Basketball Jones (1973)    (video)    (comic version)

 

 Em                                    D

Basketball Jones, I got a Basketball Jones,

           C                                             B7

got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oo-oo.

 

     Em                                           D

1.        Yes, I am the victim of a Basketball Jones.

                                  C

    ever since I was a little baby, I always be dribblin',

                                B7

    in fact, I was de baddest dribbler in the whole neighborhood.

 

   Em

2.        Then one day, my mama bought me a basketball,

D

    and I loved that basketball.

                      C

    I took that basketball with me everywhere I went,

             B7

    that basketball was like a basketball to me.

 

   Em

3.       I even put that basketball underneath my pillow,

D

    maybe that's why I can't sleep at night,

C

    I need help, ladies and gentlemens,

                B7

    I need someone to stand beside me. I need ...

 

                Em

4. I need someone to set a pick for me at the free-throw line of life,

D

    someone I can pass to,

                        C

    someone to hit the open man on the give-and-go,

                                        B7

    and not end up in the popcorn machine.

                                 

    So, cheerleaders, help me out !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Em                                    D

Basketball Jones, I got a Basketball Jones,

             C                                             B7

I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oo-oo.

 

+ C'mon Coach Booty, Red Blazer, sing along with me !

 

 Em                                    D

Basketball Jones, I got a Basketball Jones,

             C                                             B7

I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oo-oo.

 

+  I want everybody in the whole stadium to stand up and sing with us !

 

 Em                                    D

Basketball Jones, I got a Basketball Jones,

              C                                             B7

I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oo-oo.

 

+  All right, everybody watchin' coast-to-coast, sing along with us !

 

 Em                                    D

Basketball Jones, I got a Basketball Jones,

              C                                            B7

I got a Basketball Jones, oh baby, oo-oo.

 

              Em

4. Oh, it feels so good, gimme the ball,

                D

    I'll go one-on-one against the world, left-handed,

C

    I could stuff it from center court with my toes,

B7

    I could jump on top of the backboard....

 

                          Em

5. ....take off a quarter, leave fifteen cents change,

                 - D

    I could,          I could dribble behind my back,

                         C

    I got more moves than Ex-Lax, I'm bad,

                 B7

    I could dribble with my tongue.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                  Em

6. Here I go down court, try to stop me,

                                                                           D

    you can't stop me 'cause I got a Basketball Jones, here I come !

C

    That's my hook shot with my eyebrow,

B7

    yeah, I could dunk it with my nose I'm ....

 

    Em                    D

7.       I'm bad as King Kong, gimme the ball, I'm hot,

C                                            - B7

    I'm hot as..., I'm hot as...,           I'm hot as..., I’m hot as ...

 

 Em                                    D

Basketball Jones, I got a Basketball Jones,

             C                          B7

I got a Basketball Jones, Basketball Jones !

 

+  repeat CHORUS (2x) ...

 

(orig. = no capo; comic version = capo 1st)   (Cheech & Chong)