Pike's Peak Or Bust chords by
Jimmy Durante

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Key: G major•

Verse 1

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You've always kept your nose

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to the grindstone.

Yes, Howard, and through the years,

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as my nose got larger,

the grindstone got smaller.

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Yes, a lot of work has gone

into my proboscis.

Let me tell you about it.

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When I was born,

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my looks were only average.

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A situation I said I'd adjust.

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To be different, I suppose,

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I said I'd make my nose

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Pikes Peak or bust?

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I massaged it every day to

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make it muscular

Every morning,

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every night it was a must

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I'd work so hard I'd tremble,

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I vowed it would resemble

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Pikes Peak or bust?

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Why, at one time I had a nose

that looked like a mosquito bite

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And look at it today,

I'm proud of it

If a mosquito bit me on the nose

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It would take me two hours

to find out where to scratch

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Why, fellows in my gang

were just a little bit jealous.

Why? Because the neighbors used

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my nose for a clothesline.

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But things were going great,

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cause at the age of eight,

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I'd already added two

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inches to my nose line.

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You gotta work,

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you got ta have ambition,

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be patient, all you need is faith and trust.

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I sing this obbligato to give the world my motto,

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Pike's Peak, or Buster's Peak.

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And I want you to know my schnozzles

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brought me in contact with some

very interesting people.

One day while strolling

through a field of alfalfa,

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I tripped and buried my face right into

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the ground.

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And what happened? John L. Lewis stuck his head out of a gopher hole,

pointed to my nose and said,

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Anything that digs that deep

has got to belong

to the Union.

Everybody says it's hard for me

to take off a slip -on sweater.

They say it's tough for me to eat

corn on the cob.

But in the summertime they envy me.

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You see, I'm the only guy

who can sit in a stun

and still be in the shade.

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So after years and years

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I've reached the pinnacle.

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I don't want to take a bow,

but yet I must.

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You can do the same,

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all you have to do is aim,

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at Pike's Peak, or bust.

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Yes sir, Pike's Peak, or bust.

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