C Am Dm G


[Verse 1]
  C           Am     Dm      G
I work at the Palace Ballroom
     C        Am        Dm   G
But, gee that Palace is cheap
     C     Am         Em     Am
When I get back to my chilly hall room
    Em       G        C
I'm much too tired to sleep


[Verse 2]
    C            Am   Dm      G
I'm one of those lady teachers
  C         Am           Em
A beautiful hostess, you know
    A               D
The kind the Palace features
   C         Am     G
At exactly a dime a throw


[Chorus]
C
Ten cents a dance
Dm               G
That's what they pay me
C              Dm       G
Gosh, how they weigh me down
C
Ten cents a dance
Dm          G
Pansies and rough guys
C                      Bm  E
Tough guys who tear my gown
Em       A          Dm
Seven to midnight I hear drums
Em         A         Dm
Loudly the saxophone blows
Fm                       Em
Trumpets are breaking my eardrums
A                  D   G
Customers crush my toes
C
Sometime I think
Dm            G
I've found my hero
C          Dm      E
But it's a queer romance
A                      Dm
All that you need is a ticket
E                 G           C
Come on, big boy, ten cents a dance


[Bridge]
Am           E           C
Fighters and sailors and bowlegged tailors
    C
Can pay for their ticket and rent me
Am           E           Am
Butchers and barbers and rats from the harbors
    C                   G             C
Are sweethearts my good luck has sent me
Em
Though I've a chorus of elderly beaus
Fm
Stockings are porous with holes at the toes
Em                     Am
I'm there till closing time
G
Dance and be merry, it's only a dime


[Chorus]
C
Ten cents a dance
Dm               G
That's what they pay me
C              Dm       G
Gosh, how they weigh me down
C
Ten cents a dance
Dm          G
Pansies and rough guys
C                      Bm  E
Tough guys who tear my gown
Em       A          Dm
Seven to midnight I hear drums
Em         A         Dm
Loudly the saxophone blows
Fm                       Em
Trumpets are breaking my eardrums
A                  D   G
Customers crush my toes
C
Sometime I think
Dm            G
I've found my hero
C          Dm      E
But it's a queer romance
A                      Dm
All that you need is a ticket
E                 G           C
Come on, big boy, ten cents a dance