You Are What You Is chords by Frank Zappa
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Do you know what you
are?
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You are what you is
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You is what you am
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A cow don't make ham
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You ain't what you're not
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So see what you got
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You are what you is
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An' that's all it 'tis
Verse 2
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A foolish young man
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From a middle class fam'ly
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Started singin' the blues
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'Cause he thought it was manly
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Now he talks like the Kingfish
("Saffiiiee! ")
From Amos 'n Andy
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("Holy mack'l dere! Holy
mack'l dere! ")
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He tells you that chitlins
(Chitlins!)
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Well, they taste just like candy
Ab
He thinks that he's got
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De whole thang down
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From the Nivea Lotion
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To de Royal Crown
Verse 3
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Do you know what you are?
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You are what you is
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You is what you am
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A cow don't make ham
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You ain't what you're not
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So see what you got
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You are what you is
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An' that's all it 'tis
Verse 4
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A foolish young man
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Of the Negro Persuasion
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Devoted his life
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To become a caucasian
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He stopped eating pork
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He stopped eating greens
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He traded his dashiki
("Uhuru! ")
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For some Jordache Jeans
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He learned to play golf
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An' he got a good score
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Now he says to himself
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"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
Ab
(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
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(Appropriot? The word is not)
Drop it in the dirt
(Drop it, yeah)
'N let it rot
(I can smell it now)
Ab
Someone else
(Here de come, here de come)
Will surely come
Ebm
(I told you he was comin')
Ab
'N pick it up
(Yeah, that's right!)
'Cause he wants some
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(An' he wants it for free)
And when one day
Ab
(There will come a day)
You wonder who
(I wonder too)
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You used to was
(Who I was anyway)
Ab
'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)
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Will not be found
(A Mercedes Benz)
Verse 6
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Do you know what you are?
(I know)
Ab
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)
Ebm
So see what you got
(With some golf clubs
stickin' out de trunk)
Ab
You are what you is
(I'm gwine down to de links on
Saturday mornin')
Ebm
An' that's all it is
(Gimme a five- dollar bill)
Ab
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)
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An' that's all it is
(I'm harder than yer husband
Ab
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
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'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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You Are What You Is
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