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[Verse 1]
F A7
Mama bought a rooster, she thought it was a duck
Dm D7
She brought him to the table with his legs straight up
G C
In came the children with a cup and a glass
F E F
To catch the licker from the yas-yas-yas
[Verse 2]
F A7
Babe oh babe, have you ever been to Spain
D
These old voodoo wimmen shakin' their thing
F7 C
They got rings on their fingers, bells on their toes
F E F
What they got good, babe, nobody knows
[Verse 3]
F A
I'm goin' down to Market Street
A F D
Where the men and wimmen all do meet
C
That's where the men do the Georgia Rub
F
The wimmen fall in line with a big white tub
[Verse 4]
A7
Me and my gal walkin' down the street
D D7 G7
She caught the rheumatism in her feet
C7
She stooped over to pick some grass
F7 E F
And the same thing struck 'r in the yas-yas-yas
[Verse 5]
F7 A7
You catch the train you call "Forty Nine"
D7
Carries you down to Caroline
Dm G7 G7
You catch the train you call "Forty Eight"
F E F
Takes you right in to the Golden Gate
[Verse 6]
D E
You shake your shoulders, you shake 'em fast
D
You can't shake your shoulders shake your yas-yas-yas
G C7
Drink some rooster soup before goin' to bed
F
Wake up in the mornin' find your own self dead
[Verse 7]
F E A7
Down on Morgan there's a good location
A D D7
Right there next to a gasoline station
F7 G7 C7
That's where you get your cars oiled and greased
F
Wimmen cryin' "Honey won't you come in please"
[Verse 8]
D A7
I'm goin' to sing this verse, ain't gonna sing no mo'
D
Somebody's knockin' on my do'
F C
The people upstairs have gone to bed
F C
I better stop that noise 'fore they crack my head