Key: A major
Verse 1
C
G
as any inn can see.
G
C
G
D
if you'll just agree with me.
G
C
Whenever I show my face they roar,
A
G
Folk singing up and down
that pays me 10 %
It was me invented folk song,
as an impresario,
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D
G
Or tradition, it was day
C
D
until I set it on its feet,
C
G
down the length of Denmark Street.
D
A
D
it fae the music they cop -pop.
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C
If you join the happy family
D
G
that pays me ten percent
I met a laddy far in the north,
C
G
D
a wee bit feckless boy
G
I knew the lad's a steamer's only wheel -train poodle,
Doug.
that's no lie.
D
A
D
no agents need apply.
G
C
If you join the happy family
They say a wee bit talent
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G
C
G
But my singers have no need o' it,
for they've got me instead
D
G
Their trust in me is boundless,
C
G
D
though there are still some who cry
G
C
Get back to Tin Pan Alley,
I don't know
C
D
you never will repent
that pays me ten percent
Oh, little did my mother think
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G
That I would be a big shot
C
G
in the folk song industry
D
G
My rise has been spectacular,
there's no one can deny
D
G
C
Except the aura folk
D
G
who say no agents need apply
C
Am
A
I can get a cut rate spot
G
C
So today, tonight,
or any time,
D
G
C
If you join the happy family,
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D
G
that pays me ten percent.
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