Written by George Gershin and Ira Gershin
G G6 G7 G6 G G7 G6 G G7 G6 G Got a little rhythm, a rhythm, a rhythm G6 G7 G6 G That pitter-pats in my brain G G6 G7 G6 G G7 G6 G G7 G6 So darn persistent, the day isn't distant G Am7 Dm7 Am7 G When it'll drive me insane C Am C7 Am C C7 Am C C7 Comes in the morning, without any warning C Am C7 Am C7/9 And hangs around me all day C Am C7 Am D9 Am7 D7 I'll have to sneak up to it, someday and speak up to it C Am C7 D7 I hope it listens when I say Am7 C D7 Am7 C D7 Fascinatin' rhythm, you've got me on the go Am7 C D7 Am7 D7 Fascinatin' rhy hm, I'm all aquiver Dm7 F G7 Dm7 F G7 What a mess you're making, the neighbors want to know Dm7 F G7 Dm7 G7 Why I'm always shaking, just like a flivver C C/B Am7 Cdim G G/F# Each morning I get up with the sun G/B Am7 D9 Am7 Start a hop ping, never stopping A Em7 A7 G/B A7 D7 To find, that night, no work has been done. C C/B Am7 C D7 I know that once it didn't matter Am7 D7 But now you're doing wrong Am7 C D7 C D7 When you start to patter, I'm so unhappy Dm7 F G7 Dm7 F G7 Won't you take a day off, decide to run along Dm7 F G7 Dm7 G7 Somewhere far away off, and make it snappy C C/B Am7 D7 Am7 D7 B7 E7 Oh, how I long to be the girl I used to be Am C D7 Fascinatin' rhythm Am C D7 Am7 G Oh, won't you stop picking on me