Men Are Gettin' Scarce chords by
Joe Tex

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Key: E major

Verse 1
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Girls listen, I'm gonna cool
you cooks to something
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Listen to this
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Men are gettin scarce girls
They're gettin' scarce
as hen's teeth, yeah

Verse 2
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Men are gettin' scarce girls
Gettin' scarce as hen's teeth,
yeah
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There used to be a time
When a woman could get a man
with just her charms
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Now in order for a woman

Verse 3
to get a man
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She gotta, she gotta take him
She gotta take him, she gotta take him
She gotta take him right out of another
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woman's arms
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Men are gettin scarce

Verse 4
girls
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Oh their gettin' scarce girls
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Gettin' scarce as hen's
teeth,(ha ha)
And that's mighty scarce

Verse 5
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Listen to this I was
talkin' to this woman the other day
Now she said,
she was gonna quit her man
'Cause he's got a raggedy car

Verse 6

Can you get to that, look here, huh

Women are funny though

Every time her car is runnin' good

They say chile, that's my car

Verse 7

Soon as it gets to runnin' bad She say

ah I don't want that old car

That's his car

Listen she gonna say to me

Verse 8

She said the other day, she said It runs

hot, it burns oil

This old car is beat and rundown

Verse 9
The other day the battery fell dead
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Right in the heart of town,
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embarrassin' me
Let me tell you one thing baby
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You tell that man to
get a tune up on that car
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Get a new set of spark plugs,
some brand new tires

Verse 10
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And a new water pump and you keep
that man
'Cause let me tell you
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one thing right now
Men are gettin scarce girls
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Ah their gettin' scarce girls

Verse 11
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They're gettin' scarce as hen's
teeth
And that's mighty scarce
Hold it band, hold it, hold it a minute
Say Miss Lady,
now you just gonna sit there at that table

Verse 12
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And eat all the barbecue and
ain't gonna give me none
Say what? Oh not you again
Say LeRoy, here's this woman
with them skinny legs again
She got a greasy mouth this time

Verse 13
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Come over here and get this greasy
mouth woman
She reminds me of them folks
up in Navisoda, Texas
Eatin' barbecue and drinkin' red
soda water on the 19th of June
Look here,
give me a piece of that barbecue

Verse 14
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And kiss me with your greasy mouth
I was talkin' to this woman the other day
Now here's a woman that
was gonna quit her man
'Cause he wasn't makin'
enough money on his job

Verse 15
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Talkin' 'bout how much tax Uncle
Sam take out of his money
She went on to say something like this
She say they take tax and more tax
and they keep on takin' that tax
Why he take so much money from my man

Verse 16
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We ain't got enough to relax
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Well let me tell you one thing baby
You let that man stay on
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that ole measely job
And let him keep bringin' home
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that little 72.50 every week

Verse 17

And you keep that man

'Cause Uncle Sam is

gonna get his baby

Don't you worry about that

Verse 18

Men are gettin' scarce baby

They're gettin' scarce as hen's teeth

You got some women their

man ain't got no job

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