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Onomatopoeia by John Prine
Onomatopoeia
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Verse 1]
G
Forty-five minutes fifty-five cents
C
Sixty-five agents sitting on a fence
G
Singing, hey little brother
D G
Look what we got for you
G
We're gonna rope off an area and put on a show
C
From the Canadian border down to Mexico
G
It might be the most potentially gross
D G
Thing that we could possibly do
[Chorus]
D
Yeah, little buddy gonna get your chance
G
Make them pubescents all wet their pants
A7
We'll record it live and that's no jive.
D
Hold it! Stop it! No! No! No! No!
G
Bang! went the pistol. Crash! went the window.
C G D
Ouch! went the son of a gun. Onomatopoeia I don't wanna see ya
C G
Speaking in a foreign tongue.
[Instrumental]
D G A7 D
[Verse 2]
G
Knock! Knock! Hello! Can I come in?
C
Gee, that was a wonderful show!
G
Oh, you haven't gone on yet?
D G
Well, how was I supposed to know?
G
Hey! We got a great date it's really downtown
C
We're gonna get the Grand Canyon to do the sound
G
It's a boxing ring but it might be the thing
D G
To really put you in the dough
[Chorus]
D
Listen little brother, don't ya get us wrong
G
Why we even know the words to your song
A7
Just say I do and we'll lay it on you
D
You! You! And me! Me! Me!
G
Bang! went the pistol. Crash! went the window.
C G D
Ouch! went the son of a gun. Onomatopoeia I don't wanna see ya
C G
Speaking in a foreign tongue.
[Chorus]
D
Yeah, little buddy gonna get your chance
G
Make them pubescents all wet their pants
A7
We'll record it live and that's no jive.
D
Hold it! Stop it! No! No! No! No!
G
Bang! went the pistol. Crash! went the window.
C G D
Ouch! went the son of a gun. Onomatopoeia I don't wanna see ya
C G
Speaking in a foreign tongue.
G D
Onomatopoeia I don't wanna see ya
C G
Speaking in a foreign tongue.
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