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Ain't We Got Fun
Words by Gus Kahn & Raymond B. Egan, Music by Richard A. Whiting - 1921
Verse:
F Bb F -
C F E7 Am
- E7 Am -
C Am Dm C7
Chorus:
F - C7 -
- - F -
Bb -         Db7 F -
Am E E7 Am
F - C7 -
- - F -
Bb A7      Dm Gm7       E7 F
- G7 C7  (C7 to chorus)
8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
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Verse:
Bill collectors gather 'Round and rather, Haunt the cottage next door,
Men the grocer and butcher sent, Men who call for the rent,
But within a happy chappy, And his bride of only a year,
Seem to be so cheerful, Here's an ear full, Of the chatter you hear.
 
Chorus:
Ev'ry morning Ev'ry eveing, Ain't we got fun,
Not much money, Oh but honey, Ain't we got fun.
The rent's unpaid dear, We haven't a bus,
But smiles were made dear, For people like us.
In the winter in the summer, Don't we have fun,
Times are bum and getting bummer, Still we have fun.
There's nothing surer, The rich get rich and the poor get children,
In the meantime, In between time, Ain't we got fun.
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Performer Links:
(webpage)
 
Listen to Perry Bechtel perform "Ain't We Got Fun" on the plectrum banjo (mp3)
 
Watch Dave Marty perform "Ain't We Got Fun" (youtube)
 
Watch C. C. Richelieu perform "Ain't We Got Fun" (youtube)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com