Lyr Add: The Square Song (Homer & Jethro)

Subject: Lyr Add: THE SQUARE SONG (from Homer & Jethro)
From: Gene
Date: 10 Apr 02 - 01:54 PM

Another 2-chord song by the Masters of Madness.

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 boys with stringy hair
They bring the strangest records home
They play 'em night and day
I've had a Lovin' Spoonful
Of this music that they play

[5] One group is called the Animals
And one is called the Goons
And upon my word one group I heard
Was called the Electric Prunes
[1] There's Beatles, Byrds, and Turtles
And I'd really like to know
Do they make records in the zoo
Or in the studio?

[1] Now I ain't runnin' music down
But friends, it seems to me
That it's about as run down
As it's ever gonna be
I wonder will it ever be
The way it was before
Will plain old people
Ever make a record anymore

[5] There's Rolling Stones and Critters
The Shadows and the Seeds
Detergents and the Brass Rings
The Spyders and the Weeds
[1] And now my kids are tellin' me
The Monkees are the rage
I wonder if the Monkees make
Their records in a cage

[5] Bridge turn around

[1] But now I've changed my attitude
At last, I've seen the light
I listen to this crazy music
Mornin', noon and night
I bought my dog a guitar
Bought my cat a drum and snare
Now if they'll learn to sing
I'll be a millionaire.

Subject: Lyr Add: The Square Song Homer & Jethro
From: Joe Offer
Date: 24 Oct 04 - 11:59 PM

Gene hasn't posted as much as he used to, but he's always watching. Here's what he sent me:

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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

a real CATCHY TUNE..

THANKS
GENE

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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.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: The Square Song Homer & Jethro
From: GUEST,Arkie
Date: 25 Oct 04 - 09:54 AM

I had not heard this. Now I'll have to find it. Thanks Gene & Joe.