Cottontail chords by Duke Ellington Legacy

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G
C
F
Ebm
D
A
Em
E
Cm
Ab
Dm
Bb
Abdim
Ddim
Eb
Ebdim
Am
Bdim

Verse 1
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Ebm 
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Way
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D 
back in my childhood,
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I heard a story so true
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About a  funny bunny stealing some
food from a garden he knew
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His mama got worried,
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she told the bunny one day
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Better watch the farmer,
Em 
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he'd, what I say, overblow you away
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Em 
He knew his mama was right,
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so why don't he do what she say
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Maybe he just don't dig it,
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maybe it's habit,
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cause he's a rabbit, I heard the old story.
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One rabbit would bring luck,
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but you must want lucky luck,
you're not just a rabbit's attempt.
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Out of the garden, a coincidence,
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I found a hole in the fence.
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And every morning when things are still,
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then I crawl through
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the hole and  eat my fill.
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The other rabbits say I'm taking dares,
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maybe it's wrong, but who cares?
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I'm a hooked rabbit,
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yeah, I got a carrot habit.
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Every day I'm trying to avoid it,
and when I do, I
know that I've enjoyed it.
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Really and true, a big amount of fun,
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all the time I'm heading for the garden.
A 
Whee!
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Oh, everything is free
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in the farmer's garden.
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Every little carrot a stone delight,
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I  keep forgetting that it ain't right.
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Cm 
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Cm 
So one day as I was deep in a meal,
that farmer pulled a real sneaky deal
Came at me with a big shotgun,
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and did I run, oh,
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Cm 
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so really swiftly as I could
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Yeah, I split from there, not a
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second to spare,
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an d I could hear the bullets flying
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through the air
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Ddim 
Hear the word   s Mama told me,
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if Mama knew she would scold me
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Got a real sick feeling,
Cm 
G 
I gotta really stop me stealing
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D 
The farmer, he really had sense.
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G 
He plugged up a hole within the fence,
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had me runnin' madly
round the garden
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lookin' for a hole to crawl in.
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Dm 
G 
Hey, you pick up what I say,
Cm 
A 
hard head rabbit,
D 
gonna keep your habit?
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Ebdim 
Your mama told you,     when you hop,
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Dm 
that when you stop, you come to crop.
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A 
Am 
He gets salty and guns for you
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A 
because carrots and
you make a very good stew.
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E 
Bdim 
So he's got you on the run
A 
So you better find a quiet
little corner
Where the farmer never comes
D 
Got plenty of patches
Dm 
and you snuggle in between them
Dig what I mean, you gotta tell,
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you gotta keep the beat
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Run, you rabid run
Am 
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Now you got your fun
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Run before you feel the shotgun
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Run! Run!
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Well now, while you're in a panic
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Don't forget about the garden gate
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All you gotta do is lay around and  wait
Right now,
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the farmer thinks he gotcha
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Really is itchin' to steal your fate
Don't you mean it?
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By the hole in the fence,
you could meet him,
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G 
with some natural sense
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C 
While he's over by the fence around the way,
keep on running till
you're out of that gate
E 
Now the farmer really scared you to death,
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D 
you never figured he was out gunning
Better pause a while to catch your breath,
Dm 
you're gonna need
it if you're out running
C 
Maybe now you'll remember
Am 
C 
A 
what your ma told you,
now you'll get a
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beating if your ma scolds you
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So hit the gate an  d be ready to wail,
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G 
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and when you do, you sew them at your tail

Interlude 1
G 
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Dm 
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Dm 
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Abdim 
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Eb 
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D 
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Hurry up ,

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Verse 2
G 
better change your plan,
C 
A 
better run from the farmer man.
C 
Oh, you best make tracks,
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A 
your dog got pesky hair.
D 
Head for home now,
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G 
got to wail to show your tale.
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D 
G 
We gotta head for home,
gotta head for home
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Now you know your sister's
moppy and floppy
A 
An d your little brother's
mopsy and flopsy
D 
Now you're gonna do what
mama intended
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Now you know your carrot stealing is ended
I heard the old story
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One rabbit's gonna bring luck
But you're much more lucky,
luckier, natural
The rabbit's attached