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Legal Mumbo Jumbo
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Maybe 'The Law' is there to help us after all. Moral: Never Trust a Man with His Hand Down His Pants!
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Vermont singer/songwriter; transplanted from the plains of Colorado over forty-five years ago.
Singer/songwriter living in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom with strong connections to the plains of Colorado, my childhood home.
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #101
Peak in subgenre #18
Author
Dwight Lakey
Rights
Dwight Lakey and Brown Barn Publishing
Uploaded
August 03, 2008
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MP3 2.7 MB • 128 kbps • 2:58
Story behind the song
We've all been hoodwinked, scammed and flimflammed. Hopefully, this little song will sound a warning bell in an Easy Mark's head someday.
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(© 2008 Brown Barn Publishing, Danville, VT; All Rights Reserved LEGAL MUMBO JUMBO By Dwight Lakey Intro Am Am/G Am/F E Am Verse 1 The charlatan of Eden slithered over to Eve Dm “That apple’s mighty tasty gal, you’ve got to believe Am That it was meant for eating; just like all of the rest E (hold) E7 (hold) In fact, it’s so darn tempting it just might be the best” Am You’re not allowed to eat it; God said you would die? Dm Well that’s half the truth and that’s almost a lie Am All His ‘Don’t do this’ and ‘Thou shalt not’ E/add G (hold) That’s just Legal…Mumbo…Jumbo” Am Am/G Am/F E Chorus Never trust a friend who says, “Come on; take a chance” Am Am/G Am/F E Never trust a salesman wanting cash in advance Am Am/G Am/F E/add G (hold) Never trust a woman who’s the first one to dance E/add G (hold) And never trust a man with his hand down his pants Am Verse 2 In the great land grab of the American West Dm We carved out reservations and took over the rest Am Promoters pitched the story: “This is our Eden now E (hold) E7 (hold) Don’t worry about the water. Rain will follow the plow” Am The West is still on fire. Cities grow and they sprawl Dm Promoters pitch their story with a western drawl Am ‘Aquifer depletion’ and ‘riparian rights’ E/add G (hold) That’s just Legal…Mumbo…Jumbo” (© 2008 Brown Barn Publishing, Danville, VT; All Rights Reserved Am Am/G Am/F E Chorus Never trust a friend who says, “Come on; take a chance” Am Am/G Am/F E Never trust a salesman wanting cash in advance Am Am/G Am/F E/add G (hold) Never trust a woman who’s the first one to dance E/add G (hold) And never trust a man with his hand down his pants C G Bridge The confidence game is as old as the hills C G An easy mark is prey for con artists and shills Dm7 They blow the simple lesson taught the first day of school E/add G (hold) It’s not that hard: Just follow the rules! Am Verse 3 Rules are there for our protection. Constitutional law Dm Protects our basic rights; though, it’s not without flaw Am The lawyers and accountants do their best to uphold E (hold) E7 (hold) Sure, there are some bad ones; or so I’ve been told. Am Still there are the hustlers who will con and will scam Dm There are pyramid schemes and the old flimflam Am Beware of snakes who smile, and tell you the law E/add G (hold) “Is just Legal…Mumbo…Jumbo” Am Am/G Am/F E Chorus Never trust a friend who says, “Come on; take a chance” Am Am/G Am/F E Never trust a salesman wanting cash in advance Am Am/G Am/F E/add G (hold) Never trust a woman who’s the first one to dance E/add G (hold) And never trust a man with his hand down his pants
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