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The Ballad Of Smokey Joe chords by 
Phil Alvin
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Intro 1
Em
C
B
Em
Verse 1
C
My Intro For My 21st Birthday
Em
You've heard the story about
Am
A
Em
Minnie the Moocher.
B
Em
She was a red -hot oochie -coocher.
A
She was the roughest, toughest frail,
Em
B
but Minnie had a heart as
Baug
B
C
big as a whale.
Em
She messed around
Edim
Am
Em
with a bloke named Smokey.
B
Em
She loved him, though he was kokey.
A
Am
Em
He took her down to Chinatown
B
And showed her how to kick the
Em
F
Fm
C
Fm
gong around
C
Fm
It was down in Chinatown
C#
Fm
All the folkies laid around
C
Some were high and some
Fm
were mighty low
C
Fm
Counting millions on the floor
C
Fm
When a knock came on the door,
C
Fm
and there stood ol' Smokey Joe
D
Gm
D#
He was sweating cold an d pale,
Gm
Adim
he was looking for his frail
D
Gm
A
He was broke and all
D
Gm
his junk ran out
C
Fm
Nobody made a sound,
D#
Fm
C
then somebody turned around
Fm
D#
Fm
And then you heard ol' Smokey shout
F
Tell me where is Minnie?
Bb
Fm
Bb
Fm
I want my Minnie
C#
C
Has she been here
C#
C
F
kickin' the gong around?
Fm
F
If you don't know Minnie,
Bb
F
Fm
Bb
she's tall and she's skinny.
Fm
C#
C
Has she been here
C#
C
F
kickin' the gong around?
Fm
F
A
E
Esus4
Em
C
Just tell us Smokey Joe
Am
C
was here and had to go
F
And as he departed,
Bb
Fm
Bb
the curtains par ted
Fm
Db
C
And there stood Minnie
Db
C
F
Fm
kickin' the gong around
Hi -dee hi -dee hi -dee hi
Oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -oh
Db
C
You didn't see me climb
Db
C
through that window
Db
C
F
Nobody had to open that door
C
Fm
I just climbed right through the wall
And I want you one and all
Db
G
C
To settle back and let me have the floor
F
Take a look,
Fm
I'm not such a stranger
Here's the face you kookies
all ought to know
Db
C
Fm
You can tell me I'm not ballin'
Bb
Bdim
But the joint will still be haulin'
Db
Fm
C
Fm
Cause I'm the ghost of Smokey Joe
F
Fm
F
Do you remember when
Fm
I kicked the bucket
in my mansion up on Stuyvesant Grove?
When they came and took me off
F
Bb
Bdim
in my billion dollar coffin,
Fm
C
Fm
yeah, I'm the ghost of Smokey Joe.
F
Tell me, do you remember Minnie?
We remember Minnie.
Bb
She's that frail I never found.
Eb
Never recognized a Minnie.
You mean to say that Minnie
Ab
Eb
C
quit kickin' the gong around?
Fm
Db
I've got a date on my feet
Fm
Db
down in Hades
Fm
Db
Fm
Call my parents so I can go to her
Fm
And should the mooch
Db
you're walkin' to
Just tell her you've been talkin' to
Fm
C
Fm
To the ghost of Smokey Joe
You
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