A          Asus4   A            Asus4
All of the ladies attending the ball
      A          Asus4       A
Are requested to gaze in the faces
Asus4              E  Esus4 E Esus4
Found on the dance cards
A             Asus4
Please then remember
    A            Asus4
And don't get to close
   A           Asus4
To one special one
        A           Asus4      E Esus4 E 
He will take your defenses and run.

      D   A  E
So we change partners
        D   A  E
Time to change partners
         D   A  E
You must change partners
 D  Dsus4 D Dsus2
again

A           Asus4       A           Asus4
This is how most of our ladies grew up
       A            Asus4 
At the country club dances
     A              Asus4      E  Esus4 E Esus4
They learned how to handle the boys
A          Asus4
Gently but firmly
     A              Asus4
They learned to say no
           A               Asus4
There were four more young men
         A              Asus4         E Esus4 E 
Who were waiting in the color and the noise.

      D   A  E
So we change partners
        D   A  E
Time to change partners
         D   A  E
You must change partners
 D  Dsus4 D Dsus2
again

A          Asus4   A            Asus4
All of the ladies attending the ball
      A          Asus4       A
Are requested to gaze in the faces
Asus4              E  Esus4 E Esus4
Found on the dance cards
A             Asus4
Please then remember

    A           Asus4
And follow your list
           A               Asus4
'Cause the dear things get hurt
        A             Asus4         E Esus4 E 
And the broken hearts make you feel hard

      D   A  E
So we change partners
        D   A  E
Time to change partners
         D   A  E
You must change partners
 D  Dsus4 D Dsus2
again