G F
When your arms are empty, got nowhere to go
G D7 G
Come on out and catch this show
G
There’ll be saints and sinners,
B7
you’ll see losers and winners
C C#dim
All kinds of people you might want to know
G
Once you get it
E7 Eb D7 G
You can’t forget it W.S. Walcott Medicine Show
Verse:
G
There’s a young faith healer
F
he’s a woman stealer
G D7 G
He will cure by his command
G
When the music’s hot
B7
And you might have to stand
C C#dim
To hear the Klondike Klu Klux steamboat band
G
Don’t you sweat it
E7 Eb D7 G
You can’t forget it W.S. Walcott Medicine Show
Middle:
C D E
I’d rather die happy than not die at all
G C D C D7 G
And a man is a fool who will not heed the call
Verse:
G
Gonna see *Miss Brer Foxhole
F
with bright diamonds in her teeth
G D7 G
She is pure gold down underneath
G
She’s a rock and roll singer
B7
And a true dead ringer
C C#dim
For something like you ain’t never seen
G
Once you get it
E7 Eb D7 G
You can’t forget it W.S. Walcott Medicine Show