Hattie McDaniel at the Oscars 1939 (Clements/Stonier)   from: Stamping Ground
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Intro: G, C, D   4x


1.)
There's gonna be a party on the big night
	 G	    C	 D    	 G	   C   D
there's gonna be a party, what d'you say?
	 G	    Em     C	      D
they'll pick you up in a long black car
	 G		  G7
and treat you like a movie star,
     C		      Am		      
hey Hattie, who's your best friend now?
 G	     C		D	    G   C   D - G, C, D


2.)
They're giving you a statue on the big night
	 G	       C    D	    G	    C   D
they're giving you a statue, what d'you say
	 G	       Em      C	 D
they'll put your picture on the screen
	 G		 G7
say, that's the damnedest thing we've seen,
      C			    Am	
hey Hattie, who's your best friend now?
 G	     C		D	    G   C   D - G, C, D



3.)
They'll let you bring your honey baby to the big night
	 G		    C  	  D	      G		C   D		 
they'll let you bring your honey, what d'you say?
	 G		    Em	   C	      D
you and one of your own kind
 G		G7
to make it look like they don't mind
    C		      Am
hey Hattie, who's your best friend now?
 G	     C		D	    G   C   D - G, C, D



Instr.	like verse



4.)
They're gonna listen to you on the big night
	 G	     C	    D	    G		C   D
they're gonna listen to you, what'll you say?
	 G	     Em        C	  D
you can say 'most anything you choose
  	 G	     G7
long as you don't sing the blues
 C		   Am
hey Hattie, who's your best friend now?
 G	     C		D	    G   C   D - G, C, D

G, C, D - G, C, D


5.)
They're laying you a table for the big night
	 G	      C	    D	    G		C   D
they're laying you a table what d'you say?
	 G	      Em     C	       D
they're laying your table out of sight
	 G		   G7
just because you're skin ain't white
  C		     Am
hey Hattie, who's your best friend now?
 G	     C		D	    G   C   D 
hey Hattie, who's your best friend now?
 G	     C		D	    G   C   D 
hey Hattie, who's your best friend now?
 G	     C		D	    G