Standard (EADGBE)

3x

 The gypsy woman told my mother,

 before I was born

 I got a boy child's comin',

 he's gonna be a son of a gun

 He gonna make pretty women's,

 jump and shout

 Then the world wanna know,

what this all about

 But you know I'm him,

everybody knows I'm him

 Well you know I'm the hoochie coochie man,;

everybody knows I'm him

 I got a black cat bone,

 I got a mojo too

 I got the Johnny Concheroo,

 I'm gonna mess with you

 I'm gonna make you girls,

 lead me by my hand

 Then the world will know,

 the hoochie coochie man

 But you know I'm him,

everybody knows I'm him

 Well you know I'm the hoochie coochie man,;

everybody knows I'm him

 On the seventh hours,

 on the seventh day

 On the seventh month,

 the seven doctors say

 He was born for good luck,

 and that you'll see

 I got seven hundred dollars,

don't you mess with me

 But you know I'm him,

everybody knows I'm him

 Well you know I'm the hoochie coochie man,;

everybody knows I'm him