PUT THE BLAME ON MAME
# by Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher (1946)
[AmM7] - x210xx
[Am]When Mrs. O'Leary's [Dm]cow Kicked the lantern [E7]in Chicago [Am]town
[Am]They say that started the [Dm]fire ,That [E7]burned Chicago down
[Dm]That's the story that went [Am]around ,But [Am]here's the real low-[E7]down
[Am]Put the [E7]blame on [Am]Mame, [E7]boys [Am]Put the [E7]blame on [Am]Mame[AmM7 Em]
[Dm]Mame kissed a buyer from [Am]out of town [Am]That kiss burned Chicago [E7]down
So you can [Am]put the [E7]blame on [Am]Mame, [E7]boys [Am]Put the [E7]blame on [Am]Mame[AmM7 Em]
[Am]Remember the blizzar[Dm]d, back in Manhattan ,I[E7]n eighteen-[Am]eighty-six
[Am]They say that traffic was [Dm]tied up ,An[E7]d folks were in a fix
[Dm]That's the story that went [Am]around, But [Am]here's the real low-[E7]down
[Am]Put the [E7]blame on [Am]Mame, [E7]boys [Am]Put the [E7]blame on [Am]Mame[AmM7 Em]
[Dm]Mame gave a chump such an[Am] ice-cold "No" [Am]For seven days they shove[E7]lled snow
So you can [Am]put the [E7]blame on [Am]Mame, [E7]boys [Am]Put the [E7]blame on [Am]Mame[AmM7 Em]
[Am]When they had the ea[Dm]rthquake in San Francis[E7]co ,Back in[Am] nineteen-six
[Am]They said that Mother Natu[Dm]re ,Was up [E7]to her old tricks
[Dm]That's the story that went [Am]around ,But [Am]here's the real low-[E7]down
[Am]Put the [E7]blame on [Am]Mame, [E7]boys [Am]Put the [E7]blame on [Am]Mame[AmM7 Em]
[Dm]One night she started to [Am]shim and shake [Am]That brought on the Frisc[E7]o quake
So you can [Am]put the [E7]blame on [Am]Mame, [E7]boys [Am]Put the [E7]blame on [Am]Mame[AmM7 Em]
[Am]They once had a shoo[Dm]tin' up in the Klondike[E7] ,When they[Am] got Dan McGrew
[Am]Folks were putting the bla[Dm]me on,The l[E7]ady known as Lou
[Dm]That's the story that went [Am]around, But [Am]here's the real low-[E7]down
[Am]Put the [E7]blame on [Am]Mame, [E7]boys [Am]Put the [E7]blame on [Am]Mame[AmM7 Em]
[Dm]Mame did a dance called t[Am]he hoochy-coo [Am]That's the thing that sle[E7]w McGrew
So you can [Am]put the [E7]blame on [Am]Mame, [E7]boys [Am]Put the [E7]blame on [Am]Mame[AmM7 Em]