Biography:
Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith (August 14, 1909 – September 25, 1967), better known as Stuff Smith, was an American jazz violinist. He is well known for the song "If You're a Viper".
Smith was, along with Stéphane Grappelli, Svend Asmussen and Joe Venuti, one of jazz music's preeminent violinists of the swing era.
He was born in Portsmouth, Ohio in 1909 and studied violin with his father. Smith cited Louis Armstrong as his primary influence and inspiration to play jazz, and like Armstrong, was a vocalist as well as instrumentalist.
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# Neil Hopper ukulele version - found on youtube
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#G Em Am D
#Dream about a reefer five feet long
#G Em Am D
#It's mighty wide but not too strong
#G G7 C F9
#You'll be high but not for long
#G D G
#If you're a viper
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#G Em Am D
#I'm the king of everything
#G Em Am D
#Gotta be high before I can swing
#G G7 C F9
#Light a tee and let it be
#G D G
#If you're a viper
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#G7
#When your throat gets dry
#G7
#And you know you're high
#C
#And everything is dandy
#A7
#Truck on down to the candy store
#D
#And bust your top on peppermint candy
#G Em Am D
#I'm the king of everything
#G Em Am D
#Gotta be high before I can swing
#G G7 C F9
#Light a tee and let it be
#G D G D G
#If you're a viper
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