Chords for Benny Bell - Why Buy a Cow When Milk is Cheap?

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_ [C#] Many things [G#] Confucius said [C#] were wise and witty [D#] too
But there's one thing that he said [F] that thrilled [C#] me through and through
Why buy a cow when milk is cheap?
[F] Milk is cheap, [F#] milk is cheap
Why buy a cow when milk is cheap?
[G#m] You gotta be off your mind
[C#] _ Married life [D#] is wonderful, [F] it's fun to have [F#] a wife
As for me, [D#] I'd rather be [C#] single all my life
Why buy a cow when milk is cheap?
[G#m] Milk is [F#] cheap, milk is cheap
Why buy a cow when milk is cheap?
[F] Man, you gotta be off [F#] your mind _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [F#m] Every time [G#m] it rains or pours, [F] you don't hear me complain
[F#] I do what's done in [D#] Mexico, I [C#] simply let it rain
[D#] Why buy a cow when milk is cheap?
Milk is cheap, milk is cheap
[C#] Why buy a cow when milk is cheap?
You gotta be off [D#] your mind
I like [G#] coffee very much, [F] I'm also fond of tea
[C#] But what I [D#] like most of all [C#] is a nice girl on my knee
Why buy a cow when milk is cheap?
Milk is cheap, milk is cheap
Why buy a cow when milk is cheap?
Man, you gotta be off [D#m] your mind
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_ _ There's a guy [G#] who peddles fish, [F] they call him [D#] Salty Slim
_ Fifteen years he's selling fish, [C#] and still he cannot [F#] swim
Why cheap a milk when by his [Fm] cow?
By his [F#] cow, by his cow
Why cheap a milk when by his cow?
[D] You gotta be [F] off your mind
[D#] Keeping steady company makes living bright and gay
But when she says marry me, [F] wow, that's the [F#] time to say
Hey, why buy a cow when [C#] milk is cheap?
Milk is [F#] cheap, milk is cheap
Why buy a cow when milk is [C#] cheap?
Man, you gotta be off your mind
Yes [C#m] sir, you gotta be off your [D#] mind No sir, you gotta be [F] off your [F#] mind
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