I Got Mine

Frank Stokes

Capo 2 = D (C) – (F) – (G) – (Am)

[C]Said I went down to a little crap game

Lord [F]that was against my [C]will

I [C]lost every penny that I had in my

pocket but a [G]greenback dollar bill

[C]I turned my head get to shake my shoulders

[F]Thinkin I was way [C]behind

[F]But just as they jumped in the

[Am]kitchen door, boy

[C]I [G]got [C]mine

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CHORUS 1:

[C]I got mine, [F]I got [C]mine

[C]Stand round here tryin a get some

good  eat [G]all the time

[C]Ever since then I been livin’ high

I been [F]livin’ on the chicken and [C]wine

Said [F]I belong to the

[Am]knockdown society but

[C]I [G]got [C]mine.

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[C]Now when the turkey was brought

in the [F]people all begin to [C]grin

[C]Now think about the good times all would have

They [G]couldn’t say exactly when

[C]So the man got the turkey right by the nape

but [F]I swung on [C]behind

[F]He might thought he had the

[Am]whole fowl and gone but

[C]I [G]got [C]mine

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CHORUS 2:

[C]I got mine, boys, [F]I got [C]mine

[C]Around here tryin’ a get some good

eat [G]all the time

[C]Since then I been livin’ high

I been [F]livin’ on the chicken and [C]wine

Said [F]I belong to the [Am]grab society but

[C]I [G]got [C]mine.

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Solo:

[C] [F] [C]

[C] [C] [G

[C] [F] [C]

[F] [Am]

[C][G][C]

[C]So I went off to work early one

morning that [G]certainly never did suit [C]me

[C]While the beam suited grab bag

and my old lady [G]sittin’ on some other man’s knee

[C]So I dogged my bail right across

her head and [F]he jumped up and [C]cryin’

[F]Ah you can fright your old lady

dog[Am]gone your soul but

[C]I [G]got [C]mine

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CHORUS 1:

[C]I got mine boys, [F]I got [C]mine

[C]Standin’ ’round here

Tryin’ to get some good eat, [G]all the time

[C]Ever since then I been livin’ on high

[F]Livin’ on chicken and [C]wine

But [F]I belong to the [Am]knocked down Society,

But [C]I [G]got [F]mine

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[C]I went uptown to a little crap game

at [F]some other policemen [C]bay

[C]The man looked at me never cracked a smile

[G]I couldn’t get this fellow to a lay

[C]So he throwed the dice out on the

floor and the [F]thing got fine like [C]nine

[F]But just as the police jumped

[Am]in the back door, Lord

[C]I [G]got [C]mine

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CHORUS 1:

[C]I got mine boys, [F]I got [C]mine

[C]Standin’ ’round here

Tryin’ to get some good eat, [G]all the time

[C]Ever since then I been livin’ high

Been [F]livin’ on chicken and [C]wine

But[F] I belong to the [Am]knocked down society

Boys, [C]I [G]got [C]mine