes,
F9 E9 A9 D9
So I ask you why have you dyed your hair chartreuse?
G
Chartreuse (chartreuse)
G7
Chartreuse (chartreuse)
C13 C#dim
Though you think it's mighty cute
G9 F#9 F9 E9
You went too far in that beauty booth
A9 D9 G
When you dyed your hair chartreuse
G
Chartreuse (chartreuse)
G7
Chartreuse (chartreuse)
C13 C#dim
Though you think it's mighty cute
G9 F#9 F9 E9
Just wait 'til I write and tell your ma
A9 D9 G
That you dyed your hair chartreuse
G
In the days of old
G7 C13 C#dim
When the knights were bolder and the girls were truer blue
G9 F#9
Just think what paw
F9 E9 A9 D9
Would have said to maw had she dyed her hair chartreuse
G
Chartreuse (chartreuse)
G7
Chartreuse (chartreuse)
C13 C#dim
Though you think it's mighty cute
G9 F#9 F9 E9
You went too far in that beauty booth
A9 D9 G
When you dyed your hair chartreuse
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Instrumental section, repeat 4 times
(Each line is one bar)
G
G
G
G G7
C9
C9
G Am7
Bm7 Am7
A9
D9
G
G
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G
Now you know I know
G7 C13 C#dim
That your hair was black when we lived on Chestnut Street
G9 F#9
When you wore pigtails
F9 E9 A9 D9
And ginger ale was your most favorite treat
G
You're a big girl now
G7 C13 C#dim
And you think it's cuter being fast and fancy-loose
G9 F#9 F9 E9
But you went too far in that beauty booth
A9 D9 G
When you dyed your hair chartreuse
G
Chartreuse (chartreuse)
G7
Chartreuse (chartreuse)
C13 C#dim
'Though you think it's mighty cute
G9 F#9 F9 E9
You went too far in that beauty booth
A9 D9 G
When you dyed your hair chartreuse
G
Chartreuse (chartreuse)
G7
Chartreuse (chartreuse)
C13 C#dim
Though you think it's mighty cute
G9 F#9 F9 E9
But just wait 'til I write and tell your ma
F9 E9
You didn't like black, you didn't like red
Eb9 D9
You hated blondes, well, it's no use
A9 D9
You got mad and dyed your hair...
G
Chartreuse
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