Intro : Dm
Dm
Somebody's gotta crack a whip around here
Dm C G
Who's minding the store?
Bb
Shake it up sell some beer
C
What's your money maker for?
Dm
Pay day, we're packin' 'em in
Dm C G
Six-gun annie and buffalo jill
Bb F C Bb
But who's to say they'll be back again
C Bb
For a refill?
F Bb F Bb F Bb
Honey, you know the drill
Dm
Ain't no left turn down sleepy time street
C G
You gotta be fast but you gotta stay loose
Bb
Thinking on your feet
C
Slick as grass through a goose
Dm
We gotta rationalise
Dm C G
The payroll is giving me chills
Bb F C Bb
You and me's getting organised
C Bb
It's kill or be killed
F Bb F Bb F Bb
Honey, you know the drill
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C7 F
Well they can all look down on sucker row
C7 F
But they all forget
C7 F
The tallest trees from acorns grow
Bb C
Though they ain't yet
C7 F
I never look down on a sucker stake
C7 F
They all pay the bills
C7 F
I never gave a sucker an even break
Bb C
And I never will
Dm
A beautiful vision keeps coming to me
Dm C G
I see a miracle mile
Bb
Flying in for free
C
Service with a smile
Dm
High rollers, fancy hotels
C G
Big time singers, topping the bill
Bb F
You gotta have a feel
C Bb
For the stuff that sells
C Bb
Call it a skill
F Bb F Bb F Bb
Honey, you know the drill
Dm
Somebody's gotta crack a whip around here
Dm C G
Who's minding the store?
Bb
Shake it up sell some beer
C
Money walking through the door
Dm
Annie's arriving at a dangerous age
Dm C G
Don't you go getting ill
Bb F C Bb
Get another woman up in the cage
C Bb
Who ain't over the hill
F Bb F Bb F Bb
Honey, you know the drill
Dm
Somebody's gotta crack a whip around here
