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Thread #48565 Message #2338823
Posted By: GUEST,Bill the sound
12-May-08 - 07:53 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Req: Funny Song Suggestions Required
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: GET UP AND GO (Pete Seeger)
GET UP AND GO
(Pete Seeger)
C G7
Old age is golden so I've heard said
C
But sometimes I wonder as I crawl into bed
F C
With my ears in a drawer my teeth in a cup
D7 G
My eyes on a table until I wake up
C F
As sleep dims me vision I say to myself
C
Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf
F C
But though nations are warring and business is vexed
G7 C
I'll still stick around to see what happens next.
Chorus
F C
How do I know my youth is all spent
G7 C
My get up and go has got up and went
F C
But in spite of it all I'm able to grin
G7 C
And think of the places my get up has been.
When I was young my slippers were red
I could kick my heels right over my head
When I was older my slippers were blue
But still I could dance the whole night through
Now I am older my slippers are black
I huff to the shops and puff my way back
But never you laugh I don't mind at all
I'd rather be huffing than not puff at all
Chorus
I get up each morning and dust off my wits
Open the paper and read the obits
If I'm not there I know I'm not dead
So I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed.
Chorus
I usually sing this if I think there is nobody older than me in the room.