Stone Cold Dead in de Market chords by Louis Jordan and Ella Fitzgerald

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Intro 1

Verse 1

He's stone- cold dead in de market

I killed nobody but me husband

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Verse 2

Last night I went out drinking

When I came home, I gave her a beating

So she catch up the rolling pin and

went to work on my head

Till she bash it in

Verse 3

I lie cold dead in de market

Stone- cold dead in de market

I lie cold dead in de market

She killed nobody but her husband

Interlude 1

Verse 4
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I lick him wit' thee pot and thee fryin' pan
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I lick him wit' thee pot and thee fryin' pan
I lick him wit' thee pot
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and thee fryin' pan
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And if I kill him, he had it coming

Verse 5
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Man, he's stone- cold dead
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in de market
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He's stone- cold dead in de market
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He's stone- cold dead in de market
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I killed nobody but me husband

Interlude 2

Verse 6

My family they swearin' to kill her

His family they swearin' to kill me

And if I kill him, he had it coming

Verse 7

I lie cold dead in the market, child

Cold dead in the market, child

I lie cold dead in the market

She kill nobody but her husband

Interlude 3

Verse 8

There is one thing that I am sure

He ain't goin' to beat me no more

So I tell you that I doesn't care

If I was to die in the electric chair

Verse 9
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Man, he's stone- cold
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dead in de market
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He's stone- cold dead in de market
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He's stone- cold dead in de market
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I  killed nobody but me husband

Interlude 4

Verse 10

Hey, child, I'm coming back and bash

you on your head one more time

Verse 11

No, no, man, you can't do that

Verse 12
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You stone- cold dead in de market,
murderer
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Stone- cold dead in de market,
de criminal
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He's stone- cold dead in de market
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I killed nobody but me husband