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[Verse 1]
Cm
Well I'm known near and far

As the cousin to the czar
          Ab      B       C      Cm
I'm the Duke, Duke of Dubuque

[Verse 2]
                  C
It's well understood
            Cm         Cm        C        Cm
That my credit is no good (no good, no good)
                     Fm
I'm the Duke of Dubuque


[Chorus]
Fm
And if you don't believe me and tell me it ain't true
Cm
I've only got one answer
                  G
That answer's' "botsch" to you!

Cm                                             C
For now, au revoir,I must write the dear old czar
           G            C
I'm the Duke of Dubuque


[Verse 3]
                                      Db
I'm descended from the Romanovs in Russia
Cm                               Ab
In the books my father was the czar of Prussia
Bm
But he sailed away one day

To the state of Iowa
                                 Cm
That's how you'll find me in the USA


[Verse 4]
                              Ab
I'm the crackers, I'm the cheese
C                            Ab
Yeah call them Oak hounds, if you please

'Cause I'm the Duke
                        Cm     Ab D
Yes, I'm the Duke of Dubuque


[Verse 5]
Cm
Yeah I'm wrackin'
Ab
Wrackin' my brains baby
Cm            Ab
So give me, give me some of that gravy
Cm
'Cause I'm the Duke
Ab                       Cm     Ab  Dm
I said I'm the Duke of Dubuque


[Chorus]
Dm          Bm                   Fm
And if you don't believe me and tell me it ain't true
Cm
I've only got one answer
Bm                    Am
That answer's nuts to you!

                    Bm                       A
For now, fun to do, can you spare a buck or two?
F                            Fm
I'm the Duke, Duke of Dubuque


[Verse 6]
C
He's the Duke, Duke of Dubuque
           Dm      Gbm
He's the Duke, Duke of Dubuque

 (He is the Duke of Dubuque)
C              F         E      Dm
Yes, I'm the Duke, the Duke of Dubuque

Doo dat doo dat doo dat Dubuque


[Outro]
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