Smart Bajan chords by Mighty Sparrow

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Intro 1

A Babajan engineer

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by the name of Cephas
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got to know that Trinidadians
were superstitious.
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This Babajan smart man
by the name of Cephas
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got to know that Trinida
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dians were superstitious.
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So he buy a piece of land
up Hololo Mountain,
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put some concrete around the spring
and open a fountain.
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Well, in less than no time,
when you hear the shout
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Stupid people com
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ing from all about
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Throwing coins in the fountain
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Each one seeking happiness
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Thrown by hopeful lovers
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Tell me, which one will
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the fountain tell?
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And by the time they pull out the
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bridge and dive in
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Taking all the money from the fountain
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And hear him singing, all is mine
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All is mine
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All is mine
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I am sure that you would be surprised to know how
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much big shots does go to Mount Holoro.
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All kind of people be lieve in this thing.
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If you see so many old maids
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in search of a ring.
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Throwing coins in the foun
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like they're feeding fish.
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Kneeling down on their knees
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making a wish.
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Thousands of people were
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go ing up there daily.
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Trinidad was coming just like Italy.
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So many coins in the fountain.
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Each one longing for a  home
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There they lie in  the fountain
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Just like in the heart of Rome
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An d Mr. Siddy Bobby John
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it is swimming  from corn
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Waiting patiently till all the fools gone
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To sing all is mine
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All is mine, all is mine
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Four o 'clock one morning
me girlfriend waking me
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Telling me come go up
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to the fountain will she
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I  say well me a walking
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twelve miles up no mountain
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She say well if it's twelve thousand
we still going
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Darling she say we living too long in sin
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We have a right to go
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and fix it by the fountain
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I had some money in me
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house to pay me rent
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In the fountain the girl
throw in every cent
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and here she's singing
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But all the time the stupid wo man making she wish is the smart
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Bobby John that is getting rich the vagabond singing
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All is mine, all is mine
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I don't know how the news reach the FBI
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But the police de cide
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to arrest the guy
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An inspector by the name of Dantil
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Disguised himself,
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so he went up to the fountain
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Take out three gold coins
and throw it inside
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Pretend he's making a wish,
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but he went and hide
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When the barbarian see the gold,
like if he went crazy
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So in the fountain he
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jump in immediately
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And  hear him singin' three coins
in the fountain
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Through the ripples how they shine
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All is mine
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All is mine
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All is mine
But as the vagabond
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came out from the fountain
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The inspector arrest
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him and start to sing
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Not this time, not this time,
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not this time