The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines

Intro:

Moderately bright Swing beat.

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Play the above riff 4 times.

Verse 1:


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I'm down to a roll of dimes
I'm stalking the slot that's hot
  
				
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I keep hearing bells  all around me

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Jingling in the lucky  jackpots


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They keep you tantalized

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They keep you reaching for your wallet

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Here in fools' paradise!

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I talked to a cat from Des Moines
He said he ran a cleaning plant

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That cat was clanking with coin

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Well, he must have had a genie  in a lamp

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'Cause every time--I dropped a dime--I blew it

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He kept ringing bells

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Nothing to     it!

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He     got three oranges
Three lemons
Three cherries
Three plums
I'm losing my taste for fruit

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Watching the dry    cleaner do it

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Like Midas in a polyester suit

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It's all luck!

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It's just luck!

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You get a little lucky and you make a little money!

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I followed him down the strip

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He picked out a booth at Circus Circus

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Where the cowgirls fill the room
With their big balloons

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The Cleaner was pitching with pur - pose!

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He had Dinos  and Pooh Bears

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And lions--pink and blue   there

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He couldn't lose    there!

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It's all luck! It's just luck!

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Des Moines was stacking the chips

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Raking off the tables

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Ringing the bandit's bells

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This is a story  that's a drag to tell
(In some ways)

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Since I lost   every dime
I laid on the line

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But the cleaner from Des Moines

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Could put    a coin

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In the door   of a John
And get twenty for one

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It's        just luck!

Lucky! 

Chord Shapes:

Bb7     Eb7     F7      C7        D7        G7
000000  777777  X99999  X222XX    X444XX    XBBBXX  

Bb/D 
X4X200

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