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(C) - (F) - (G) - (Am)



(C) And I went down to a big crap game,

'Twas (F) certainly against my (C) will.

I lost every doggone nickel I had

But a (G) greenback dollar bill.

(C) Forty dollar that laid on the floor

My (F) buddy's point was (C) nine

Well, the (F) police they come in there

And (Am) caught all of 'em

But (C) I (G) got (C) mine.



I got mine, let me tell ya

(F) I got (C) mine.

I grabbed that money

Out the back door (G) I went flying

Well, (C) ever since the big crap game

I've been (F) livin' on chicken and (C) wine.

I'm the (F) leader of so (Am) ciety

Since (C) I (G) got (C) mine.



I know a barber shop

It's a way cross town

Down on Norfolk street

It's the only place on a Saturday night

That us gamblers gets to meet

Some comes for a haircut

And others come for a scrap

And when you see me and my buddies up there, man

We means to shoot some crap

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