I Got Mine Chords & Lyrics - Ry Cooder

[C]And I went down to a big crap game,
'T was [F]certainly against my [C]will.
I lost every doggone nickel I had
But a [G]greenback dollar bill.
[C]Forty dollar that laid on the floor
My [F] buddy's point was [C]nine
Well, the [(F]police they come in there
And [Am]caught all of 'em
But [C]I [G]got [C]mine.

I got mine, let me tell ya
[F]I got [C]mine.
I grabbed that money
Out the back door [G]I went flying
Well, [C] ever since the big crap game
I've been [F] livin' on chicken and [C]wine.
I'm the [F]leader of so[Am]ciety
Since [C]I [G]got [C]mine.

I know a barber shop
It's a way cross town
Down on Norfolk street
It's the only place on a Saturday night
That us gamblers gets to meet
Some comes for a haircut
And others come for a scrap
And when you see me and my buddies up there, man
We means to shoot some crap

Hollering: "Seven, eleven, won't you come, come, come!!!
If you don't seven, eleven them
You're done, done, done"
If I see the police before he sees me
I'm gonna run, run, run
I'm the leader of society
Since I got mine

Well, I went down to my best girl's house
The hour was just about nine
I wasn't dressed up like Henry Ford
But I was feeling just as fine
I caught her sitting on another man's knee
And I didn't like that sign
Well, I told them what I thought about it, boys
And I got mine

I got mine, I got mine
I grabbed my hat and through the window
I went flying
I ran as fast as I could run
But I didn't get there in time
Because the rascal grabbed a shotgun, Lord
And I got mine