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Also playable with a capo on 4th fret 
E A E A E B E
EWhat insurance has the poor man got, Awith the furniture Eman?
EIf he's got no dough, he's got no show
B7Right back there the wagon gonna stand
EHe'll take everything that you possess
From a Abed-tick to a frying panE  
AIf there ever was a devil born witEhout horns
It mB7ust have been a fEurniture man
ESo take your time, Mister Brown, take your time
All o' this furniture am B7mine
EWell this piano and everything
Mister ACooper had it written down in my naEme
                          E                 B7      E(  A) E  
So take your time, Mister Brown, take your time
ENow Sallasa Boose, as everybody knows,
She's the sAwellest coon iEn town
EShe give up all last Friday night
Invited B7all the coons around
EThe coons come in, chock full o' gin
They tAried to race aEround
There's noAbody home but SallasEa Boose
And tB7hese are the words she sEaid
ESo take your time, Mister Brown, take your time
All o' this furniture am B7mine
EWell this piano and everything
Mister ACooper had it written down in my naEme
                          E                 B7     E(  A) E  
So take your time, Mister Brown, take your time
ENow the furniture man come to my house
I told him Athat my wife was Esick
EHe looked all around, rummaged through the house
He even B7down-turned up the bed-tick
EHe went in the kitchen, he looked on the stove
He gArabbed a frying Epan
AIf there ever was devil born witEhout horns
It must have B7been a furniture Eman
ESo take your time, Mister Brown, take your time
All o' this furniture am B7mine
EWell this piano and everything
Mister ACooper had it written down in my naEme
                          E                 B7     E(  A) E  
So take your time, Mister Brown, take your time

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Furniture Man

by Hokum High Rollers

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Also playable with a capo on 4th fret

E A E A E B E

E A E

What insurance has the poor man got, with the furniture man?

If he's got no dough, he's got no show

Right back there the wagon gonna stand

He'll take everything that you possess

A E

From a bed-tick to a frying pan

A E

If there ever was a devil born without horns

B7 E

It must have been a furniture man

So take your time, Mister Brown, take your time

All o' this furniture am mine

Well this piano and everything

A E

Mister Cooper had it written down in my name

E B7 E A E

( )

So take your time, Mister Brown, take your time

Now Sallasa Boose, as everybody knows,

A E

She's the swellest coon in town

She give up all last Friday night

Invited all the coons around

The coons come in, chock full o' gin

A E

They tried to race around

A E

There's nobody home but Sallasa Boose

B7 E

And these are the words she said

So take your time, Mister Brown, take your time

All o' this furniture am mine

Well this piano and everything

A E

Mister Cooper had it written down in my name

E B7 E A E

( )

So take your time, Mister Brown, take your time

Now the furniture man come to my house

A E

I told him that my wife was sick

He looked all around, rummaged through the house

He even down-turned up the bed-tick

He went in the kitchen, he looked on the stove

A E

He grabbed a frying pan

A E

If there ever was devil born without horns

B7 E

It must have been a furniture man

So take your time, Mister Brown, take your time

All o' this furniture am mine

Well this piano and everything

A E

Mister Cooper had it written down in my name

E B7 E A E

( )

So take your time, Mister Brown, take your time

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