Connie Converse - Playboy of the western world

^EbI knew a man ^Abonce, ^Bbvery long ago ^EbThey say that he was born in Buffalo, ^Bbbut I don’t believe it ^FBuffalo was never sufficien^Bbtly ^Ebgilded and ^Bbpearled.

And t^Ehis man t^Bburned out to be the playboy of the Western ^Fworld.

Oh, he ^Bbwas elegant p^Abast all d^Gmream^Bbing ^Abhe made s^Bbeeming seem like the real Mc^FCoy. ^{Gm F}All the sheiks of ^GbArab^Eby, a^Bbll the shahs of Pers^Fia ^{Gm Bb}couldn’t hold a c^Cmandle t^Bbo this b^Gmoy. ^F

^GmWhen he walked th^Bbrough a room it l^Ebooked as ^Bbhandsome as Napoleon’s tomb, and the F^Cmord he r^Fode ^Bbcould have been Mercedes-Benz à la mode.

When he took me ^Ebout I didn’t d^Eoubt that we were g^Eboing to the A^Abstor or the S^Fherry-Netherland.

^EbSpring seemed to ^Elinger in the l^Ebittle bunch of flowers he p^Fressed into my hand -

^BbLittle bunch of flowers, ^Gmdidn’t cost a di^Bbme picked them in the p^Fark in their p^Gmrime.^Bb

^FHe went around with his ^Bbheart ^Funfurled: the one and ^Gbonly playboy of the West^Fern world. You could f^Bball in love w^Fith eve^Gmryone you’d m^Bbeet when you walked with him d^Fown the s^Gmtreet^Bb.

^EbPlayboys die y^Eoun^Bbg; ^Gbthis one did ^Ftoo, ^Eball worn o^Cmut m^Abaking ^Edreams come t^Gbrue.

^BbAnd the world was ^Ebgrim again, without him again, ^Bbwithout h^Ebim ^Gb

^EbFor he w^Fas e^Gmlega^Bbnt ^Abpast all d^Gmream^Bbing; ^Abhe made s^Bbeeming seem like the real McCoy.^{Gm Bb}All the sheiks of ^EbAraby, all the shahs of ^BbPersi^Fa ^{Gm F}couldn’t hold a cand^Cmle ^Ebto ^Gbthis ^Gmboy^Bb.

When they ^Etook him o^Ebut, o^Eh, I didn’t ^Abdoubt that he was g^Gboing to ^EbMiami or some^F other wonderland.

Spr^Ebing seemed to l^Einger in the l^Gbittle bunch of flowers I pr^Fessed into his hand -

Little b^Gmunch of flow^Bbers, didn’t cost a dime^F; picked them in ^Gmthe park in their prime.^{Bb F}

^GmHe went around with his h^Abeart unfurled: the one and ^Gbonly playboy of the W^Festern world. He was^Bb the playboy of the ^FWestern world, the p^Cmlayboy of the ^GmWestern wor^Bbld.