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Fiddlin' John Carson
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C) And I went down to a nigger 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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the nigger's '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
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