Show Me The Way To Go Home chords by Johnny Bond
Verse 1
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And so there you have our first
night in the ballroom.
Now, the next night I went in,
things were just about the same.
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Lots of people, lots of singing.
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Show me the way to go home
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I'm tired and I want to go to bed
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Had a little drink about an hour ago
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And it's gone right to my head
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Wherever I may roam
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On land or sea or far
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You can always hear me
singing this song
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Show me the way to go home
A friend of mine gave me ten little...
Oh, no, that's another song
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Every time I hear that one
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Oh, hey, bartender
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Oh, it's you, back again, huh?
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Why don't you have the band
play
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my favorite song?
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What is your favorite song?
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I want a girl just like the girl
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that married Richard Burton
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Oh yeah, that's our favorite song too.
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Oh no, I got that wrong.
Have them play
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I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl
That Married Andrew Bates.
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And just who is Andrew Bates?
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He's a bachelor.
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Old Andrew used to come
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over to my house
and borrow my lantern
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so he could go courting.
Lantern?
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I never used a lantern.
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I even proposed in the dark.
Look what you got.
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She's not so bad.
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Here's a picture of her.
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Is that your wife?
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That's her in the flesh.
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Too bad she never had a better fitting.
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Is that makeup she's wearing
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or is her skin just naturally curly?
Now listen son,
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you can't make fun
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at my wife's expense.
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It ain't her expense,
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it's her expanse.
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Forget about her size, look at her face.
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Yeah, looks like her tonsils hollered fire
and her teeth tried to jump
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out of her mouth.
Now wait a minute.
I bet she could eat corn off the cob
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through a nothole.
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Now listen shallow brain,
I'll have you know my
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wife's ancestors
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came over here on the Mayflower.
Is that right?
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She must have been just a little bitty kid then.
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Now, just a minute there,
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tall, dark, and putrid.
I've taken just about enough of this.
I'll meet you outside
and we'll settle this thing once and for all.
You understand? I understand.
I'll be waiting outside.
And remember one thing,
I'm not afraid.
I'm not afraid either,
because I won't be there. ha, ha, ha.
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Well, the bartender's gone.
Hey, everybody,
the drinks are on the house.
Let's have some more singing.
Verse 2
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Show me the way to go home
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Verse 3
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I'm tired and I wanna go to bed
Verse 4
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I had a little drink about an hour ago
Verse 5
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And it's gone right to my head
Verse 6
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Wherever I may roam
Verse 7
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On land or sea or foam
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You can always hear me
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singin' this song
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Show me the way to go home
Show Me The Way To Go Home
Johnny Bond
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