Ya Got Trouble

Ya Got Trouble easy guitar chords by Meredith Willson

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  • Intro 1


    well, ya got 
    trouble, my 
    friends 
    right 
    here, i say 
    Verse 1

    trouble right 

    here in river 
    city 

    why, 
    sure, i'm 
    a billiard player, 

    certainly, mighty 
    proud 
    to say 

    i'm always 
    mighty proud 
    to 
    say it 

    i consider that 
    Verse 2
    the hours 
    i spend 

    with a cue in 
    my 
    hand 
    are 
    golden 

    help 
    ya cultivate 
    horse sense, 

    and a 
    cool 
    head, and 
    keen 
    eye

    ya ever try 
    and take and give 
    yourself an iron- clad 

    leave 
    to yourself from 
    a three rail 
    billiard 
    shot 

    But 
    just as 
    say it takes 
    judgement, 

    brains 
    and maturity 
    to score in 
    balkline game 

    say that 
    any boob 
    can 
    take and 

    shove a ball 
    in 
    a pocket 

    Verse 3
    and i 
    call that 
    sloth, 
    the first big 
    step on 
    the 

    road to 
    the depths 
    of 
    degreda- i say 
    first 

    Medicinal 
    wine from 
    a teaspoon, 

    then 
    beer from 
    bottle 

    then 
    the 
    next thing 
    ya know your 
    son is 
    playin' for 

    money in 
    a pinched- back 
    suit 

    listenin' 
    to some big 
    outta town 
    jasper, 

    hearin him tell 
    about 
    horse 
    race gamblin' 

    not 
    a wholesome 
    trottin' 
    race, no, but 
    race where 
    they set down, 

    right on 
    a horse 

    like 
    to see some 
    stuck- 
    up jockey 
    boy 
    settin' 
    on dan 
    patch, 

    make him 
    look- 
    boy, 
    well i should 
    say 

    now, 
    friends 
    lemme tell ya what 
    mean 

    Verse 4
    ya got 
    one, 
    two, 
    three, 
    four, 
    five, 

    six 
    pockets 
    on a table 

    pockets 
    that mark 
    the difference 
    between 

    a gentleman 
    and 
    bum 

    with a capital 
    B and 
    that rhymes 
    with 

    P and that 
    stands for 
    pool 

    Verse 5
    and all week 
    long 
    your river city 

    youth will be 
    fritterin' 
    away 

    i say, 
    your young 
    men'll be 

    fritterin' 

    fritterin' 
    away their 
    noontime, 

    choretime, suppertime 
    too 

    get 
    the ball 
    in the pocket, nevermind 
    gettin' 
    dandelions 
    pulled, or 
    the screen door 
    patched, 

    or the beefsteak 
    pounded 

    nevermind 
    pumpin' 
    any 
    water till 
    your 
    parents 
    are caught with 

    the 
    sistern 
    empty 
    on a 
    sat
    urday 
    night 

    and that's 
    trouble, oh 
    yes, you got 
    lots 
    and lots of 
    trouble, 

    i'm thinkin' of 
    the kids 
    in the knickerbockers, 
    shirttailed young ones 

    peekin' 
    in the pool hall 

    window 
    after 
    school 

    Verse 6
    ya got 
    trouble, 

    folks 
    right here in river 
    city 

    trouble with 
    a capital 
    T and 
    that 
    rhymes 

    with P and 
    that stands for 
    pool 

    Verse 7
    now, i know 
    all you 
    folks 
    are the right kind 
    of parents, 

    i'm gonna be 
    perfectly 
    frank: wouldja like to know 
    what kind 
    of conversation 
    goes 
    on 

    while 
    they're loafin' 

    around that 
    hall 

    they'll be tryin 
    out Bevo, 
    tryin' out 
    Q- 
    Bebs, tryin out 
    Taylor 
    Maids like 
    cigarette 

    feinds, and braggin' 
    all about 
    how they're gonna 
    cover up 
    a telltale 
    breath with 
    sensen 

    one fine 
    night, 
    they leave 
    the pool, 
    headin' for 
    the 
    dance 
    at the armory, 

    river teen 
    men, and 
    scarlet 
    women, 
    and 
    ragtime, 
    shameless 
    music 
    that'll grab your 
    son, 
    your 
    daughter 

    with 
    the arms 
    of a 
    jungle 
    animal 
    instinct, 

    massteria 

    friends, 
    the idle 
    brain is 

    the devil's 
    playground 

    trouble! 
    (oh, we 
    got trouble) 
    right 
    here in river 
    Verse 8

    city (right here 

    in river 
    city) 

    with a 
    capital 
    T and 
    that rhymes 
    with P and 
    that stands for 

    pool! 
    (that stands 
    for pool) 

    we've surely 
    got trouble 
    (we've surely got 

    trouble) 

    right here in river 
    city 

    (right here) 

    gotta figure 
    out a way to keep 
    the young ones 
    moral 
    after 
    school 

    (our children's 
    children 
    gonna have 
    trouble) 

    *in background, 
    Trouble 
    is chanted* 

    Verse 9
    mothers 
    of river city, 

    heed the 
    warning 
    before it's 
    too late 

    watch for 
    the telltale 
    signs 

    of corruption! 

    the moment 
    your son leaves 
    the house, 

    does 
    he 
    rebuckle his knickerbockers 
    below 
    the knee? 

    is 
    there a nicotine 
    stain on 

    his index finger? 

    a dime novel 
    hidden in 
    the corncrib? 

    is he 
    memorizing 
    jokes 
    out of Captain 

    Billy's Whizz- 
    Bang? 

    are 
    cetain words 
    creeping 
    into his conversation, 
    words like, 

    "swell", 
    and 
    "so's your old 
    man"? 

    if so, my 
    friends, 

    Ya 
    got 
    trouble 
    (oh, we 
    got trouble) 

    Verse 10
    right here in river 

    city 
    (right here in 

    river city) 

    with a capital 
    T and 
    that rhymes 
    with P and 
    that stands for 

    pool 
    (that stands 
    for pool!) 

    we've surely 
    got trouble 
    (we've surely 

    got 
    trouble) 

    Right here in 
    river city 
    (right here) 

    remember 
    the main 
    plymouth 
    rock and 
    the golden 
    rule 

    (our children's 
    children 
    gonna have 
    trouble) 

    Verse 11
    oh, we got 
    trouble 

    we're 
    in terrible, 

    terrible 
    trouble 

    that game with 
    the fifteen 
    numbered 
    balls is 

    the devil's 
    tool (devil's tool) 

    aaaaah, 
    we got 
    trouble, trouble, 
    trouble 
    (oh yes, we 
    got 
    trouble, 

    here, 
    we got big, big 
    trouble) 

    with a T 
    (with a capital 
    T) 

    gotta rhyme it 
    with P 

    (that rhymes 
    with P) 

    and 
    that stands 
    for 
    pool 

    (that stand for pool) 

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