Chords for Gus Elen It's A Great Big Shame (1932)

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[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] I've lost my pal, he's the best in all the town, but don't you think him dead [Bb] because he ain't.
[Fm] But since he's with, he has had the knuckle down, [Bb] it's enough to whip the temper of [Eb] a saint.
[F] He's a bruised draven with [Bb] a leg of mutton feet, [C] and as [F] strong as a bully corn [Bb] on.
_ _ [Eb] Yet he never had _ a little kid, [Gm] oh I wish that I could get him a [D] divorce.
_ [Bb] Well it's a [Eb] great big shame and [F] if [Bb] she'd belong to me, one and a [Eb] half would _ do.
[Ab] And then there's [Eb] a fella what [Bb] is six foot [Eb]
three, [F] and her only four [Bb] foot two _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Fm] is Jim.
[Bb] [Ebm] Oh [Eb] isn't it up to he has [Fm] the likes of [D] him, [Eb] to put upon the likes of him.
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_ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] Now Jim was class, he could sing a decent song, and at scrapping he had won some great re_
[Bb] _ _ [Fm] Well it took [Bb] two coffers for to make him move along, and another six [Eb] dome for the down.
_ _ [F] The day when I heard [Bb] Shmitty comin' a-scribbin' here, [C] to the door, [F] slip on tip-toe, [Bb] he arrived.
_ [Eb] I daresay, says he, don't shout for Cillia, [Gm] I've got to clean the windows and the [D] knives.
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[Ab] Well it's a [Eb] great big [Bb] shame [Fm] and if she'd [Bb] belong to me, _ one and a [Eb] half would _ _
_ [Ab] do.
And [Eb] then there's a fella [Fm] what [Bb] is six [Eb] foot three, [F] and her only four [Bb] foot _ _ [Eb] two is [Bb] _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Fm] _ [Bb] Jim.
_ [Eb] Oh isn't it up to he has [Ab] the likes of [D] him, to [Bb] put upon _ [Eb] _ _
the likes of him.
It's a great big shame [Bb] and if _ she'd belong to me,
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_ _ [C] _ I'm [Fm] going to deal with [Eb] you.
Oh shh, [Ab] Cillia is not going [A] to get up, [Eb] come on.
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