The Great American Bum chords by
Cisco Houston

N/A

Key: G major•

Verse 1

C

C

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Cm

Cm

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C

C

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Come all you jolly jokers

G

G

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If you want to have some fun,

And listen while I relate the tale

C

C

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Of the Great American Bum.

Cm

Cm

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From the east and west

C

C

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and north and south

G

G

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Like a swarm of bees they come,

They sleep in the dirt and

they wear a shirt

C

C

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That's dirty and full of crumb.

Chorus: I am a bum, a jolly old bum

Verse 2

C

C

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And

G

G

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I live like a royal Turk

And I have good luck

And I bum all my chuck

And to heck with the man that

C

C

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works

Verse 3

C

C

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It's early in the morning

G

G

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When the dew is on the ground,

The bum arises from his nest

C

C

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And gazes all around,

Cm

Cm

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Well goin' east, they're loaded,

C

C

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G

G

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and goin' west, sealed tight,

I reckon we'll have to ride

Aboard the fast express tonight.

C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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Verse 4

Chorus:

Cm

Cm

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I beat my way from Frisco

C

C

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G

G

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To the rockbound coast of Maine

From Canada to Mexico

C

C

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And then all the way back again.

Verse 5

C

C

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Well, I met a man the other day

G

G

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That I never met before

And he asked me if I wanted a job

C

C

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A- shoveling iron ore.

Cm

Cm

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I asked what the wages was

C

C

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G

G

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And he said "Ten cents a ton"

I said "Oh fella, go scratch your...neck,

C

C

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I'd rather be on the bum."

G

G

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Verse 6

C

C

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Chorus:

Cm

Cm

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Oh lady would you be kind enough

C

C

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G

G

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to give me something to eat?

A piece of bread and butter,

C

C

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And a tender slice of meat,

Cm

Cm

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Some apple pie and custard

C

C

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G

G

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Just to tickle my appetite.

For really I'm so hungry

C

C

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Don't know where I'll sleep tonight.

Outro 1

G

G

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsC Cm G

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