Eddie Cochran - Cut Across Shorty

cut across , shorty : eddie cochran .
recorded in 1959 .

#1 .
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now a country boy called shorty and A
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city boy named dan ,
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had to prove who could run the fastest
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to win miss lucy’s hand .
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now dan had all the money and he also

had the looks .
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but shorty must have had something , boys ,
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that can’t be found in books .

chorus :
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well , ’cut across shorty , shorty , cut across . ’
C
that’s what miss lucy said .
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’cut across shorty , shorty , cut across . .
G7 C
it’s you i wanna wed .

#2 .
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now , dan had been in training , a week before

the race .
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he made up his mind ol’ shorty , would end
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in second place .
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and dan with his long legs A – flyin’ left
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shorty far behind .
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and shorty heard him holler out . .
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’miss lucy , you’ll soon be mine!’

chorus :
F
well , ’cut across shorty , shorty , cut across . ’
C
that’s what miss lucy said .
F
’cut across shorty , shorty , cut across . .
G7 C
it’s you i wanna wed .

#3 .
C F
but shorty wasn’t worried , there was a smile

upon his face .
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he knew that he was A – goin’ to win ,
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cause lucy had fixed the race .
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and just like that old story , about the turtle

and the hare .
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when dan crossed over the finish line ,
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he found shorty waiting there .

chorus :
F
well , ’cut across shorty , shorty , cut across . ’
C
that’s what miss lucy said .
F
’cut across shorty , shorty , cut across . .
G7 C
it’s you i wanna wed . . .

outro :
G7 C G7 C
it’s you i wanna wed . . it’s you i wanna wed . ( fade . )

a fifties smash from kraziekhat .