Chords for Fats Waller - You're A Viper (The Reefer Song)
Tempo:
154.25 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Am
Dm
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
Hey cats, it's four o'clock in the morning.
I just left the VDS studios here.
We are in Harlem
[Am] Everybody's here, but the police and they'll be here any minute.
It's high time.
So catch the song it is
[G] Say [C] [Am]
[G] [C] I dreamed about a reef of [Dm] five feet [G] long [C] [Am] a
Mighty man, [G] but not too strong
[Gm] [C] You'll be high [Dm] but not for [D] long
[G]
[C] [G] If [C] you're a viper
[G]
[C] [A#m] I'm the [F] king of [G] everything
[C] I got to go got to go got to [G] go got to be high before I swing
[E]
Let the bells ring [Dm] ding dong [D]
ding
[G] if [C] you're a viper
Say you know you're [F#m] high
[Gm] When you're through [F] get dry
Mmm everything's dandy
[C] [D] [F#] Oh
Yes, you run down to the candy [G] store
Bust your cock on peppermint candy
[Am] Then you know your little [G] brown body's saying
[C] You don't give a darn [Dm] if you don't [G] play rap [C] cuz the sky is high
[Fm] So I yes, [G] yes
[C]
[G] Yes, I vibe a bit.
[C] Well, I'm a pipe a bit on 88 now.
[Am] [Dm]
[G] [C] [B]
[G] Oh
Stop it darling.
[Gm] I didn't know you care
[C] [F] That's
[Fm] enough now.
Wait a [C] minute.
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
[G] Let me [C] dream now
[Am] [G] [F]
[C] [Am] [C] [F] That's a [G] killer [C] Yes, baby
[Am] Better next out on the [Dm] sidelines that my [G] wife's in here tonight
[Gm]
She don't vibe either, you know [F] get away
[C] [G]
[C] [F#] Say [Gm]
you know you're high yes, I know I'm [C] high
[F] Cuz everything is [C] [Dm] fine
Yes
[F#] gone down to the candy store
[Dm]
Get me [C] regular those from peppermint candy.
I love it.
I love [F] it
I love it.
Yes, baby, [G] but my body's saying [C]
I [D#m] would about no [G] rent get away from me you heart.
Hey, yeah
[C] Hi,
[Fm] I'm a laid-out relax.
Oh,
Hey cats, it's four o'clock in the morning.
I just left the VDS studios here.
We are in Harlem
[Am] Everybody's here, but the police and they'll be here any minute.
It's high time.
So catch the song it is
[G] Say [C] [Am]
[G] [C] I dreamed about a reef of [Dm] five feet [G] long [C] [Am] a
Mighty man, [G] but not too strong
[Gm] [C] You'll be high [Dm] but not for [D] long
[G]
[C] [G] If [C] you're a viper
[G]
[C] [A#m] I'm the [F] king of [G] everything
[C] I got to go got to go got to [G] go got to be high before I swing
[E]
Let the bells ring [Dm] ding dong [D]
ding
[G] if [C] you're a viper
Say you know you're [F#m] high
[Gm] When you're through [F] get dry
Mmm everything's dandy
[C] [D] [F#] Oh
Yes, you run down to the candy [G] store
Bust your cock on peppermint candy
[Am] Then you know your little [G] brown body's saying
[C] You don't give a darn [Dm] if you don't [G] play rap [C] cuz the sky is high
[Fm] So I yes, [G] yes
[C]
[G] Yes, I vibe a bit.
[C] Well, I'm a pipe a bit on 88 now.
[Am] [Dm]
[G] [C] [B]
[G] Oh
Stop it darling.
[Gm] I didn't know you care
[C] [F] That's
[Fm] enough now.
Wait a [C] minute.
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
[G] Let me [C] dream now
[Am] [G] [F]
[C] [Am] [C] [F] That's a [G] killer [C] Yes, baby
[Am] Better next out on the [Dm] sidelines that my [G] wife's in here tonight
[Gm]
She don't vibe either, you know [F] get away
[C] [G]
[C] [F#] Say [Gm]
you know you're high yes, I know I'm [C] high
[F] Cuz everything is [C] [Dm] fine
Yes
[F#] gone down to the candy store
[Dm]
Get me [C] regular those from peppermint candy.
I love it.
I love [F] it
I love it.
Yes, baby, [G] but my body's saying [C]
I [D#m] would about no [G] rent get away from me you heart.
Hey, yeah
[C] Hi,
[Fm] I'm a laid-out relax.
Oh,
Key:
C
G
Am
Dm
F
C
G
Am
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Hey cats, it's four o'clock in the morning.
I just left the VDS studios here.
We are in Harlem
_ _ [Am] Everybody's here, but the police and they'll be here any minute.
It's high time.
So catch the song it _ is _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ Say [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] I dreamed about a reef of [Dm] five feet [G] long _ [C] [Am] a
Mighty man, [G] but not too strong
_ [Gm] _ [C] You'll be high [Dm] but not for [D] long
_ [G] _ _
[C] [G] If [C] you're a viper
_ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [A#m] I'm the [F] king of _ [G] everything
[C] I got to go got to go got to [G] go got to be high before I swing
[E] _
Let the bells ring [Dm] ding dong [D]
ding
_ [G] if _ _ [C] you're a viper
_ Say you know you're [F#m] high
_ [Gm] When you're through [F] get dry
_ _ Mmm everything's dandy
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#] Oh
Yes, you run down to the candy _ [G] store
_ Bust your cock on peppermint candy
_ [Am] Then you know your little [G] brown body's saying
[C] You don't give a darn [Dm] if you don't [G] play rap [C] cuz the sky is high
[Fm] So I yes, _ [G] yes
_ [C]
[G] Yes, I vibe a bit.
[C] Well, I'm a pipe a bit on 88 now.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [G] _ _ _ Oh
Stop it darling.
[Gm] I didn't know you care
[C] _ _ [F] That's _
_ [Fm] enough now.
Wait a [C] minute.
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
[G] Let me [C] dream now
[Am] _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _
[C] _ [Am] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] That's a [G] killer _ [C] Yes, baby
[Am] Better next out on the [Dm] sidelines that my [G] wife's in here tonight
_ [Gm]
She don't vibe either, you know [F] get away _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F#] Say [Gm]
you know you're high yes, I know I'm [C] high
_ [F] _ _ Cuz everything is [C] [Dm] fine
_ _ Yes _
_ [F#] _ gone down to the candy _ store
_ [Dm] _ _
Get me [C] regular those from _ peppermint candy.
_ I love it.
I love [F] it
I love it.
Yes, baby, [G] but my body's saying [C] _
I [D#m] would about no [G] rent get away from me you heart.
Hey, _ yeah
[C] _ _ Hi, _
[Fm] I'm a _ laid-out relax.
Oh,
_ _ Hey cats, it's four o'clock in the morning.
I just left the VDS studios here.
We are in Harlem
_ _ [Am] Everybody's here, but the police and they'll be here any minute.
It's high time.
So catch the song it _ is _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ Say [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] I dreamed about a reef of [Dm] five feet [G] long _ [C] [Am] a
Mighty man, [G] but not too strong
_ [Gm] _ [C] You'll be high [Dm] but not for [D] long
_ [G] _ _
[C] [G] If [C] you're a viper
_ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [A#m] I'm the [F] king of _ [G] everything
[C] I got to go got to go got to [G] go got to be high before I swing
[E] _
Let the bells ring [Dm] ding dong [D]
ding
_ [G] if _ _ [C] you're a viper
_ Say you know you're [F#m] high
_ [Gm] When you're through [F] get dry
_ _ Mmm everything's dandy
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#] Oh
Yes, you run down to the candy _ [G] store
_ Bust your cock on peppermint candy
_ [Am] Then you know your little [G] brown body's saying
[C] You don't give a darn [Dm] if you don't [G] play rap [C] cuz the sky is high
[Fm] So I yes, _ [G] yes
_ [C]
[G] Yes, I vibe a bit.
[C] Well, I'm a pipe a bit on 88 now.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [B] _
_ [G] _ _ _ Oh
Stop it darling.
[Gm] I didn't know you care
[C] _ _ [F] That's _
_ [Fm] enough now.
Wait a [C] minute.
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
[G] Let me [C] dream now
[Am] _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _
[C] _ [Am] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] That's a [G] killer _ [C] Yes, baby
[Am] Better next out on the [Dm] sidelines that my [G] wife's in here tonight
_ [Gm]
She don't vibe either, you know [F] get away _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F#] Say [Gm]
you know you're high yes, I know I'm [C] high
_ [F] _ _ Cuz everything is [C] [Dm] fine
_ _ Yes _
_ [F#] _ gone down to the candy _ store
_ [Dm] _ _
Get me [C] regular those from _ peppermint candy.
_ I love it.
I love [F] it
I love it.
Yes, baby, [G] but my body's saying [C] _
I [D#m] would about no [G] rent get away from me you heart.
Hey, _ yeah
[C] _ _ Hi, _
[Fm] I'm a _ laid-out relax.
Oh,