Its Tight Like That

	  		Intro 

verse 1 
E                             E 
Listen here, folks. I'm gonna sing a little song, 
        E                        E 
But you mustn't get mad. I don't mean no wrong. 
A                           A 
There's an old maid name is Liza Beck 
       E                          E 
Always singin' the blues when she tumbles in bed. 
         B               A         E                E 
Oh, it's tight like that. Oh, it's tight like that. 
B                      A                       E     E 
Hear me talkin' to you. I mean it's tight like that. 

verse 2 
  E                              E 
I know a hotel that's called the Cumberland Patch, 
      E                       E 
Got a million bedbugs just to make you scratch. 
A                A 
Monkey woke up a quarter to three, 
       E                            E 
And he said to the flea, "Quit your pickin' on me." 
         B               A         E                E 
Oh, it's tight like that. Oh, it's tight like that. 
    B                      A                        E     E 
Ah, hear me talkin' to you. I mean, it's tight like that. 

Break 1 
E E E E 
A A E E 
B A E E 

verse 3 
E                      E 
Mandy Lee Jones got to rappin' at night, 
        E                         E 
And she never gets home till it's comin' daylight. 
A                         A 
Old Uncle Bill came 'bout half-past ten, 
        E                       E 
Put the key in the hole, but he couldn't get in. 
               B                A 
He says: "It's tight like that. What's the matter with it, 
        E                E 
gettin' tight like that? 
    B                      A                       E      E 
Oh, hear me talkin' to you, I mean it's tight like that." 

verse 4 
       E                       E 
If you see my man, tell him to hurry home. 
        E                  E 
I ain't had no bread since he's been gone. 
A             A 
 I love a man slender and slim. 
        E                           E 
When he struts his stuff, why, it's too bad, Jim. 
         B               A         E               E 
Oh, it's tight like that. Oh, it's tight like that. 
    B                      A                       E     E 
Ah, hear me talkin' to you. I mean it's tight like that. 

Break 2 
E E E E 
A A E E 
B A E E 

Verse 5 
        E                  E 
Oh, the little red rooster said to the hen: 
     E                     E 
"You ain't laid a egg in I can't tell when." 
    A              A 
The little red hen said to the roosta: 
     E                    E 
"You don't come around as often as you used ta. 
         B                  A 
Now it's tight like that. A long delay 
         E                E 
Makes it tight like that. Hear what I say. 
B                      A                       E      E 
Hear me talkin' to you. I mean it's tight like that."