Key: Eb major•
Verse 1
I give you a piece of cotton tea.
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Ah, one for me and one for you.
Si.
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Eb
And one for me and one for you.
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Si, now one for them. Sure.
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Ab
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Ab
I write let
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ters to folks back home
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to tell my mama how things were going.
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Ab
Db
Bbm
I travel near and I travel far,
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Ab
and this is what I write to her.
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letter.
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Hollywood is one big fine place.
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Every man got a handsome face
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Db
Press too quick, you make one big day
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With someone sweet
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But it never happened to me
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Although I'm young and able
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It never happened to me at all
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Ab
It happened to Betty Grable
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Ay, what a day
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Then you go down to Washington
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If in politics you will run
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Not one penny it costs for rent
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If they make you president
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But it never happened to me
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Now, Mama, is that human?
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It happened to Harry Truman
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New York City is one rich town
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Go to Wall Street and get a share
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But it never happened to me
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It never happened to me at all, oh
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Mama, I think I'll go home
of those football grounds
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I didn't even have a refrigerator
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It never happened to me at all,
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Mama, it never happened to me
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Johnny Desmond and I had the pleasure of doing
Johnny, take four giant steps forward,
please,
and join me once again in
the title song, will you?
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEb Ab Bbm Db Ebdim...
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