Tom: Ab Ab Ab You pick him up, you lick him down Him bounce right back What a hard man fe dead! (Hard man fe dead!) You pick him up, you lick him down Him bounce right back Eb What a hard man fe dead! (Hard man fe dead!) Ab Them seh, the cat's got a nine life Db But this man got ninety-nine life, cause... Ab Them pick him up, you lick him down Eb Him bounce right back Ab What a hard man fe dead! (Hard man fe dead!) Db Them boil one pot of chocolate tea Ab And all the fried fish they caught in the sea Db They also got six quart o' rum Eb Saying that they waiting for the nine night to come Ab The last time I heard them say That this man was dead (this man was dead) They find him black eyes Eb And them lay it all upon his head (the man was dead) Ab Now the procession leads to the cemetery Db The man holla out, Don't you bury me Ab You pick him up, you lick him down Eb Him bounce right back Ab What a hard man fe dead! (Hard man fe dead, ... hard man fe dead) [Instrumental Interlude] Ab Eb Ab Db Ab Eb Ab Db Them boil one cup of chocolate tea Ab And all the fried fish they caught in the sea Db They aso got six quart o' rum Eb Saying that they waiting for the nine night to come Ab The last time I heard them say That this man was dead (this man was dead) They find him black eyes Eb And them lay it all upon his head ('pon his head) Ab You should see them goin' to the cemetery Db The old man holla out, Don't you bury me? Ab Them drop the box and run Eb What a whole lot o' fun! Ab What a hard man fe dead! (hard man fe dead) You pick him up, you lick him down Eb Him bounce right back Ab What a hard man fe dead! (Hard man fe dead!) You pick him up, you lick him down Eb Him bounce right back Ab I am a hard man fe dead! (Hard man fe dead! ... Hard man fe dead!)