Gordon the Goat    (video)

 

    G - B7 - C - E     - G - D7 - G   - D

 

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1. Now, did you hear about Gordon the Goat ?

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    He once ate an overcoat,

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    a couple of sacks and a bale of hay,

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    some paper plates and cups that were thrown away.

 

     G                                               B7

So if you have a party, well, you know who to invite,

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to clear up all the rubbish with his appetite.

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Gordon the Goat will open his throat and scoff the lot.

 

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2. And once I heard about a time,

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    he ate the washing off the line,

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    and he was so hungry, so I heard tell,

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    he went and ate the washing line as well.

 

+  CHORUS

 

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3. Gordon the Goat could eat an armchair,

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    the cushions as well, if there were some to spare.

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    He could even eat a three piece suite

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    he never really seems to get enough to eat.

 

+  CHORUS

 

+  instrumental = verse 3 (whistling)           + CHORUS

 

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4. Now if he had the time, Gordon the Goat,

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    he could eat an aeroplane, he could eat a boat.

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    He could eat a house, he could eat a town,

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    a glass or two of lemonade would help to wash it down.

 

     G                                               B7

So if you have a party, well, you know who to invite,

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to clear up all the rubbish with his appetite.

   G                 E          A                D                         G   - D

Gordon the Goat will open his throat and scoff the lot.

 

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+  Gordon the Goat will open his throat and scoff the lot.

 

 

    (Ralph McTell)