Pike's Peak Or Bust chords by Jimmy Durante
Verse 1
G
You've always kept your nose
Am
to the grindstone.
Yes, Howard, and through the years,
G
as my nose got larger,
the grindstone got smaller.
Am
Yes, a lot of work has gone
into my proboscis.
Let me tell you about it.
D
G
When I was born,
Am
my looks were only average.
D
A situation I said I'd adjust.
G
To be different, I suppose,
Am
I said I'd make my nose
D
Pikes Peak or bust?
G
C
I massaged it every day to
Am
make it muscular
Every morning,
D
every night it was a must
G
I'd work so hard I'd tremble,
Am
I vowed it would resemble
D
C
Pikes Peak or bust?
G
Why, at one time I had a nose
that looked like a mosquito bite
Ab
And look at it today,
I'm proud of it
If a mosquito bit me on the nose
G
It would take me two hours
to find out where to scratch
G
Am
Why, fellows in my gang
were just a little bit jealous.
Why? Because the neighbors used
E
Am
my nose for a clothesline.
D
But things were going great,
G
cause at the age of eight,
D
I'd already added two
G
inches to my nose line.
F
You gotta work,
Am
you got ta have ambition,
D
be patient, all you need is faith and trust.
Am
I sing this obbligato to give the world my motto,
D
G
C
Pike's Peak, or Buster's Peak.
G
And I want you to know my schnozzles
Am
brought me in contact with some
very interesting people.
One day while strolling
through a field of alfalfa,
G
I tripped and buried my face right into
C
the ground.
G
G
Ab
And what happened? John L. Lewis stuck his head out of a gopher hole,
pointed to my nose and said,
G
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.
G
You see, I'm the only guy
who can sit in a stun
and still be in the shade.
G
F
C
So after years and years
Am
I've reached the pinnacle.
D
I don't want to take a bow,
but yet I must.
Am
F
D
You can do the same,
G
D
all you have to do is aim,
Am
D
G
at Pike's Peak, or bust.
Am
D
G
C
Yes sir, Pike's Peak, or bust.
Pike's Peak Or Bust
Jimmy Durante
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