Here are the song chords . Notice that the Time signature is 2/2 .
The last 12 bars of the song contain an instrumental ending that I've tabbed also ( see its TAB)
INTRO = E E B A - D D A G - C C G F# - B B F# E
Em7 Bm7 Am7 B7
Lost in the B a r r i o , I walk like an injun, so
Em7 A7 F#m7
Carlo won't sus - pect something's wrong here
B A G F#m7 Em7 G Bm7 Cmaj7
----------- ---- I dance in place and paint my face and
D/E E/F# D D/C D/C
act like I be - - long here / / / /
CHORUS :
Abm7 F#m7
Throw back the little ones, and
pan - - fry the big ones , use
Abm7 Amaj7 Abm7 F#m7 E B A B
tact , poise and rea - son , and gent - ly squeeze them....
Verse 2 :
Hot licks and rhetoric don't count much for nothing
Be glad if you can use what you borrow.
So I pawn my crown, for a ride uptown
and buy it back tomorrow .
Verse 3 :
Done like a matador, I pray for the weekend
and hope the little girls still throw roses
Else I change my bait, and move upstate
before the season closes .