Fireworks chords by Bertie Higgins

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Intro 1

It was a

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hot mess all night,
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right in the middle of Junkanoo,
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and I was full of clink beer,
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you learn all that,
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the night was full of voodoo.
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The rays had held down
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on Marlboro Street,
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and all along French George Road.
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When suddenly my eyes happened
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to see this octoroon mulatto girl.
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She had a big fat hat on top
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of her head.
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She looked like the queen of the parade.
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And like the buccaneer
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blackbeard said Ž
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Let's finish wonder let's get laid Ž
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She flashed me a gold toothed smile Ž
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Her eyes had diamonds on Ž
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She put a mojo on me and shined Ž
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And turned me into Don Juan Ž
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She said show me how your fire works
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Show me how your rocket burns
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And I'll show you how this chicken jerks
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And how this butter churns
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She said show me how your fire works
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Give it to me like the fourth of July Ž
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And I'll show you how this carpet hurts
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Let love light up the sky Ž
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Ž
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We lay down beneath the saffron tree
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Under some chevrolet shin
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ing in the moonlight
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She was naked in the breeze
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Pretty as she gleams
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Among such a beautiful sight
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We heard the clash of a calypso band
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Dripping through the hot heavy air
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Rollin' round in that soft sticky sand
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I fell in love right then and there
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She said show me how your fire works
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Show me how your rocket burns
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And I'll show you how the chicken jerks
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And  how this butter churns
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She said show me how your fly works
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Give it to me like the Fourth of July
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I'll show you how this coffin works,
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let love light up in the sky.
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We went at each other all night long,
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it sounded like a third world war zone.
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Then I finally slept, I surrendered,
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when I woke I was alone.
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I felt like a pirate who'd just been slain
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One heavy heart, one hell of a head
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And if I never ever see her again
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I'll never forget what she said
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She said show me how your fire works
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Show me how your rocket burns
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And I'll show you how
this little chicken churns
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And how this butter churns
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She said, show me how your fire works
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Give it to me like the 4th of July
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And I'll show you how this carpet works
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And love light up the sky
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She said, show me how your fire works
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Show me how your rocket burns
And I'll show you how this
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chicken jerks
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Come on, girl. Oh, yeah.
Thank you very much.
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That's it, boys. All right.