Me Old Bam-Boo chords by The New Christy Minstrels

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Verse 1
C 
G 
C 
G 
A  gentleman's
C 
got a walking stick,
G 
a seaman's got a cap,
and the merry men of Robin Hood,
they use the quarterstaff.
C 
On the Spanish plains,
inside the caves,
G 
they hide their ruddy swords,
but we make do with an old bamboo
C 
and every one of us.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
The old bamboo, the old bamboo
D 
You'd better never bother
with the old bamboo
G 
C 
You can have the hat or
the bumbler's shoe
D 
But you'd better never bother
G 
C 
with the old bamboo
A bundling on the beautiful stems
You use a sturdy pole
G 
To protect their bare complexions
C 
Ladies use a parasol
And it's youthful in the underbrush
G 
To have a hefty spear
But what we do with our old bamboo
Makes everybody cheer
C 
Yeah!
Five, six, seven, eight
Nine, ten, eleven, twelve
The old bamboo, the old bamboo
D 
You'd better never bother
with the old bamboo
G 
C 
You can have the hat or the bumper shoe
D 
But you'd better never bother
G 
C 
Eb 
with the old bamboo
C# 
A   flyer in an aeroplane
Ab 
He steers it with a pick
Eb 
On fire in the pits of Whaley,
Ab 
C# 
lean upon his pick
Now every wheel of an automobile
Ab 
revolves around the shaft
But what we do with an old bamboo
C# 
makes everybody daft
Ab 
Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen,
C# 
seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty
The old bamboo, the old bamboo
Eb 
You'd better never bother
with the old bamboo
Ab 
C# 
You can have the hat or the
bumper shoe
Eb 
But you'd better never bother
with the old bamboo
C# 
The old bamboo, the old bamboo
Eb 
You'd better never bother with me,
Ab 
old man Bo
C# 
You can have me, Adam,
if I'm pursued
Eb 
But you'd better never bother with
Better never bother with
Ab 
C# 
Never bother with me, old man Bo
Never!