Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
C majorC
Hmmmmm... hmmmmm... hmmmmm
N.C.
Ready pop? Yep
Ready son? Uh-huh
Let's go! Let's go!
One! two!
Verse:
C majorC G+G
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, get your adverbs here
Bb majorBb FF
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, got some adverbs here
AbAb Eb MajorEb
Come on down to Lolly's, get the adverbs here!
G+G
You're going to need
Fadd9Fadd9
If you write or read
E minorEm G7sus2
Or even think about it
Chorus:
C majorC G+G
Lolly Lolly Lolly, get your adverbs here
Bb majorBb FF
Got a lot of lolly, jolly adverbs here
AbAb Eb MajorEb Adim7Adim7
Anything you need and we can make it absolutely clear
Verse:
Ebdim7Ebdim7 G minorGm
An adverb is a word
Gdim7Gdim7
(That's all it is! and there's a lot of them)
F minorFm
That modifies a verb
(Sometimes a verb and sometimes)
AbAb Eb MajorEb Abmaj7Abmaj7
It modifies an adjective, or else another adverb
Dm7Dm7 G7sus4G7sus4 G7G7
And so you see that it's positively, very, very, necessary
Chorus:
C majorC G+G
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, get your adverbs here
Bb majorBb FF
Father, son, and Lolly selling adverbs here
AbAb Eb MajorEb
Got a lot of adverbs, and we make it clear
So come to...
Bb7Bb7 Eb MajorEb
Lolly! (Lolly, Lolly, Lolly) x7
Bb7Bb7 G7sus4G7sus4
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly get your adverb
Interlude: (reduced volume)
Eb MajorEb
Hello, folks, this is Lolly, Sr.,
Bb majorBb
saying we have every adverb in the book,
Eb MajorEb
so come on down and look
F minorFm Bb majorBb
Hello folks, Lolly, it's Lolly Jr. here.
Eb MajorEb
Suppose your house needs painting.
F minorFm Bb majorBb
How are you going to paint it?
Eb MajorEb
That's where the adverb comes in.
F minorFm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
We can also give you a special intensifier
F minorFm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
so you can paint it very neatly or rather sloppily
F minorFm Bb majorBb
Hi! Suppose you're going nut gathering
Eb MajorEb F minorFm
Your buddy wants to know where and when.
Bb majorBb G+G
Use an adverb and tell him! (Get your adverbs!)
Verse:
C majorC G+G
Use it with an adjective, it says much more
Bb majorBb FF
Anything described can be described some more
AbAb Eb MajorEb
Anything you'd ever need is in the store
G+G Fadd9Fadd9 G7sus2
And so you choose very carefully every word you use
Verse:
C majorC G+G
Use it with a verb, it tells us how you did
Bb majorBb FF
Where it happened, where you're going, where you've been
AbAb Eb MajorEb
Use it with another adverb, that's the end
Adim7Adim7
And even more...
Ebdim7Ebdim7 G minorGm
How, where, or when
Gdim7Gdim7 F minorFm
Condition or reason
AbAb Eb MajorEb
These questions are answered
Abmaj7Abmaj7 G7sus4G7sus4
When you use an adverb (Come and get it!)
Chorus:
C majorC G+G
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, get your adverbs here
Bb majorBb FF
Quickly, quickly, quickly, get those adverbs here
AbAb Eb MajorEb
Slowly, surely, really learn your adverbs here
G+G Fadd9Fadd9
You're going need 'em if you read 'em
E minorEm G7sus2
If you write or talk or think about 'em ...
C majorC G7G7
Lolly! (Lolly, Lolly, Lolly) *
C majorC G7G7 G7sus4G7sus4 C majorC
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly get your adverbs here!
G7G7 F7F7
(Get your adverbs here!) Lots of good tricks at Lolly's so come on down
F#dim7F#dim7 C majorC C7C7 F7F7
(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!) (x5)
C majorC FF
Adverbs deal with manner, place, time
C majorC
(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!)
C majorC FF
Condition, reason
C majorC
(Father, son, and Lolly)
C majorC FF
Comparison, contrast
C majorC
(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly)
C majorC FF
Enrich your language with adverbs!
C majorC
(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly)
C majorC FF
Besides, they're absolutely free!
C majorC
(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly)
C majorC FF
At your service!
C majorC
Indubitably!
* Spoken over chorus
If it's an adverb, we have it at Lolly's! Bring along your old adjectives,
too - like slow, soft, and sure. We'll fit 'em out with our L-Y attachment
and make perfectly good adverbs out of them!