Have You Got The Gumption? chords by Louis Jordan
Verse 1
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Whenever
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sponge- nosed Pete
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Met the cop on the beat
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He was higher than a fly on a spray
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Any day
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When Pete knew he was booked
Verse 2
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At the policeman he'd looked
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And defending his virtue
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You could hear him say
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Verse 3
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Have you got the gumption
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To make the assumption
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That I'm inebriated?
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Verse 4
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Have you got the gall
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To say al cohol has gone to my wig?
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I ain't
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had a drink, sir
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Since I made the clink, sir
The night I celebrated
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Verse 6
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At the garbage man's ball
When we had that brawl
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You remember, officer?
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You may be the law Still, there
Verse 7
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could be a flaw
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In your calculations, old top
Verse 8
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I got troubles enough
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I ain't even touchin' the stuff
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Not even a wee *hic* little drop
Verse 9
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Just draw with some chalk, sir
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A line and I'll walk, sir
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Straighter than a judge man
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Have you got the gumption To make the
Verse 10
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assumption that I'm pinched?
Interlude 1
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Verse 11
Yes, you may be the law
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Still, there could be a flaw
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In your calculations, old top
Verse 12
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I got troubles enough
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I'm not even touchin' the stuff
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Not even a wee *hic* little drop
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Just draw with some chalk, sir
Verse 13
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A line and I'll walk, sir
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Straighter than a judge man
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Have you got the
Verse 14
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gumption
To make the assumption that
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I'm pinched?
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You mean officer,
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you're gonna put me in jail?
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Don't close that gate! Let me take a walk,
Verse 15
I'll be straight
Hey officer!
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Take these
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things off my arm
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I ain't gonna do nobody no harm
Verse 17
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Oh, of ficer!
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I know the captain of
the priest said-
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Don't hit me with that blackjack
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I ain't comin' back
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Oh ociffer!
Verse 18
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If I've got to go
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Let me take my horn
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So I could be real darn
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Oh ociffer, you're doin'
Verse 19
wrong, ociffer
Have You Got The Gumption?
Louis Jordan
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