Words & Music by Julius Brammer, Irving Caesar & Leonello Casucci
Recorded by Louis Armstrong, 1930
[G]Just a gigolo, [G9]everywhere I go
[G/B]People know the [Edim]part I'm p[Am7]laying;[D7]
[Am]Paid for every d[Am+7]ance, s[Am7]elling each r[Am6]omance
[Am7]Every night some h[D9]eart [D7]be - t[G6]ray - ing.[Am7][D7]
[G]There will [G+7]come a [G7]day [CM7/6]youth will pass a[CM7]way --
[Bm7-5]Then what will they [E7]say a[Am]bout me?[Am+7]
When the [C]end comes, I k[Cm]now, they'll say, "J[G]ust a [B7]gi-go-[E7]lo"
As l[Am7]ife goes [D9]on w[D7]ith - [G9]out m[G]e.
Recorded by Louis Armstrong, 1930
[G]Just a gigolo, [G9]everywhere I go
[G/B]People know the [Edim]part I'm p[Am7]laying;[D7]
[Am]Paid for every d[Am+7]ance, s[Am7]elling each r[Am6]omance
[Am7]Every night some h[D9]eart [D7]be - t[G6]ray - ing.[Am7][D7]
[G]There will [G+7]come a [G7]day [CM7/6]youth will pass a[CM7]way --
[Bm7-5]Then what will they [E7]say a[Am]bout me?[Am+7]
When the [C]end comes, I k[Cm]now, they'll say, "J[G]ust a [B7]gi-go-[E7]lo"
As l[Am7]ife goes [D9]on w[D7]ith - [G9]out m[G]e.