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# Disclaimer: This represents my own intrpretation of Dan's
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Jukie's Ball
Dan Hicks

[INTRO]
(sung)
Now its time for a special treat
Hold on to your hats, hold on to your seat 
A Helluva cat with a solid beat
It's not the way he says it, it's what he said
But what can you say with a wooden head?
Whether the time is cloudy or the time is sunny,
its always time for Jimmmy..the Talkin D-D-D-Dummy

(dan, spoken)
"Yes friends it is time once again for Jimmy the Talkin Dummy (yay)
Isnt this a pleasent surprise?
'Jimmy the Talking Dummy', why that's quite a handle for
such a deserving little fella, too..
Why, when Jimmy hears the girls start singin his theme song, he starts
kickin inside his little suitcase there, and cant wait to get out and
start flappin his tongue..."

"He's got stories and songs and.. haha.. quite a little wit too.
Well, Jimmy, here you are this your big chance, your record debut
The entire nation is waiting to cling to your every word,
what 'say Jimmy?"

(dummy voice)
"This is an opportunity, isn't it?"

(dan)
"You said it, Jimmy?"

(everyone)

"YAAAAAY!!!"


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Note:
As you remember from reading the article on Dan in "Acoustic Musicican",
he plays non-barred, open jazz chords. Based on that, this represents my
own intrpretation (apologies to Dan) 


        D7      G7   G13  (3rd position) 
 
E ------x-------x----x------  
B ------3-------3----5------
G ------5-------4----4------
D ------4-------3----3------
A ------5-------x----x------
E ------x-------3----3------ 

The guitar intro starts in the ninth postion, using the basic 
shapes shown above. anyway, this works for me..
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Intro:


      [9th]   [8th]    [6th]
     Ab7 Db7  G7  C7   F7  Bb7  

      [8th]   [7th]    [5th]
     G7  C7   Gb7 B7   E7  A7 

      [7th]   [6th]    [4th]
     Gb7 B7   F7  Bb7  Eb7 Ab7 

      [6th]   [5th]    [3rd]
     F7  Bb7  E7  A7   D7  G7 


     Cm                                          G7 
I remember the night when the Jukies were havin a ball 
(boodly-bop,what a ball)
     Cm                                           G7 
Ev'ry hipster in town and brother was there with a doll
(boodly-bop,what a doll)
     Cm                                           G7 
and Billy the Bootblack was leading the band on that night
(boodly-bop,what a night)

    Cm                               G7 
into its 99th chorus with no end in sight (boodly-bop, outta sight) 

     Ab7      G7       Ab7        G7             G13 
and Harry the Alto was drivin' em mad with his sound
(boodly-bop, what a sound)

     Cm                                           G7 
not to mention the drinks and the things that were being passed around
(boodly-bop, round and round)

     Cm                                           G7 
The occasion was one which would not be repeated again
(boodly-bop, not again)
     Cm                                           G7 
For one certain hipster the party came to be the end
(boodly-bop, it was the end)

CHORUS
         Ab7        Db7  G7 C7   F7                  Bb7  
And the joint kept jumpin as the jukies were havin a ball
         G7         C7   Gb7 B7              E7           A7 
and when the Juke Joint's jumping there aint no sanity at all
          Gb7       B7   F7 Bb7   Eb7             Ab7 
They kept on jitterbuggin' As the crowd came to a roar
          F7        Bb7    E7  A7     D7              G7 
They did not even  notice There was a dead man on the floor

Now Jackson the gun had to show up late that fateful night
(boodly-bop, what night?)
'Bout the time Eagle Johnson was well on his was gettin' tight
(boodly-bop, real uptight)
And Jackson and Johnson were known to be quite out of sorts
(boodly-bop, outta sorts)
And occasion'ly fought when they met according to reports
(boodly-bop, what reports)

As Jackson the gun entered who did he have on his arm?
(boodly-bop, what arm?)
None other than Lily, the girl who known Eagle's charms
(boodly-bop, and his charms)
It would never have reached Jackson's mind to become so undone
(boodly-bop, so undone)
But apparently Johnson got a little too free with his toungue
(boodly-bop, what a toungue!)

(CHORUS)

Not even the Bootblack is sure what is was that was said
It was mostly in jive but seemed to leave one hipster dead

As Harry the Alto was in chorus Three hundred ten
(boodly-bop, three hundred ten)
Jackson was makin sure Johnson was nearin the end
(boodly-bop, it was the end)
 
(CHORUS)

"nice...."