Toot, Toot, Tootsie! (Goo' Bye!) - Al Jolson
by Gus Kahn, Ernie Erdman and Dan Russo- 1922

 
[INTRO] - - - - - [C] Yesterday I heard a lover [D7] sigh,  [G7] "Goodbye oh me, oh [C] my"   [C] Seven times he got a- [Dm] -board his [G7] train   [G7] And seven times    he    [C] hurried   back to   [Eb] kiss his love [Dm7] again, and [G7] tell her:
 
>>>>   [Verse] - - - - -   [C] "Toot, toot, Tootsie, Goo' [D7] Bye!   [G7] Toot, toot, Tootsie, don't [C] cry,  [C] The choo choo train that [Dm7] takes [G7] me,  [G7] Away from [Dm7] you    [G7] no   [C] words can [Eb] tell  [Dm7] how sad it [G7] makes me,
 
[Chorus] - - - - - [C] Kiss me, Tootsie, and [D7] then,  [G7] Do it over [C] again [C7]    [F] Watch for the mail, I'll never fail,  If you don't get a [C] letter then you'll know I'm in jail,  [C] Tut, tut, Tootsie, don't [D7] cry,   Toot, [G7] toot, Tootsie, Goo' [C] Bye!"  >>>>>
 

TOOT, TOOT, TOOTSIE GOODBYE
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TOOT, TOOT, TOOTSIE GOODBYE.
TOOT, TOOT, TOOTSIE DON’T CRY.
THE CHOO-CHOO TRAIN THAT TAKES ME,
AWAY FROM YOU, NO WORDS CAN TELL
HOW SAD IT MAKES ME.
KISS ME TOOTSIE AND THEN,
DO IT OVER AGAIN.
WATCH FOR THE MAIL. I’LL NEVER FAIL.
IF YOU DON’T GET A LETTER
THEN YOU’LL KNOW I’M JAIL .
TOOT, TOOT, TOOTSIE DON’T CRY.
TOOT, TOOT, TOOTSIE GOODBYE.

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