You Are What You Is chords by
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Key: Eb major
Intro 1
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Em
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Em
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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
An' that's all it 'tis
Em
Em

Verse 2
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A foolish young man
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Em

From a middle class fam'ly
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Started singin' the blues
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'Cause he thought it was manly
Now he talks like the
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Kingfish
("Saffiiiee! ")
Em
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From Amos 'n Andy
("Holy mack'l dere! Holy
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mack'l dere! ")
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He tells you that chitlins
(Chitlins!)
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Well, they taste just like candy
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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?
Em
Em

You are what you is
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You is what you am
Em
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A cow don't make ham
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A
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You ain't what you're not
Em
Em

So see what you got
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You are what you is
Em
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An' that's all it 'tis
Verse 4
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A foolish young man
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Em
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Of the Negro Persua sion
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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
"I ain't no NIGGER no more!
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Em

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Hey! Hey! Hey!"
Em
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"I don't understand you..."
BWANA MA- COO- BAH
"Would you please speak
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more clearly..."
Em
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MERCEDES BAINNNNNNNZ
Verse 5
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Who is who
(I don't know)
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'N what is what
(Somethin' I just don't know)
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'N why is this
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Em

(Tell me now)
Appropriot
(That's a funny pronunciation
If'n ever I heard one)
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If you don't like
(Where'd you get that word?)
What you has got
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Em

(Appropriot? The word is not)
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Drop it in the dirt
(Drop it, yeah)
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Em

'N let it rot
(I can smell it now)
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Someone else
(Here de come, here de come)
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Will surely come
(I told you he was comin')
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'N pick it up
(Yeah, that's right!)
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'Cause he wants some
(An' he wants it for free)
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And when one day
(There will come a day)
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You wonder who
(I wonder too)
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You used to was
(Who I was anyway)
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Em

'N what you do
(I used to work at the post office)
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You'll scratch your head
(But I don't wanna un- do my doo)
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'N look around
(To see what's goin' on)
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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)
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You are what you is
(I'm the kinda guy)
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You is what you am
(That ought to be drivin')
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A cow don't make a ham
(A four- fifty SLC)
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You ain't what you're not
(A big ol' red one)
So see what you got
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Em

(With some golf clubs stickin'
out de trunk)
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You are what you is
(I'm gwine down to de links on
Saturday mornin')
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An' that's all it is
(Gimme a five- dollar bill)
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You are what you is
(And an overcoat too)
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Em

An' that's all it is
(Where's my waitress? Yeah)
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You are what you is
(Robbie, take me to Greek
Town)
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Em

An' that's all it is
(I'm harder than yer husband
Harder than yer husband)
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You are what you is
(I'm goin' down to White Street,
to the Mudd Club, y'all)
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An' that's all it is
(I'm goin' down 'n
work the wall
'N work the floor)
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You are what you is
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('N work the pipe
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Em

'N work the wall some
more)
An' that's all it is

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