You Are What You Is chords by Frank Zappa

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Intro 1
Em 
A 
 (E minor)  (A major) 
Em 
 (E minor) 
A 
 (A major) 
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 1
A 
Do you know what you  (A major) 
are?
Em 
You are what you is  (E minor) 
A 
You is what you  (A major) am
Em 
A cow don't make  (E minor) ham
A 
You ain't what you're  (A major) not
Em 
So see what you  (E minor) got
A 
You are what you  (A major) is
Em 
An' that's all it  (E minor) 'tis

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Verse 2
A 
A foolish young  (A major) man
Em 
From a middle class fam'ly  (E minor) 
A 
Started singin' the  (A major) blues
Em 
'Cause he thought it was  (E minor) manly
A 
Now he talks like the Kingfish  (A major) 
("Saffiiiee! ")
From Amos 'n Andy
Em 
("Holy mack'l dere! Holy  (E minor) 
mack'l dere! ")
A 
He tells you that  (A major) chitlins
(Chitlins!)
Em 
Well, they taste just like candy  (E minor) 
A 
He thinks that he's  (A major) got
Em 
De whole thang  (E minor) down
A 
From the  (A major) Nivea Lotion
Em 
To de Royal  (E minor) Crown

Verse 3
A 
Do you know what you  (A major) are?
Em 
You are what you is  (E minor) 
A 
You is what you  (A major) am
Em 
A cow don't make  (E minor) ham
A 
You ain't what you're  (A major) not
Em 
So see what you  (E minor) got
A 
You are what you  (A major) is
Em 
An' that's all it  (E minor) 'tis

Verse 4
A 
A foolish young  (A major) man
Em 
Of the Negro Per (E minor) suasion
A 
Devoted his  (A major) life
Em 
To become a caucasian  (E minor) 
A 
He stopped eating  (A major) pork
Em 
He stopped eating greens  (E minor) 
A 
He traded  (A major) his dashiki
("Uhuru! ")
Em 
For some Jordache Jeans  (E minor) 
A 
He learned to play  (A major) golf
Em 
An' he got a good score  (E minor) 
A 
Now he says to him (A major) self
Em 
"I ain't  (E minor) no   NIGGER no
more!
Hey! Hey! Hey!"
"I don't understand you..."
BWANA MA- COO- BAH
"Would you please speak
more clearly..."
MERCEDES BAINNNNNNNZ
Who is who (I don't know)

Verse 5
'N what is what
A 
 (A major) 
(Somethin' I just don't
know)
'N why is this
(Tell me now)
Appropriot
(That's a funny pronunciation
If'n ever I heard one)
If you don't like
(Where'd you get that word?)
What you has got
Em 
(Appropriot? The word is  (E minor) not)
Drop it in the dirt
(Drop it, yeah)
'N let it rot
(I can smell it now)
A 
Someone  (A major) else
(Here de come, here de come)
Will surely come
Em 
 (E minor) (I told you he was comin')
A 
'N pick  (A major) it up
(Yeah, that's right!)
'Cause he wants some
Em 
 (E minor) (An' he wants it for free)
And when one day
A 
(There will come  (A major) a day)
You wonder who
(I wonder too)
Em 
You used  (E minor) to was
(Who I was anyway)
A 
'N what you  (A major) do
(I used to work at the post
office)
You'll scratch your head
(But I don't wanna
un- do my doo)
'N look around
(To see what's goin' on)
But what you lost
(Can't seem to find it)
Em 
Will not  (E minor) be   found
(A Mercedes Benz)

Verse 6
Em 
Do you  (E minor) know what you are?
(I know)
A 
You are what you  (A major) is
(I'm the kinda guy)
You is what you am
(That ought to be drivin')
A cow don't make a ham
(A four- fifty SLC)
You ain't what you're not
(A big ol' red one)
Em 
 (E minor) So see what you got
(With some golf clubs
stickin' out de trunk)
A 
You are what you  (A major) is
(I'm gwine down to de links on
Saturday mornin')
Em 
An' that's all it  (E minor) is
(Gimme a five- dollar bill)
A 
You are  (A major) what you is
(And an overcoat too)
An' that's all it is
(Where's my waitress? Yeah)
You are what you is
(Robbie, take me to Greek
Town)
Em 
An' that's  (E minor) all it is
(I'm harder than yer husband
A 
 (A major) Harder than yer husband)
You are what you is
(I'm goin' down to White Street,
to the Mudd Club, y'all)
An' that's all it is
(I'm goin' down 'n work the wall
Em 
'N work  (E minor) the floor)
You are what you is
('N work the pipe
'N work the wall
some more)
An' that's all it is
A 
 (A major) 