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Version 1What About Us:The Coasters. #47 on BB Hot 100 on ATCO in 1959. #1. B F#m A E He's got a house made of glass..got his own swimming pool..(what a gas!) E A We've got a one-room shack..five by six by the railroad track. CHORUS: Cm A Am Em E F#m Well, what about us..what about us?....don't wanna cause no E A fuss but what about us? #2. A E He's with a beautiful chick, every night of the week.. C E (pretty slick!) E Em E A We're two poor hung up souls, girls won't touch with a 10-foot pole. CHORUS: Eb A Am E What about us?..what about us?..don't wanna cause no fuss.. A but what about us? BRIDGE: D A F A He goes to eat at the Ritz..big steaks..(that's the breaks!) G D E Db E We eat hominy grits..from a bag..(what a drag!) #3. A E He's got a car made of suede, with a black leather top..(got it made!) E A F#m A If we go out on dates, we go in a box on roller skates. CHORUS: C A E What about us?..what about us?..don't wanna cause no fuss.. A but what about us? INTERLUDE: A E Em E B E A..A E Em E A BRIDGE: D A F A He goes to eat at the Ritz..big steaks..(that's the breaks!) D E Db E We eat hominy grits..from a bag..(what a drag!) #4. A E He's got a car made of suede, with a black leather top..(got it made!) E A F#m A If we go out on dates, we go in a box on roller skates. CHORUS: C A E What about us?..what about us?..don't wanna cause no fuss.. A but what about us? OUTRO: Am A E A What about us?..what about us?..but what about us?..what about us?..(Fade.) A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.