When You're Hot, You're Hot

INTRO:  A - A D A    A - A D A

VERSES
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Well me and Homer Jones and Big John Talley
      A                   F#7
Had a big crap game goin' back in the alley
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...And I kept rollin' them sevens, 'an winnin' all them pots


A                            F#7
My luck was so good I could  do  no wrong
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I jest kept on rollin' and con-trollin' them bones
     B7
And finally they jest threw up their hands and said
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.."When you hot, .you hot".I said "Yeah?"
A                      F#7
When you're hot, you're hot
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..when you're not, you're not
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Put all the money in and let's roll 'em again
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When you're hot, you're hot
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La la la la- la la la.....La la la -la -la
A            F#7          B7          E7          A  E7
La la la la- la la la,....when you're hot, you're hot


VERSES
            A                        F#7
Well,.. now every time I rolled them dice I'd win
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And I was just gettin' ready to  roll 'em again
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When I heard somethin' behind me
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..I turned around and there was a big old cop


         A                                  F#7
He said "Hello, boys" and then he gave us a grin 'n' said
 A                         F#7
"Look like I'm gonna hafta haul you all in
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And keep all that money for evidence"
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I said ,"Well, son...when you hot,...you hot"
A                      F#7
When you're hot, you're hot
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And when you're not, you're not
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You can 'splain it all down at City Hall
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When you're hot, you're hot
A            F#7        B7        E7    A
La la la la- la la la...La la la  la -  la
A            F#7        B7          E7          A  E7
La la la la- la la la,..when you're hot, you're hot



VERSES

     A                                     F#7
Well,when he took us inta court I couldn't believe my eyes
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The judge was a fishin' buddy that I recognized
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I said "Hey, judge, old buddy, old pal"
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"I'll pay ya that hundred I owe ya if you'll get me outta this spot"

      A                        F#7
So he gave my friends a little fine to pay
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He turned around and grinned at  me  and said
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."Ninety days, Jerry, when you hot,.you hot"

'N' I said "Thanks a lot"


A                       F#7
When you're hot, you're hot
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And when you're not, you're not
           A                              F#7
He let my friends go free and throwed the book at me
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He said "Well, when you're hot, you're hot"


OUTTRO VERSE (Talking and Laughhing)
A                                             F#7
I said"Well I'll tell ya one thing judge, old buddy,old pal
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If you wasn't wearin' that black robe
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I'd take out in back of this courthouse
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And I'd try a little bit of your honor on
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You under-stand that, you hillbilly?
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Who gonna collect my welfare?"
A                F#7
..Pay for for my Cadillac?
           B7    E7          A
Whadda you mean 'contempt of court'?"
A      F#7    B -  E  -  A ( fade)
"Judge"