Anything Goes

[Intro]
[A#]
Times have changed
[A#]
And we've often rewound the clock
[B]
Since the Puritans got a shock
[F7]
When they landed on Plymouth Rock
[A#]
If today
[A#]
Any shock they should try to stem
[B]
'Stead of landing on Plymouth Rock
         [C7]                 [F7]
Plymouth Rock would land on them

[Verse 1]
[A#]                [F7]
In olden days, a glimpse of stocking
    [A#]                      [A#7]
Was looked on as something shocking
             [D#]             [A#]   [F7]
But now, God knows, Anything goes

[Verse 2]
[A#]                     [F7]
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
[A#]                 [A#7]
Now only use four-letter words
        [D#]               [A#]   [A7]
Writing prose, Anything goes

[Chorus 1]
                [Dm7]
If driving fast cars you like
       [A7]
If low bars you like
       [Dm7]
If old hymns you like
        [A7]
If bare limbs you like
       [Dm7]
If Mae West you like
        [G7]
Or me undressed you like
        [Cm]         [F7]
Why, nobody will oppose

[Verse 3]
     [A#]              [F7]
When ev'ry night the set that's smart is
  [A#]                [A#7]
Intruding at nudist parties
       [D#]              [A#]   [F7]
In studios, Anything goes

[Verse 4]
[A#]                [F7]
When Missus Ned McLean (God bless her)
    [A#]                   [A#7]
Can get Russian reds to "yes" her
             [D#]             [A#]   [F7]
Then I suppose, Anything goes

[Verse 5]
[A#]                [F7]
When Rockefeller still can hoard en-
[A#]                      [A#7]
-ough money to let Max Gordon
             [D#]               [A#]   [A7]
Produce his shows, Anything goes

[Chorus 2]
                    [Dm7]
The world has gone mad today
           [A7]
And good's bad today
             [Dm7]
And black's white today
          [A7]
And day's night today
          [Dm7]
And that gent today
           [G7]
You gave a cent today
         [Cm]         [F7]
Once had several chateaus

[Verse 6]
     [A#]                  [F7]
When folks who still can ride in jitneys
     [A#]                   [A#7]
Find out Vanderbilts and Whitneys
          [D#]                [A#]   [F7]
Lack baby clothes, Anything goes

[Verse 7]
[A#]                        [F7]
When Sam Goldwyn can with great conviction
  [A#]                   [A#7]
Instruct Anna Sten in diction
            [D#]                  [A#] [F7]
Then 'Nana' shows, Anything goes

[Verse 8]
[A#]                      [F7]
When you hear that Lady Mendl standing up
[A#]                      [A#7]
Now turns a handspring landing up-
       [D#]             [A#]
On her toes, Anything goes