Chords for If You're So Smart, How Come You Ain't Rich? by Louis Jordan on Decca 78 rpm record.

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[A] _ [Am] _ _ [Ab] _ [Gb] _ [G] You bragging all about the things you can do, _ every [F] time you make [B] a pitch.
[E] _ [Db] If you're so [A] smart, _ _ [C] how [D] come you [G] ain't rich?
[Ab] _ [G] You claim to have picked every heart that won, cause you know [Cm] just which is [E] which.
_ _ [A] Yes, if you're so smart, _ [C] tell me how [D] come you [G] ain't rich?
_ [Fm] _ [Em] _ [G] Henry built a Ford and made his pile, _ Woolworth used his [C] five and ten.
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Rockefeller's wealth came from standard oil, [Am] _ and Waterman's came from [D] a pen.
_ _ [G] You [Db] claim it all [G] came from [Am] consulting you, [G] _ _ isn't [Dm] that a brand new [E] switch?
_ _ [A] If you're so smart, _ [C] _ how [D] come you [G] ain't rich?
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_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] Mention work, and you [C] go for search, [G] cause you hate [Cm] to do [B] a [E] snitch.
_ [A] If you're so smart, _ _ [Am] _ [D] how come you [G] ain't rich?
[Ab] _ [G] You out for a ride on the road to fame, _ yet you [Dm] wind up in a [E] ditch.
_ _ [A] If _ you're so smart, _ [C] tell me [D] how come [G] you ain't rich?
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Hershey started with a chocolate bar, [G] _ _
Wrigley with a stick [C] of gum.
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Planters took his [Db] peanuts and traveled far, now [Am] tell me, what you doing [D] chum?
_ _ _ [G] I've been hearing all about all your big ideas, [Em] since [B] you started.
[E] What's the hitch?
_ _ [C] You ain't never [Cm] made ten dollars yet, still [Bm] you say you can balance the [Ab] national debt.
_ [A] If you're so smart, _ how come [G] you ain't rich?
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