Verse:

G f

When your arms are empty, got no where to go

G d7 g

Come on out and catch the show

G b7

There'll be saints and sinners you'll see losers and winners

C c#dim

All kinds of people you might want to know

G e7

Once you get it, you can't forget it,

Eb d7 g

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C d e

You know he always holds it in a tent,

G c d

And if you're looking for the real thing,

C d7 g

He can show you where it went.



There's a young faith healer he's a woman stealer

He will cure by his command

When the music's hot you might have to stand

To hear the klondike klu klux steamboat band

Don't you sweat it you can't forget it

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I'd rather die happy than not die at all

And a man is a fool who will not heed the call



Gonna see miss brer foxhole[*] she's got diamonds in her teeth

She is real gold down underneath

She's a rock and roll singer and a true dead ringer

For something like you ain't never seen

Once you get it, you can't forget it

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W.s. walcott medicine show

W.s. walcott medicine show

W.s. walcott medicine show