Chords for Three Mo' Tenors - The Jazz Cat / Minnie the Moocher - 7/17/2001 (Official)

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_ He plays it cool and digs all jive.
That's the [F] reason he stays alive.
It's not to watch as he lives and learns.
It's dig [B] and be dug in return.
So dig it! _
_ _ The mighty old man, [E] that's [Em] me.
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How _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ you doing [Em] New York? _ _
How you digging this suit?
_ _ [B] The proper title of the song is called [E] Mini the [B] Moocher.
Written and made famous by the late great Pat Fowler.
[Bm] A one, a two, a one, two, three, and_
Now here's a story about Mini the Moocher.
[Am] She was a low [B] down [Em] hoochie coochie.
She was roughest, toughest frail.
[Am] But Mini had a heart as big as a whale.
[Em] Howdy, howdy, ho, howdy.
Howdy, howdy, howdy, howdy. _ _
_ _ _ [B] Howdy, [Em] howdy, howdy, howdy. _
She messed around with a bloat [Gbm] named Smokey.
She loved the [C] door, he [B] was a coke head.
He took her down to Chinatown
[C] And showed her how to giggle back [Em] down around.
Howdy, ho, _ _ _ hey, howdy, _ hey, ho.
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Oh, Mini [Em] met old Deacon Lowdown.
[Am] Well, he preached to [B] her, you [Em] ought to slow down.
But Mini wiggled her jelly roll.
[Am] Deacon Lowdown hollowed out.
Lord [Em] save us all.
_ _ _ _ Howdy, hey, howdy, _ ho, hey, ho, hey.
[C] Howdy, [Em] howdy, howdy, _ howdy, howdy.
They put [Fm] poor Mini where they put the crazy.
[Bbm] Now Mini's [C] just [Fm] kicking up jazzy.
You've heard this story, now this ends my [Bbm] song.
Oh, she was a good gal, but they [Fm] done her wrong.
_ _ _ _ Howdy, hey, howdy, _ [Cm] hey, ho, hey, _ [Fm] ho, hey.
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Poor Mini, poor _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] Mini.
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