Biography:
Taco Ockerse (born July 21, 1955), known mononymously as Taco, is an Indonesian-born Dutch singer. He gained international stardom when in 1982 he recorded a distinctive cover record of the old Irving Berlin favorite, Puttin' on the Ritz in Germany, which made him famous early the next year (United States Billboard chart number 4). It has been reported that he did not speak any English at all and merely read the lyrics from transliterations, but this is false: Taco speaks English and almost always performed in English.
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[Intro]
Dm A Dm
[Verse]
Dm
If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
A
Why don't you go where fashion sits?
Dm Bb7 A7
Puttin' on the Ritz
Dm
Different types who wear a day, coat pants with stripes and cutaway
A
Coat perfect fits
Dm Bb7 A7
Puttin' on the Ritz
[Chorus]
G C
Dressed up like a million-dollar trooper
F C F Bb7 A7
Tryin' hard to look like Gary Cooper (Super duper)
[Verse]
Dm A
Come let's mix where Rockefellers walk with sticks or umbrellas in their mitts
Dm Bb7 A7
Puttin' on the Ritz
[Bridge]
Dm A Dm A
Have you seen the well-to-do up and down Park Avenue
F C F C
On that famous thoroughfare with their noses in the air
A E A E
High hats and arrow collars, white spats and lots of dollars
C# B E A
Spending every dime for a wonderful time
[Verse]
Dm
If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
A
Why don't you go where fashion sits?
Dm Bb7 A7
Puttin' on the Ritz
Dm
Different types who wear a day, coat pants with stripes and cutaway
A
Coat perfect fits
Dm Bb7 A7
Puttin' on the Ritz
[Chorus]
G C
Dressed up like a million-dollar trooper
F C F Bb7 A7
Tryin' hard to look like Gary Cooper (Super duper)
[Verse]
Dm A
Come let's mix where Rockefellers walk with sticks or umbrellas in their mitts
Dm F B E
Puttin' on the Ritz
[Chorus]
A D
Dressed up like a million-dollar trooper
G D G C7 B7
Tryin' hard to look like Gary Cooper (super duper)
[Verse]
Em
If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
B
Why don't you go where fashion sits?
Em C Em C Em C Em
Puttin' on the Ritz, puttin' on the Ritz, puttin' on the Ritz, puttin' on the Ritz...
Dm A Dm
[Verse]
Dm
If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
A
Why don't you go where fashion sits?
Dm Bb7 A7
Puttin' on the Ritz
Dm
Different types who wear a day, coat pants with stripes and cutaway
A
Coat perfect fits
Dm Bb7 A7
Puttin' on the Ritz
[Chorus]
G C
Dressed up like a million-dollar trooper
F C F Bb7 A7
Tryin' hard to look like Gary Cooper (Super duper)
[Verse]
Dm A
Come let's mix where Rockefellers walk with sticks or umbrellas in their mitts
Dm Bb7 A7
Puttin' on the Ritz
[Bridge]
Dm A Dm A
Have you seen the well-to-do up and down Park Avenue
F C F C
On that famous thoroughfare with their noses in the air
A E A E
High hats and arrow collars, white spats and lots of dollars
C# B E A
Spending every dime for a wonderful time
[Verse]
Dm
If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
A
Why don't you go where fashion sits?
Dm Bb7 A7
Puttin' on the Ritz
Dm
Different types who wear a day, coat pants with stripes and cutaway
A
Coat perfect fits
Dm Bb7 A7
Puttin' on the Ritz
[Chorus]
G C
Dressed up like a million-dollar trooper
F C F Bb7 A7
Tryin' hard to look like Gary Cooper (Super duper)
[Verse]
Dm A
Come let's mix where Rockefellers walk with sticks or umbrellas in their mitts
Dm F B E
Puttin' on the Ritz
[Chorus]
A D
Dressed up like a million-dollar trooper
G D G C7 B7
Tryin' hard to look like Gary Cooper (super duper)
[Verse]
Em
If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
B
Why don't you go where fashion sits?
Em C Em C Em C Em
Puttin' on the Ritz, puttin' on the Ritz, puttin' on the Ritz, puttin' on the Ritz...
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