Tonart: E minor
Intro 1
Em
A
Em
A
Em
Verse 1
are?
Em
A cow don't make ham
A
You ain't what you're not
Em
An' that's all it 'tis
Verse 2
Em
From a middle class fam'ly
A
Started singin' the blues
Em
'Cause he thought it was manly
A
Now he talks like the Kingfish
("Saffiiiee! ")
From Amos 'n Andy
Em
("Holy mack'l dere! Holy
mack'l dere! ")
A
He tells you that chitlins
(Chitlins!)
Em
Well, they taste just like candy
A
He thinks that he's got
Verse 3
A
Do you know what you are?
Em
A cow don't make ham
A
You ain't what you're not
Em
An' that's all it 'tis
Verse 4
Em
Of the Negro Persuasion
Em
To become a caucasian
Em
He stopped eating greens
("Uhuru! ")
Em
For some Jordache Jeans
A
He learned to play golf
Em
An' he got a good score
Em
"I ain't no NIGGER no
more!
Hey! Hey! Hey!"
"I don't understand you..."
BWANA MA- COO- BAH
"Would you please speak
more clearly..."
MERCEDES BAINNNNNNNZ
Who is who (I don't know)
Verse 5
'N what is what
A
(Somethin' I just don't
know)
'N why is this
(Tell me now)
Appropriot
(That's a funny pronunciation
If'n ever I heard one)
If you don't like
(Where'd you get that word?)
What you has got
Em
(Appropriot? The word is not)
Drop it in the dirt
(Drop it, yeah)
'N let it rot
(I can smell it now)
(Here de come, here de come)
Will surely come
Em
(I told you he was comin')
(Yeah, that's right!)
'Cause he wants some
Em
(An' he wants it for free)
And when one day
A
(There will come a day)
You wonder who
(I wonder too)
(Who I was anyway)
(I used to work at the post
office)
You'll scratch your head
(But I don't wanna
un- do my doo)
'N look around
(To see what's goin' on)
But what you lost
(Can't seem to find it)
(A Mercedes Benz)
Verse 6
Em
Do you know what you are?
(I know)
(I'm the kinda guy)
You is what you am
(That ought to be drivin')
A cow don't make a ham
(A four- fifty SLC)
You ain't what you're not
(A big ol' red one)
(With some golf clubs
stickin' out de trunk)
(I'm gwine down to de links on
Saturday mornin')
Em
An' that's all it is
(Gimme a five- dollar bill)
(And an overcoat too)
An' that's all it is
(Where's my waitress? Yeah)
You are what you is
(Robbie, take me to Greek
Town)
Em
An' that's all it is
(I'm harder than yer husband
A
Harder than yer husband)
You are what you is
(I'm goin' down to White Street,
to the Mudd Club, y'all)
An' that's all it is
(I'm goin' down 'n work the wall
You are what you is
('N work the pipe
'N work the wall
some more)
An' that's all it is
A
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