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Thread #46355 Message #1306286
Posted By: Joe Offer
24-Oct-04 - 11:59 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Square Song (Homer & Jethro)
Subject: Lyr Add: The Square Song Homer & Jethro
Gene hasn't posted as much as he used to, but he's always watching. Here's what he sent me:
HI JOE
I stumbled across this old post and IT IS AWFUL... I MUSTA BEEN ILL THAT WEEK...ha ha ha
chords missing...incomplete...!! etc and it AINT A 2 CHORD SONG AFTER ALL
hoping you can erase it and ADD THE REVISED VERSION
Note. if played in KEY of D: chords are 1/2-7/5 = D/E7/A
THE SQUARE SONG Recorded by: Homer & Jethro
[1] All my kids are tellin' me Like, daddy you're a square How come you don't dig rock & roll And [5] boys with stringy [1] hair
They [1] bring the strangest records home They play 'em night and day I've had a LOVIN' SPOONFUL Of this [5] music that they [1] play
1ST BRIDGE: One [5] group is called the ANIMALS And one is called the GOONS And upon my word one group I heard Was [2-7] called the ELECTRIC [5] PRUNES
There's [1] BEATLES, BYRDS, and TURTLES And I'd really like to know Do they make records in the zoo Or [5] in the studi-[1]-o?
Now [1] I ain't runnin' music down But friends, it seems to me That it's about as run down As it's [5] ever gonna [1] be
I [1] wonder will it ever be The way it was before Will plain old people Ever make a [5] record any-[1]-more
2ND BRIDGE: There's [5] ROLLING STONES and CRITTERS The SHADOWS and the SEEDS DETERGENTS and the BRASS RINGS The [2-7] SPYDERS and the [5] WEEDS
And [1] now my kids are tellin' me The MONKEES are the rage I wonder if the MONKEES make Their [5] records in a [1] cage
Bridge turn around
But [1] now I've changed my attitude At last, I've seen the light I listen to this crazy music [5] Mornin', noon and [1] night
I [1] bought my dog a guitar Bought my cat a drum and snare Now if they'll learn to sing I'll [5] be a million-[1]-aire.