Lydia, the Tattooed Lady

This next song goes out to my sixth ex-wife. 
Her name was Lydia. I met her at the World's Fair in 1940. 
Ah Lydia.  
She was the most glorious creature under the sun. Ahhhhh...

[A] Lydia, oh! Lydia, say have you met Lydia
Oh! Lydia, the tattooed [E] lady
[D] She has [A] eyes that [D] folks [A] adore so
And a [Bm] torso even [Bm] more so
[A] Lydia, oh! Lydia, that “Encyclopedia”
Oh! Lydia, the Queen of [D] tattoo
On her [Bm] back is the Battle of Waterloo
[D] Beside it the Wreck of the Hesperus too
And [A] proudly above the waves
The [D] Red, White and Blue
You can [A] learn a [E] lot from [A] Lydia

[A]
[la la la, la la la]
[A]
[la la la, la la la]

[C] When her robe is unfurled, She can show you the world
In tattoo if you step up and [G] tell her where
For a dime you can see Kankakee or Paree
Or Washington crossing the [C] Delaware

[C]
[la la la, la la la]
[A]
[la la la, la la la]

[A] Oh! Lydia, oh! Lydia, say have you met Lydia
Oh! Lydia, the tattooed [E] lady
[D] When her [A] muscles [D] start [A] relaxin’
[D] Up the [Bm] hill comes [D] Andrew [Bm] Jackson
Lydia, oh! Lydia, that “Encyclopedia”
Oh! Lydia, the champ of them [D] all

For [Bm] two bits she will do a Mazurka in Jazz
With a [D] view of Niag’ra that no artist has
And [A] on a clear day you can [D] see Alcatraz
You can [A] learn a [E] lot from [A] Lydia.
La la la La la la La la la La la la

[A]
[la la la, la la la]
[C]
[la la la, la la la]

[C] Come along and see Buff’lo Bill with his lasso
Just a little classic by Mendel [G] Picasso
Here is Captain Spaulding exploring the Amazon
And Godiva, but with her [C] pajamas on
[C] La la la La [C] la la La la la La la la

[C] Here is Grover Whalen unveilin’ the Trylon
Over on the west coast we have Treasure [G] Islan’
Here’s Nijinsky a doin’ the Rhumba
Here’s her Social Security [C] numba
La la la La la la La la la La la la

[A] Lydia, oh! Lydia, say have you met Lydia
Oh! Lydia, the champ of them [D] all
She [Bm] once swept an Admiral clear off his feet
The [D] ships on her hips made his heart skip a beat
And [A] now the old boy’s in [D] command of the fleet
For he [A] went and [E] married [A] Lydia