You Are What You Is

You Are What You Is easy guitar chords by Frank Zappa

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    Verse 1
    Do 
    you 
    know 
    what 
    you 

    are? 

    You 
    are 
    what 
    you 
    is 

    You is 
    what 
    you 
    am 

    cow 
    don't 
    make 
    ham 

    You 
    ain't 
    what 
    you're 
    not 

    So 
    see 
    what 
    you 
    got 

    You 
    are 
    what 
    you 
    is 

    An' 
    that's 
    all 
    it 
    'tis 

    Verse 2
    foolish 
    young 
    man 

    From 
    middle 
    class 
    fam'ly 

    Started 
    singin' 
    the 
    blues 

    'Cause 
    he 
    thought 
    it 
    was 
    manly 

    Now 
    he 
    talks 
    like the Kingfish 


    ("Saffiiiee! ") 

    From Amos 
    'n 
    Andy 

    ("Holy mack'l dere! Holy 

    mack'l dere! 
    ") 

    He tells 
    you 
    that 
    chitlins 

    (Chitlins!) 

    Well, they taste 
    just 
    like 
    candy 

    He 
    thinks 
    that 
    he's 
    got 

    De 
    whole 
    thang 
    down 

    From 
    the 
    Nivea Lotion 

    To 
    de Royal 
    Crown 

    Verse 3
    Do 
    you 
    know 
    what 
    you 
    are? 

    You 
    are 
    what 
    you 
    is 

    You 
    is 
    what 
    you 
    am 

    A cow 
    don't 
    make 
    ham 

    You 
    ain't 
    what 
    you're 
    not 

    So 
    see 
    what 
    you 
    got 

    You 
    are 
    what 
    you 
    is 

    An' 
    that's 
    all 
    it 
    'tis 

    Verse 4
    foolish 
    young 
    man 

    Of 
    the Negro 
    Per
    suasion 

    Devoted 
    his 
    life 

    To 
    become 
    caucasian 

    He stopped 
    eating 
    pork 

    He stopped 
    eating 
    greens 

    He traded 
    his 
    dashiki 

    ("Uhuru! ") 

    For some 
    Jord
    ache Jeans 

    He 
    learned 
    to play 
    golf 

    An' he 
    got 
    a good 
    score 

    Now 
    he 
    says 
    to 
    him
    self 

    "I 
    ain't 
    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 


    (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 

    (Appropriot? The word is 
    not) 

    Drop it in 
    the dirt 

    (Drop it, yeah) 

    'N let 
    it 
    rot 

    (I can 
    smell it 
    now) 

    Someone 
    else 

    (Here de 
    come, here 
    de come) 

    Will surely 
    come 

    (I told 
    you 
    he 
    was 
    comin') 

    'N pick 
    it 
    up 

    (Yeah, that's 
    right!) 

    'Cause 
    he 
    wants 
    some 

    (An' he wants 
    it 
    for free) 

    And when 
    one 
    day 

    (There will come 
    a day) 

    You 
    wonder 
    who 

    (I wonder 
    too) 

    You used 
    to 
    was 

    (Who I was 
    anyway) 

    'N what 
    you 
    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) 

    Will not 
    be 
    found 

    (A Mercedes 
    Benz) 

    Verse 6
    Do you 
    know 
    what you are? 

    (I know) 

    You are 
    what 
    you 
    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) 

    So see 
    what you 
    got 

    (With some 
    golf 
    clubs 

    stickin' 
    out 
    de trunk) 

    You are 
    what 
    you 
    is 

    (I'm gwine down 
    to de 
    links on 

    Saturday 
    mornin') 

    An' that's 
    all 
    it 
    is 

    (Gimme a five- 
    dollar bill) 

    You 
    are 
    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) 

    An' that's 
    all 
    it is 

    (I'm harder than 
    yer husband 

    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 

    'N 
    work 
    the floor) 

    You 
    are what you 
    is 

    ('N work the 
    pipe 

    'N 
    work the 
    wall 

    some more) 

    An' that's all 
    it is 


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