Chords for Big Bamboo

[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ I asked my woman what [Fm] could I do to make her happy and keep [Cm] her true.
_ She said, darling, darling, all I want [Fm] from you is a tiny little [G] piece of [Ab] your [G] big bamboo.
_ She [Cm] want a big bamboo get up big and long.
The big bamboo get up [Fm] big and strong.
The big bamboo rise up great and tall.
The [G] big bamboo pleases [Cm] one and all. _ _
So I gave my lady a piece of [F] sugar cane.
[Ab] _ It's very, very sweet, she did [Cm] explain.
_ But she handed it back, much to my surprise.
[Fm] _ She said she liked the flavor, [G] but not the size.
She [Cm] want a big bamboo get up big and long.
The big bamboo get up big [Fm] and strong.
The big bamboo rise up great and tall.
The big [G] bamboo pleases [Cm] one and all.
_ _ Then I gave my lady two [Fm] coconuts.
_ She said, darling, darling, that's [Cm] okay, but the only thing that really, [Gm] really worries [Fm] me.
What good are the nuts without [G] the bamboo tree? _
She [Cm] want a big bamboo get up big and long.
The big bamboo get up big [Fm] and strong.
The big bamboo rise up great and tall.
The big [G] bamboo [Em] pleases [Cm] one and all.
_ _ I know a tiny man named Lick [Fm] Wang Lu.
[Cm] _ He married a Jamaican and called her Wang Lu too.
_ But she divorced him, she divorced him very [F] quick.
[Cm] [Ab] She said [Cm] she want a bamboo and [G] not a lousy chopstick. _
[Cm] She want a big bamboo get up big and long.
The big bamboo get up [Fm] big and strong.
The big bamboo rise up great and tall.
[G] The big bamboo pleases [Cm] one and all.
_ _ You know, when you go to a Calypso show, it's a lot of fun.
In fact, Calypsonians are able to extemporate.
They look around and they sing, they make up the song on the things they see in the audience.
And if you sit in the front row, you could be picked on.
For example, you see this gentleman with [Fm] his legs crossed, _ [Ab] _ sitting there [Fm] looking like he's a real big [Cm] boss.
When I tell you this, he [Fm] won't sit at all.
Because [Cm] I hear that [G] his bamboo is very small.
[B] She [Cm] want a big bamboo get up big and long.
The big bamboo [Fm] get up big and strong.
The big bamboo rise up great and tall.
The big [G] bamboo pleases [Cm] one and all.
_ _ See Bill here from New York, has the glasses [Fm] on his eyes.
Looking so distinguished, looking [Cm] so wise.
When I tell you this, he's [Fm] gonna faint and fall.
[Cm] If you think you have a problem, [G] he has no bamboo at all.
[Cm] She want a big bamboo get up big and long.
The big bamboo [Fm] get up big and strong.
The big bamboo rise up great and tall.
The [G] big bamboo pleases [Cm] one and all.
_ You see this gentleman with a big red [Fm] nose.
My God, it looks like a fireman's [Cm] hose.
But he's really lucky, what he can [F] do.
With a nose like that, [G] he don't need no bamboo.
She want a [Cm] big bamboo get up big and long.
The big bamboo get [Fm] up big and strong.
The big bamboo rise up great and tall.
[G] The big bamboo pleases one [Cm] and all.
_ _ I know you're all enjoying the resort.
Let's hear it for the resort.
Let's hear it for all the staff.
[Eb] Let's hear it for all the [Cm] bartenders.
Doing a great job, the bartenders.
_ You all said your drink [Fm] taste very good.
Yes, [Ab] the bartenders here mix them the way they [Cm] should.
[C] But let me tell you what those wicked bartenders [Fm] do.
When you're [Cm] not looking, [G] they mix your drink with their big bamboo. _
She want [Cm] a big bamboo get up big and long.
The big bamboo get [Fm] up big and strong.
The big bamboo rise up great and tall.
The big [G] bamboo pleases [Cm] one and all.
_ And ladies are fair game too.
The lady here in [Gm] full black [Fm] clothes. _ _
Black is for mourning, as [Cm] everyone knows. _
Someone close to them pinched me and said,
She's wearing black cause her man's bamboo is [G] dead.
[Cm] She want a big bamboo get up big and long.
The big bamboo get up [Fm] big and strong.
The big bamboo rise up great and tall.
The [G] big bamboo pleases [Cm] one and all. _
_ _ _ _ The calypso-nian is a ham and it would probably end the song like this.
And now I've come to the end of my calypso.
[Fm] _ Here is something that you sexy ladies out there would like to [C] know.
[Cm] Where you can get a bamboo as wonderful as [Fm] can be. _
After the show, [G] come backstage and ask for me.
I've got [Cm] a big bamboo get up big and long.
The big bamboo get up big [Fm] and strong.
The big bamboo rise up great and tall.
The big [G] bamboo _ _ pleases one and all.
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