The State Of Arkansas chords by Jimmy Durante

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Verse 1
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Everybody's
trying to figure out
what's wrong with the country,
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well I'm proud to say I've
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solved the case,
cause after dilly -dallying,
shilly -shallying,
I've reached a concussion.
The state of Arkansas
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is in the wrong place.
When they formed the 48 states,
Arkansas didn't have dues to
join the Union.
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Why nobody ever thought of it before,
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I'll never know. It's a simple little move,
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but what improvements it'll show.
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Move the state of Arkansas
to Nebraska.
Then move Nebraska to Idaho.
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Then move the state of
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Idaho to  Alaska.
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And move Alaska to Ohio.
It took a lot of brain work,
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see the wrinkles on my brow.
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There are a lot of little details,
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but I'm working on them now.
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Move Ohio to Nevada,
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it's as plain as ABC
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Then we'll move Nevada,
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where our Kansas used to be
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We'll have a better nation,
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just by changing the location
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Of the state of  Arkansas
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Let me show you what I mean
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If you move Arkansas,
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you're gonna move it someplace,
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right? Right!
If you move it someplace,
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you're gonna move up with someplace to someplace else,
right? Right!
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And if you move up
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with someplace else
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to someplace else
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You got to move up with someplace else
to some other place else,
right? Right! Wrong!
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Ah! I always admire a guy who
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speaks his mind.
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Last week, I went down to the House
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of Congress
and spoke for two hours about my
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plan.
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I would have spoken longer
if Congress had been in session.
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My plan is to move all the states
to better places.
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I take Nebraska and put it
in Rhode Island.
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I take Minnesota and put it in Rhode Island.
I'd take Montana
and put it in Rhode Island.
Poor little Rhode Island
just split at the seams.
To continue, I'd move Idaho
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out into the desert.
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Then, when the farmers planted potatoes,
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it would be so hot,
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the potatoes would come
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up already baked.
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And New York,
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I'd put it right in the
middle of New Mexico.
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And with all those New
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Yorkers in New Mexico,
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look at all the Indian
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blankets they'd buy.
This may not solve inflation,
but what an income for the Indians!
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Move Ohio to Nevada,
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it's as plain as ABC.
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Then we'll move Nevada
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where our Kansas used to be.
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We'll have a better nation
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just     by       changing the location of
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the state of  Arkansas.
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