Just Bummin' Around

Words & Music by Pete Graves
Recorded by Perry Como, 1953


  A      Em7  A7+5   D6   A7   A7+5  D6
I got an old slouch hat,

B7     Cdim        Em7    A7   Em7   A7
Got my roll on my shoul - der 

Em7    A7         Em7      Cdim      A7
I'm as free as a breeze and do as I please, 

Em7    A7     A7+5   D6     Cdim  A7
Just a bummin' a - round. 


 A    Em7  A7+5    D6     A7   A7+5  D6
Got a mil - lion friends,  

B7    Cdim     Em7   A7   Em7   A7
Don't feel any old - er 

Em7  A7           Em7     Cdim           A7
Got noth - in' to lose, not e - ven the blues, 

Em7     A7     A7+5   D6     D - Am7 - D7
Just a bummin'   a - round.


Bridge:

       G       Em7      G      Gdim       D           G   Gdim D  DM7  D7
When - ev - er worries start to botherin' me ( start botherin' me ) 

   E7  B7  E7  Cdim  E7   B7   E7  Cdim  A7      Em7 Cdim  A7
I grab my coat, my  old slouch hat,     hit the trail a - gain, 

AM7  A7
You see . . . 


   A    Em7 A7+5 D6     A7   A7+5  D6
I ain't got  a  dime, 

B7    Cdim           Em7  A7   Em7   A7
Don't care where I'm go - in' 

 Em7    A7        Em7      Cdim       A7
I'm as free as a breeze an' do as I please, 

Em7     A7    A7+5   D6     
Just a bummin' a - round.

*Suggested by frequent visitor Joe Burke.

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