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(traditional) |
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(c) - (f) - (g) - (am) |
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(c) and i went down to a big crap game, |
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'twas (f) certainly against my (c) will. |
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I lost every doggone nickel i had |
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But a (g) greenback dollar bill. |
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(c) forty dollar that laid on the floor |
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My (f) buddy's point was (c) nine |
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Well, the (f) police they come in there |
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And (am) caught all of 'em |
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But (c) i (g) got (c) mine. |
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I got mine, let me tell ya |
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(f) i got (c) mine. |
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I grabbed that money |
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Out the back door (g) i went flying |
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Well, (c) ever since the big crap game |
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I've been (f) livin' on chicken and (c) wine. |
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I'm the (f) leader of so (am) ciety |
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Since (c) i (g) got (c) mine. |
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I know a barber shop |
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It's a way cross town |
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Down on norfolk street |
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It's the only place on a saturday night |
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That us gamblers gets to meet |
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Some comes for a haircut |
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And others come for a scrap |
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And when you see me and my buddies up there, man |
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We means to shoot some crap |
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Hollering: "seven, eleven, won't you come, come, come!!! |
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If you don't seven, eleven them |
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You're done, done, done" |
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If i see the police before he sees me |
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I'm gonna run, run, run |
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I'm the leader of society |
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Since i got mine |
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Well, i went down to my best girl's house |
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The hour was just about nine |
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I wasn't dressed up like henry ford |
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But i was feeling just as fine |
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I caught her sitting on another man's knee |
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And i didn't like that sign |
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Well, i told them what i thought about it, boys |
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And i got mine |
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I got mine, i got mine |
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I grabbed my hat and through the window |
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I went flying |
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I ran as fast as i could run |
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But i didn't get there in time |
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Because the rascal grabbed a shotgun, lord |
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And i got mine |
