Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: G+G
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G
G MajorG C majorC D MajorD G+G
Verse 1:
G+G C majorC
When I was a lad of three-foot-three
D MajorD G+G
Certain questions occurred to me
G+G C majorC
So I asked me father quite seriously
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
To tell me the story 'bout the bird and bee
G+G C majorC
He stammered and he stuttered pathetically
D MajorD G+G
And this is what he said to me
Chorus:
G+G G+G
He said, "The woman piaba and the man piaba
G+G D MajorD
And the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass
G+G G+G G+G C majorC
The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm
D MajorD G minorGm
And the famous grandy scratch scratch
Verse 2:
G minorGm C minorCm
It was clear as mud but it covered the ground
D MajorD G+G
And the confusion made the brain go 'round
G+G C majorC
I went and ask a good friend of mine
D MajorD G+G
Known to the world as Albert Einstein
BB
He said "Son,
G+G C majorC
from the beginning of time and creativity
D MajorD G+G
There existed the force of relativity
G+G C majorC
Pi r square and a minus ten
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
is a routine only when
G+G C majorC
The solar system in one light year
D7D7 G+G
Make the Hayden planetarium disappear
G+G C majorC
So if Mt Everest doesn't move
D7D7 G+G
I am positive that it will prove
Chorus:
G+G G+G
That the woman piaba and the man piaba
G+G D MajorD
And the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass
G+G G+G G+G C majorC
The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm
D MajorD G minorGm
And the famous grandy scratch scratch
Verse 3:
G minorGm C majorC
It was clear as mud but it covered the ground
D MajorD G+G
And the confusion made the brain go 'round
G+G C majorC
I grabbed a boat and went abroad
D7D7 G+G
In Baden Baden asked Sigmund Freud
G+G C majorC
He said "Son, from your sad face remove the grouch
D MajorD G+G
Put the body down up on the couch
G+G C majorC
I can see from your frustration
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
a neurotic sublimation, Hey!
G+G C majorC
Love and hate is psychosomatic
D MajorD G+G
Your Rorsach shows that you're a peri pathetic
G+G C majorC
It all started with a broken sibling
D7D7 G+G
In the words of the famous Rudyard Kipling
Chorus:
G7G7 G7G7
He said, "The woman piaba and the man piaba
G+G D MajorD
And the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass
G+G G+G G+G C majorC
The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm
D MajorD G minorGm
And the famous grandy scratch scratch
Verse 4:
G+G C majorC
Well I traveled far and I traveled wide
D MajorD G+G
And I don't even have me self a bride
G+G C majorC
All the great men upon this earth
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Have confused me since my birth
G+G C majorC
I've been over land and been over sea
D MajorD G+G
Trying to find answer 'bout the bird and bee
G+G C majorC
But now that I am ninety three
D MajorD G+G
I don't give a damn you see
Chorus:
G+G G+G
If the woman piaba and the man piaba
G+G D MajorD
And the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass
G+G G+G G+G C majorC
The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm
D MajorD G+G
And the famous grandy scratch scratch