Cooking Breakfast for the One I Love
Words and Music by Henry Tobias and William Rose
Key: C
Copyright 1930

Chords and Lyrics Provided by Judy Muldawer
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Created 12/06/2025
Updated 12/29/2025

Verse:

C    C7   F       Fm6
Morn-ing, I’ll be  getting up
C    C7   F       Fm6
Morn-ing, I’ll be setting up
C G7  C7D7    G7  C  C7A7
A tin-y table for two

Dm    Dm6   A7
Break-fast, I’ll be making his
Dm    Dm6   A7
Break-fast, he’ll be taking his
D7            Am7 D7
Shave and his show-er
G7       D9 G7
My happy ho-ur

Chorus 1:

C             C6    Ab7
The coffee is steam-ing
C                Am    Ab7
Oh boy, what I’m dream-ing
G7                Dm7   G7
While I’m cooking break fast
D7      G7    C   Ab7G7
For the one I love

C             C6  Ab7
My baby likes Bac-on
C                   Am  Ab7
And that’s what I’m mak-in’
G7                Dm7   G7
While I’m cooking break fast
D7      G7    C
For the one I love

C7  Gm7  Eb7 C7               Gm7  C
Our life has been so nice and chum-my
F
Right from the start
A7
When I won his tummy
D9             G7
I won his heart

C          C6  Ab7
My baby is hap-py
C             Am  Ab7
No wonder I’m hap-py
G7                Dm7   G7
While I’m cooking break-fast
D7      G7    C    Ab7G7
For the one I love

Chorus 2:

C            C6  Ab7
I’m baking a bis-cuit
C               Am   Ab7
He’s willing to risk it
G7                Dm7   G7
While I’m cooking break fast
D7      G7    C    Ab7G7
For the one I love

C               C6   Ab7
Hе’s wiping the dish-es
C                Am   Ab7
And brеaking the dish-es
G7                Dm7   G7
While I’m cooking break fast
D7      G7    C
For the one I love

C7Gm6   Eb7C7                Gm7 C
I serve a plate of steaming oat-meal
F
Taste it, but shucks
A7
Who the heck wants oatmeal
D9             G7
Sprinkled with  “Lux”

C                 C6    Ab7
To show that he’s grate-ful
C             Am    Ab7
He eats a big plate-ful
G7                        Dm7   G7
And he faints right after break-fast
D7      G7     C
For the one he loves