The Cuban Sandwich chords by Barrence Whitfield, Tom Russell

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Well,
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Johnny looked in the icebox, shaking his head
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His wo man lays sleepin'
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in their Murphy bed
Left a note on the table,
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babe, I'm off to get fed
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I'm thinkin' about a Cuban sandwich,
yeah
He throws a nickel to the corner boy
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for watchin' his car
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He drives down to the castle of the Jaguar
The Jaguar!
The waitress leans over,
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he can see her powder blue bra
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He said, baby,
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give me a Cuban sandwich
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It's got two kinds of pig meat,
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a ham and roast pork
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And a slice of white cheese
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in the shape of New York
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So throw in a pickle an
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d   pick up your fork,
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say, El Cubano
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That's a Cuban sandwich
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Well, a masked man
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runs out of Mooney's Irish Bar
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Two cops pull up inside
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an un  marked car
This shotgun breaks the window
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of the castle of Jaguar
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A raining glass on Johnny's
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Cuban sandwich
So Johnny picks up his plate
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He runs out into the street
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He knocks that masked man off his feet
He rubs the sandwich in his face
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He said, time for the tough guy to eat
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Hope you like glass on your
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Cuban sandwich
This guy's not gonna say much, man
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It's got two kinds of pig, a ham and pork,
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and a slice of white cheese
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in the shape of New York.
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So throw in a pickle,
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and pick up your fork,
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say, oh Cubano,
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that's a Cuban sandwich.
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Get it now.
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So next day,
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the headlines of the New York Post knew
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Say hero stops too long with a hero
But the waitress down at the Jaguar
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said that was not so, that wasn't a hero,
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that was a Cuban Sam.
So out at Rikers Bridge
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and now behind Iron Bar,
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some scumbag named Caesar
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sits lickin' his scars.
And his cellmate says, man,
you look like you've been through
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a shotgun war,
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he said that wasn't a shotgun,
that was a Cuban Sam.
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Well, justice prevails. It's got
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two kinds of pig meat,
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a ham and roast pork,
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and a slice of white cheese
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in the shape of New York.
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So go on a picnic
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and pick up your folks a El Cubano.
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Well, that's a Cuban sandwich.
Story of the Cuban Sandwich.
I got to get one right away.
It sounds so good.
It's a festival food.
down there where they drink
all that Lancers wine.
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Could you tell me what's in that again?
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just want to make sure.
Two kinds of pig feet.
That's right.
And roast pork.
Could you take the roast
pork out?
Vegetarianist delight.
Oh, that's right.
Tequila coolers.
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Friday night.