C Am Dm G
[Verse 1]
C Am Dm G
I work at the Palace Ballroom
C Am Dm G
But, gee that Palace is cheap
C Am Em Am
When I get back to my chilly hall room
Em G C
I'm much too tired to sleep
[Verse 2]
C Am Dm G
I'm one of those lady teachers
C Am Em
A beautiful hostess, you know
A D
The kind the Palace features
C Am G
At exactly a dime a throw
[Chorus]
C
Ten cents a dance
Dm G
That's what they pay me
C Dm G
Gosh, how they weigh me down
C
Ten cents a dance
Dm G
Pansies and rough guys
C Bm E
Tough guys who tear my gown
Em A Dm
Seven to midnight I hear drums
Em A Dm
Loudly the saxophone blows
Fm Em
Trumpets are breaking my eardrums
A D G
Customers crush my toes
C
Sometime I think
Dm G
I've found my hero
C Dm E
But it's a queer romance
A Dm
All that you need is a ticket
E G C
Come on, big boy, ten cents a dance
[Bridge]
Am E C
Fighters and sailors and bowlegged tailors
C
Can pay for their ticket and rent me
Am E Am
Butchers and barbers and rats from the harbors
C G C
Are sweethearts my good luck has sent me
Em
Though I've a chorus of elderly beaus
Fm
Stockings are porous with holes at the toes
Em Am
I'm there till closing time
G
Dance and be merry, it's only a dime
[Chorus]
C
Ten cents a dance
Dm G
That's what they pay me
C Dm G
Gosh, how they weigh me down
C
Ten cents a dance
Dm G
Pansies and rough guys
C Bm E
Tough guys who tear my gown
Em A Dm
Seven to midnight I hear drums
Em A Dm
Loudly the saxophone blows
Fm Em
Trumpets are breaking my eardrums
A D G
Customers crush my toes
C
Sometime I think
Dm G
I've found my hero
C Dm E
But it's a queer romance
A Dm
All that you need is a ticket
E G C
Come on, big boy, ten cents a dance
