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The nickel song - Melanie
Intro:  G   C   G   D  G  
GWell, you know that I'm not a gambler 
but I'm bCeing gambled on
They put in a niGckel and I sDing a little sGong
GDadnda dadnda dadnda da da
Dadnda dCadnda da da
They put in a niGckel and I sDing a little sGong
2.
Well I don¡¦t mind that they¡¦re lucky
But it seems they always win
And gambling is illegal in the state of mind I'm in
and if I had a nickel
For each time that I've been put on
I would be their nickel man and I sing a nickel song
Chrous
They¡¦re Conly puttiGng in a nickel
And they Dwant a dolGlar song, oh
They¡¦re Conly puttiGng in a nickel
And they Dwant a dolGlar song, yeah
3.
Well, I know I don't know so many things
But I know what's been going on
We only put in a little to get rid of a lot that's wrong
And if we had a nickel 
For each time that we've been put on 
We'd all be the nickel man and we sing a nickel song
Chorus
4.
Well, you know I'm not a gambler 
but I'm being gambled on
They put in a nickel and I sing a little song
Dadnda dadnda dadnda da da
Dadnda dadnda da da
Dadnda dadnda dadnda da da
repeat chorus ¡¥dadna dadna¡¦ and so on, and so on¡Kƒº

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Nickel Song

by Melanie

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The nickel song - Melanie

G C G D G

Intro:

Well, you know that I'm not a gambler

but I'm being gambled on

G D G

They put in a nickel and I sing a little song

Dadnda dadnda dadnda da da

Dadnda dadnda da da

G D G

They put in a nickel and I sing a little song

Well I don¡¦t mind that they¡¦re lucky

But it seems they always win

And gambling is illegal in the state of mind I'm in

and if I had a nickel

For each time that I've been put on

I would be their nickel man and I sing a nickel song

Chrous

C G

They¡¦re only putting in a nickel

D G

And they want a dollar song, oh

C G

They¡¦re only putting in a nickel

D G

And they want a dollar song, yeah

Well, I know I don't know so many things

But I know what's been going on

We only put in a little to get rid of a lot that's wrong

And if we had a nickel

For each time that we've been put on

We'd all be the nickel man and we sing a nickel song

Chorus

Well, you know I'm not a gambler

but I'm being gambled on

They put in a nickel and I sing a little song

Dadnda dadnda dadnda da da

Dadnda dadnda da da

Dadnda dadnda dadnda da da

repeat chorus ¡¥dadna dadna¡¦ and so on, and so on¡Kƒº

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