A ~ ~
A
1. John and Mitchie were gettin' kind of itchy,
just to leave the folk music
behind,
D
Zal and Denny workin' for a
penny
A
tryin' to get a fish on the
line.
E
In a coffee house Sebastian sat,
D
and after every number they'd
pass the hat,
A
McGuinn and McGuire just
a-gettin' higher
D
in
C A
and no one's gettin' fat
except Mama Cass.
A
2. Zally said, "Denny, you know there aren't many
who can sing a song the way
that you do, let's go south !"
D
Denny said, "Zally,
golly, don't you think that I wish
A
I could play guitar like you."
E
Zal, Denny and Sebastian sat
at the Night Owl,
D
and after every number they'd
pass the hat,
A
McGuinn and McGuire still
a-gettin higher
D
in
C A
and no one's gettin' fat
except Mama Cass.
A
3. When Cass was a sophomore, planned to go to Swarthmore,
but she changed her mind one
day,
D
standin' on the turnpike,
thumb out to hitchhike,
A
"Take me to
E
When Denny met Cass he gave
her love bumps,
D
called John and Zal and that
was the Mugwumps,
A
McGuinn and McGuire couldn't
get no higher
D
but that's what they were
aimin' at,
C A
and no one's gettin' fat
except Mama Cass.
A
4. Mugwumps, high jumps, slow slumps, big bumps,
don't you work as hard as you
play,
D
make up, break up, everything
is shake up,
A
guess it had to be that way.
E
Sebastian and Zal formed the
Spoonful,
D
Michelle, John, and Denny gettin' very tuneful,
A
McGuinn and McGuire just
a-catchin' fire
D
in
C A
and everybody's gettin' fat
except Mama Cass.
+ repeat verse 4 as instrumental
A
5. Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can't be trusted,
and Mitchie wants to go to the
sea,
D
Cass can't make it, she says
we'll have to fake it,
A
we knew she'd come eventually.
E
Greasin' on American Express
cards,
D
tent's low rent, but keeping
out the heat's hard.
A
Duffy's good vibrations and
our imaginations
D
can't go on indefinitely,
C A
and
+ D - C - A
- D - C - A
(orig. = capo 2nd; midi = no capo) (Mamas &
Papas)