Put The Blame On Mame

song by Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher for the film Gilda (role played by Rita Hayworth) ------------------------------------------9--| -----3-------------------8----------------9--| -----4-------------------9----------------9--| -----4-------------------9----------------8--| -----2-------------------7-------------------| ------------------------------------------!--| When Mrs. O'Leary's cow kicked the lantern --------------9-10---------------------------| --------3--8--8-12---------------------------| --------4--9--9-11---------------------------| --------4--9---------------------------------| --------2--7---------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------| In Chicago town --------------------------------------------------------9-8-9-| -----3-----------8--------------------------------------9-8-9-| -----4-----------9------------------11------------------9-8-9-| -----4-----------9------------------9-------------------8-7-8-| -----2-----------7------------------11------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------!----| They say that started the fire That burned Chicago down ------------------------------10-| ------8---------------3-------9--| ------9---------------4-------10-| ------9---------------4-------9--| ------7---------------2----------| ------------------------------!--| That's the story that went around But here's the real low-down -------------------| -------------------| -------------------| -4-2---------------| -----5-3-----------| -------------------| -----------7------------------------| ---3---2---7---2------3---2--3---3--| ---2---3---7---3------2---3--4-3-4--| ---4---2-------2------4---2--4-4-4--| -2---4-------4------2---4----2-4-2--| ---------7---------------------2----| Put the blame on Mame, boys Put the blame on Mame -----------------------------------| ------8------------------3---------| ------9------------------4-----11>-| ------9------------------4-----11>-| ------7------------------2-----9>--| -----------------------------------| Mame kissed a buyer from out of town -------------------9-10-7-6------| -12----------------9-10-7-5------| -10----------------9-10-7-6------| -12----------------8-9--6--------| -10------------------------------| ---------------------------------| That kiss burned Chicago down -----------7------------------------| ---3---2---7---2------3---2--3---3--| ---2---3---7---3------2---3--4-3-4--| ---4---2-------2------4---2--4-4-4--| -2---4-------4------2---4----2-4-2--| ---------7---------------------2----| So you can put the blame on Mame, boys Put the blame on Mame When they had the earthquake in San Francisco Back in nineteen-six They said that ol' Mother Nature Was up to her old tricks That's the story that went around But here's the real low-down -----------7-----------------5-3-2----| ---3---2---7---2------3---2--3---2----| ---2---3---7---3------2---3--2---3----| ---4---2-------2------4---2--4---2----| -2---4-------4------2---4----2---4----| ---------7-----------------------2----| Put the blame on Mame, boys Put the blame on Mame One night she started to shimmy-shake That brought on the Frisco quakes -----------7------------------------| ---3---2---7---2------3---2--3---3--| ---2---3---7---3------2---3--4-3-4--| ---4---2-------2------4---2--4-4-4--| -2---4-------4------2---4----2-4-2--| ---------7---------------------2----| So you can put the blame on Mame, boys Put the blame on Mame by Xavier Parmantier