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Version 1MUSIC: Richard Rodgers LYRICS: Oscar Hammerstein II TITLE: The Surrey With the Fringe on Top FROM: OKLAHOMA! [Intro] G D7 G D7 E When I take you out tonight with me, E B7 E B7 C# Honey here's the way it's gonna be. C# Ab7 C# Ab7 Bb Cm7 F7 You'll set behind a team of snow white horses, G D7 G D7 G In the slickest gig you'll ever see. [Verse 1] G Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry G When I take ya out in the surrey G When I take ya out in the surrey A D With the fringe on top [Verse 2] G Watch that fringe and see how it flutters G When I drive them high steppin' strutters G Nosey pokes'll peek thru their shutters A D And their eyes 'll pop [Chorus] C A C A The wheels are yellow, the upholstery's brown G F The dashboard's genuine leather C#m A#m C#m A#m With isinglass curtains y' can roll right down G#m D#m G#m In case there's a change in the wea--ther [Verse 3] G Two bright sidelights winkin' and blinkin' G Ain't no finer rig I'm a thinkin' G You can keep your rig if you're thinkin' A D That I'd care t' swap C For that shiny little surrey Am G With the fringe on the top [Aside] Am B Am Would you say the fringe was made of silk? G Wouldn't have no other kind but silk. Am D7 E7 Has it really got a team of snow white horses? Am G One's like snow, the other's more like milk. [Verse 4] G All the world 'll fly in a flurry G When I take you out in the surrey G When I take you out in the surrey D7 D With the fringe on top [Verse 5] G When we hit that road hell for leather G Cats and dogs 'll dance in the heather G Birds and frogs 'll sing altogether A D And the toads will hop [Chorus] C A C A The wind 'll whistle as we rattle along, G F The cows 'll moo in the clover. C#m A#m C#m A#m The river will ripple out a whispered song, G#m D#m G#m And whisper it over and o----ver. [Verse 6] (Sotto Voce) G Don't you wisht it'd go on forever? G Don't you wisht it'd go on forever? G Don't you wisht it'd go on forever, A D And it'd ne--ver stop? C In that shiny little surrey D7 D G With the fringe on the top [Verse 7] (Sotto Voce & Adagio) G I can see the stars gettin' blurry G When we ride back home in the surrey G Riding slowly home in the surrey A D With the fringe on top [Verse 8] (Sotto Voce & Adagio) G I can feel the day gettin' older G Feel a sleepy head near my shoulder G Noddin', droopin' close to my shoulder D7 D 'Til it falls ker-plop [Chorus] (Sotto Voce & Adagio) C A C A The sun is swimmin' on the rim of a hill G F The moon is takin' a header C#m A#m C#m A#m And just as I'm thinkin' all the earth is still G#m D#m G#m A lark 'll wake up in the mea--der [Verse 9] (Sotto Voce & Adagio) G Hush you bird my baby's a sleepin' G Maybe got a dream worth a keepin' G Whoa you team, and just keep a creepin' A D D7 At a slow clip-clop [Outro] C Don't you hurry with the surrey D7 D G With the fringe on the top