Ry Cooder - I Got Mine Lyrics
(traditional)(c) - (f) - (g) - (am)(c) and I went down to a big crap game,twas (f) certainly against my (c) will.I lost every doggone nickel I hadBut a (g) greenback dollar bill.(c) forty dollar that laid on the floorMy (f) buddys point was (c) nineWell, the (f) police they come in thereAnd (am) caught all of emBut (c) I (g) got (c) mine.I got mine, let me tell ya(f) I got (c) mine.I grabbed that moneyOut the back door (g) I went flyingWell, (c) ever since the big crap gameIve been (f) livin on chicken and (c) wine.Im the (f) leader of so (am) cietySince (c) I (g) got (c) mine.I know a barber shopIts a way cross townDown on norfolk streetIts the only place on a saturday nightThat us gamblers gets to meetSome comes for a haircutAnd others come for a scrapAnd when you see me and my buddies up there, manWe means to shoot some crapHollering: seven, eleven, wont you come, come, come!!!If you dont seven, eleven themYoure done, done, doneIf I see the police before he sees meIm gonna run, run, runIm the leader of societySince I got mineWell, I went down to my best girls houseThe hour was just about nineI wasnt dressed up like henry fordBut I was feeling just as fineI caught her sitting on another mans kneeAnd I didnt like that signWell, I told them what I thought about it, boysAnd I got mineI got mine, I got mineI grabbed my hat and through the windowI went flyingI ran as fast as I could runBut I didnt get there in timeBecause the rascal grabbed a shotgun, lordAnd I got mine
