Stand Up Guy

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verse 1 
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brew the coffee in a bucket, double straight man and banjo 
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if you don't got the snake oil, buster, you don't got a show 
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who puts the doh-re-me in our pockets keeps the party going on? 
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it's the man who sells the potions, i'm just one who plays the songs 

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now they generally buys the bigger size, they usually rub it in 
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i drank it once, it tasted, like grease and paraffin 
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it's mostly alcohol, okay you can't deny it's strong 
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we was going through the motions, ‘til the doctor came along 
 
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there stands the bottle, ladies and gentlemen 
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all these bottles, don't have to tell you, friends 
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these days miracles, don't come falling from the sky 
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raise your glasses to the doctor, to a stand up guy 

verse 2 
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when the monkeyshine is flying and he's promising the cure 
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he says the french for your lovesick blues, la maladie d'amour 
            B                                        E 
he gets the chumps all laughing but he gets a few to buy 
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here's to beefsteak when you're hungry, and whiskey when you're dry 

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now the band'll blow their moolah,like sailors gone ashore 
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now we're going to west helena, to gamble, drink and whore 
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let's you and me, all make whoopee, here's mud in your eye 
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here's to all the gals you ever want, and heaven when you die 

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there stands the bottle, ladies and gentlemen 
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all these bottles, don't have to tell you, friends 
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these days miracles, don't come falling from the sky 
                          B            B7    F#7 B 
raise your glasses to the doctor, to a stand up guy 

verse 3 
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there's a big cheese with a cigar, been sizing up the show 
                    B                E      F#7 
he wants to get the doctor, pitching on the radio 
       B                                B7              E 
i will make a switch to guitar, but the rules all still apply 
                       B                F#7             B 
they want to trust somebody, yeah, they want a stand up guy 

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there stands the bottle, ladies and gentlemen 
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all these bottles, don't have to tell you, friends 
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these days miracles, don't come falling from the sky 
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raise your glasses to the doctor, to a stand up guy 
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to a stand up guy