House of bamboo(Chords)

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Number fifty-four, 
 
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The house with the bamboo door, 
 
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Bamboo roof and bamboo walls, 
 
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They've even got a bamboo floor! 
 
 
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You must get to know        Soho Joe, 
 
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He runs an Expresso, 
 
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Called the House of Bamboo. 
 
 
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It's-a made of sticks. 
 
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Sticks and bricks, 
 
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But you can get your kicks 
 
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In the house of bamboo. 
 
 
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In this ca - si - no, you can drink a chi no, 
 
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And it's gotcha swingin' to the cha cha 
 
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Dance the bo - le - ro in  a som - bre - ro. 
 
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Shake    like a snake! 
 
 
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You wanna drop in when the cats are hop - pin'. 
 
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Let your two feet move-a to the big beat; 
 
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Pick yourself a kit - ten and listen to a plat - ter  
 
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That rocks    the juke-box! 
 
 
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I'm-a telling you,         when you're blue, 
 
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Well there's a lot to do 
 
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In the House Of Bamboo. 
 

	        

Written by William Crompton/Norman Murrells