When You're Hot, You're Hot

INTRO:  A - A D A    A - A D A

VERSES
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Well me and Homer Jones and Big John
 Talley
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Had a big crap game goin' back in 
the alley
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...And I kept rollin' them 
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sevens, 'an winnin' all them pots


A                            F#7
My luck was so good I could  do  no 
wrong
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I jest kept on rollin' and 
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con-trollin' them bones
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And finally they jest threw up their
 hands and said
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.."When you hot, .you hot".I said
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 "Yeah?"
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When you're hot, you're hot
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..when you're not, you're not
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Put all the money in and let's roll 
'em again
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When you're hot, you're hot
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La la la la- la la la.....La la 
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la -la -la
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La la la la- la la la,....when 
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you're hot, you're hot


VERSES
            A                      
Well,.. now every time I rolled 
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them dice I'd win
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And I was just gettin' ready to  
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roll 'em again
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When I heard somethin' behind me
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..I turned around and there was a 
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big old cop


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He said "Hello, boys" and then he 
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gave us a grin 'n' said
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"Look like I'm gonna hafta haul you 
all in
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And keep all that money for 
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evidence"
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I said ,"Well, son...when you 
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hot,...you hot"
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When you're hot, you're hot
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And when you're not, you're not
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You can 'splain it all down at City 
Hall
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When you're hot, you're hot
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La la la la- la la la...La la la 
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 la -  la
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La la la la- la la la,..when 
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you're hot, you're hot



VERSES

     A                           
Well,when he took us inta court I 
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couldn't believe my eyes
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The judge was a fishin' buddy that I
 recognized
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I said "Hey, judge, old buddy, old 
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pal"
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"I'll pay ya that hundred I owe ya 
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if you'll get me outta this spot"

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So he gave my friends a little fine 
to pay
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He turned around and grinned at  me 
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 and said
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."Ninety days, Jerry, when you 
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hot,.you hot"

'N' I said "Thanks a lot"


A                       F#7
When you're hot, you're hot
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And when you're not, you're not
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He let my friends go free and 
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throwed the book at me
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He said "Well, when you're hot, 
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you're hot"


OUTTRO VERSE (Talking and Laughhing)
A                                 
I said"Well I'll tell ya one thing
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 judge, old buddy,old pal
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If you wasn't wearin' that black 
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robe
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I'd take out in back of this 
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courthouse
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And I'd try a little bit of your 
        A
honor on
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You under-stand that, you hillbilly?
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Who gonna collect my welfare?"
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..Pay for for my Cadillac?
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Whadda you mean 'contempt of 
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court'?"
A      F#7    B -  E  -  A ( fade)
"Judge"