A 	  	  	  	 
I've got a real important job in a large office buildin'
 	  	           E
Ridin' people in an elevator

A
I drive a '57 Chevrolet With busted tail lights
                                 E
Burned out valves and a leaky radiator

D
I wear a twenty dollar suit 
 	  	    A
I bought from J.C. Penney's
A          G#m  F#m
Back in 19 6     2

               B
But I've got somethin' to brag about
B7
Somethin' to brag about
B                           A
Somethin' to brag about in you

(T.W.)
D
I'm a short-order cook at an all night cafe
 	  	  	  A
Down on 18th avenue and 12th street
D
I wear a swingin' mini dress that I made for myself
 	  	  	  	     A
From mama's kitchen curtains and old bed sheets
G
I've got 17 pages
             A
Of Top Value stamps
A             A  F#m  E7
And one old pair of shoes
                   E
But I've got somethin' to brag about
E7
Somethin' to brag about
E                           D
Somethin' to brag about in you
G                        
When you're with the fellas, I know you start braggin' 'bout
D
My hour glass figure and my big brown eyes

(G.J.)
G
You tell your girlfriends 'bout my sweet, sweet lovin'
A7                          A7                       D
And that's one better that money can't buy

(both)
G
So let's get married in the not-to-distant future 
  	  	  	  	 D
We'll rent a little flat on 29th street
G
You know we'll hang our washin' on the clothes line from the window
 	  	  	  	  	      D
We'll feast on corn bread, butter beans and lunch meat
C
We won't have a thermostat
    G
A big long Cadillac
                  G    F#      E
But we'll have a love that's true

(G.J.)
A
I’ll have, somethin' to brag about
(T.W.)
A7
Yeah and I'll have, somethin' to brag about
(both)
A                               G              A          G
Yeah, somthin' to brag about in you.