Polka on a Banjo

Flatt Scruggs

Key of C · Chords: I IV V VII

Introduction

G C

Verse 1

C
There's a sweet young Miss, I love to kiss,
C                         G7
but listen close and hear me
G7
She's not my only love, I have another love,
G7                      C
and she'll just have to share me
C
But she's five foot tall, high heel and all,
C           F
she already knows
F                         C
She had some competition, in a composition,
         G7              C    F C
known as polka on an old banjo

Chorus

F                                          C
Polka on a banjo, make that five string hot
C                                       F
Polka on a banjo, give it all you've got
F                                    Bb
Polka on a banjo, watch them fingers go
Bb                            F
Of all the songs I guess, the one that I love best
       C                    F G
Is the polka on an old banjo

Banjo Solo

C G7 G C C7 F C G C

Verse 2

C
And when they start the band,
C                                              G
she takes me by the hand, and I begin to swing her
G
She knows I never miss, a chance to steal a kiss,
G                       C
or dance the polka with her
C
I don't speak a word ,
C                                       F
once I have heard, the one thing I love so
F
She's caught in the middle,
    C
she played the second fiddle,
     G           C        F C
to a polka on an old banjo

Chorus

F                                          C
Polka on a banjo, make that five string hot
C                                       F
Polka on a banjo, give it all you've got
F                                    Bb
Polka on a banjo, watch them fingers go
Bb                            F
Of all the songs I guess, the one that I love best
       C                    F
is the polka on an old banjo