F6 F6 F6 C C7
( single notes )
C D F F F F A C Bb G E C
[Verse]
F Bb F/A C7/G
Music everywhere, feet are pattin'
F Bb F/A C7/G
Puttin' tempo in old Manhattan
F Bb F/A C7/G
Everybody is out high hattin'
G7/D C7 F
Spreadin' rhythm around
[Verse]
F Bb F/A C7/G
Everywhere you go trumpets are blarin'
F Bb F/A C7/G
Drums and saxophones rip and tearin'
F Bb F/A C7/G
Everybody you meet is rarin'
G7/D C7 F
Spreadin' rhythm around
[Bridge]
Cm7 F Cm7 F
Up in Harlem in every flat
Bb Bbmaj7
they give it that zing
Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7
Which according to one and all
C7 C+/E
is what they call swing
[Verse]
F Bb F/A C7/G
Those who can't afford silk and satin
F Bb F/A C7/G
Dance with gigolos who are latin
F Bb F/A C7/G
Come from Yonkers, the Bronx and Staten
G7/D C7 F
Spreadin' rhythm around (yeah)
[Verse] (instrumental)
F Bb F/A C7/G
(my, my)
F Bb F/A C7/G
Spread that
F Bb F/A C7/G
rhythm around there sonny boy
G7/D C7 F
Oh, spread it round
[Verse]
F Bb F/A C7/G
(yes, yes)
F Bb F/A C7/G
(yes)
F Bb F/A C7/G
(my, my, my)
G7/D C7 F
(yeah)
[Bridge]
Cm7 F Cm7 F
Bb Bbmaj7
Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7
C7 C+/E
[Verse]
F Bb F/A C7/G
(yes, yes)
F Bb F/A C7/G
(yes)
F Bb F/A C7/G
(my, my, my)
G7/D C7 F
(yeah)
[Bridge]
Cm7 F Cm7 F
Up in Harlem in any flat
Bb Bbmaj7
they give it that zing
Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7
Which according to one and all
C7 C+/E
is what those people call swing
[Verse]
F Bb F/A C7/G
Those who can't afford silk and satin
F Bb F/A C7/G
Dance with gigolos who are latin
F Bb F/A C7/G
Come from Yonkers, the Bronx and Staten
G7/D C7 F
Spreadin' rhythm around
[Outro]
F7 F7 E7 Eb7 D7 D7/A
(scat singing)
G7/D C7 F
Spreadin' rhythm around (well, all right)
