Chords for (You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse

(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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