The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #18087   Message #177198
Posted By: Pinetop Slim
12-Feb-00 - 01:42 PM
Thread Name: MD TAB
Subject: RE: MD TAB
Title:Rooty-toot Toot for Moon
Tuning: Mudcat Ionian
Note: Was hoping to find an Iowa song for Ma-K and couldn't; this old chestnut is by Gregg Brown, an Iowa guy. Sorry I can't get the numbers to match up with the syllables. Maybe one of the HTML pros could tell how to make en or em spaces?

5,6,7,7,7,7,5,6,7,7,7,7
The whole kit and ca-boo-dle is in dis-re-pair
7,8,8,8,8,7,6,8
There's no-where to go that ain't here
9,9,9,9,8,7,9,9,9,9,9
Cap-tains and cuck-oos from here to Tim-buk-tu
7,7,7,7,7,6,5,7,7
They're count-ing their dough in the mir-ror
7,7,7,7,7,7,6,5,6-5-3
Yeah, they're count-in their dough in the mir--ror
CHORUS:
5,6,7,7,7,7,6,5,7
Sing-in' root-y toot toot for the moon
7,7,8,8,8,8,7,6,8
You're the big-gest star I ev-er seen
8,9,9,9,8,7,9,9,9,9
A pearl of wis-dom, a slice of green cheese
7,7,7,7,7,7,6,5,3
And you're burn-ing just like ker-o-sene
5,6,7,7,7,7,6-5-3
Yeah, you're burn-ing just like ker-o-se--ne
OTHER VERSES: I can't quite remember the next verse or two, but the last one goes something like this:
So God bless motorcycles
And far-out heavy trifles
You know you can't memorize zen
So put your hat on your nose and your socks on your toes
Try to help someone begin to begin
Help someone begin to begin