• Song:

    Jerry Springer

  • Artist:

    Weird Al Yankovic

A really funny spoof of the Barenaked Ladies song "One Week" from their album 
"Stunt". This song is from Weird Al's 1999 album, "Running With Scissors". Very 
easy song to play, and a lot of fun at that. Not as easy to sing, though!

-Standard Tuning-

-Capo on the 2nd fret-

-The chords are played as follows:-
*All chords relative to the capo*
G:     320033
Cadd9: x32033
Em7:   022033
Dadd9: xx0230
Bm4:   x20230

[Chorus]
          G (320003@1)               Cadd9It's (x32030@1)been one week since we got to see
          G (320003@1)        Cadd9Cheatin' (x32030@1)lovers and cousins that marry
G (320003@1)                   Cadd9 (x32030@1)Five days since they had the show
          G (320003@1)               Cadd9With (x32030@1)the hermaphrodite, the slut, and the crack ho
G (320003@1)                  Cadd9 (x32030@1)Three days since we heard the tale
  G (320003@1)                         Cadd9About (x32030@1)the guy who learned his woman was a she-male
G (320003@1)             Cadd9Yesterday (x32030@1)it occurred to me
                G (320003@1)               Cadd9That (x32030@1)I've been watchin' a bit too much Jerry Springer

[Verse 1]
G (320003@1)                    Cadd9Holy (x32030@1)cow, d'you see it last week?
                     G (320003@1)                
Well, they had this one freak
           Cadd9Who (x32030@1)sucker-punched his whole family
G (320003@1)                       Cadd9 (x32030@1)Do you recall when the brawl
                       GBecame (320003@1)a total free-for-all
                          Cadd9And (x32030@1)Jerry's in the middle tryin' to be the referee
G (320003@1)                            Cadd9Hey, (x32030@1)see the stripper with the implants
             GShe (320003@1)likes to lap dance
             Cadd9And (x32030@1)date the boyfriend of her mother
G (320003@1)                      Cadd9 (x32030@1)Now here come's Jerry's next guest
             GAnd (320003@1)it's a slugfest
                  Cadd9'Cause (x32030@1)it's her trailer trash brother
G (320003@1)                      Cadd9 (x32030@1)Nymphomaniac is back on crack
                          GIt's (320003@1)like "When Animals Attack"
                       Cadd9They (x32030@1)all exhibit reprehensible behavior
G (320003@1)                                    Cadd9 (x32030@1)Hit 'em in the nose, tear off their clothes
                                  GStep (320003@1)on their toes, that's how it goes
                          Cadd9They (x32030@1)get so violent they have to sign a waiver
 
[Bridge 1]
Em7                                Dadd9 (x43141@2)
They're always swearin', cursin', kickin' butt, and pointin' blame
Bm4                    Cadd9On (x32030@1)the air? They don't care, they've got no shame
Em7                        Dadd9There (x43141@2)was one guy who I'm sure felt a little strange
Bm4                        Cadd9When (x32030@1)he found out that his wife had a sex change
Em7                      Dadd9They (x43141@2)have a tendency to scream and yell constantly
Bm4                     Cadd9They (x32030@1)have a history of ripping off their shirts

[Chorus]
It's been one week since they had the fight
With the Siamese twins and the transvestite
Five days since that awful brawl
They still haven't got the blood off the wall
It's been three days since the bitter fued
Between the KKK and that gay Jewish black dude
Yesterday, finally dawned on me
I'm spendin' way too much time on that Jerry Springer

[Interlude]
G, Cadd9 (x7)
[Guy] Baby, I've been sleepin' with your sister
[Gal] Oh? Well, which one?
[Guy] All of them
[Gal Oh! Well, I've been sleepin' with your best friend Jake!
[Guy] Yah? Well, well me too!
[Gal] Oh!
[Guy] And I've sleepin' with your dog Woofie!
(barking)
[Gal] Woofie, you b-tch!
[Gal] Well, I'm also sleepin' with your pet goat!
(baaahhing)
[Guy] That goat doesn't love to you!

[Verse 2]
Once you start watchin', there's just no stoppin'
Your brain shuts down, then your IQ's droppin'
Jerry's the king of confrontation
He's a sensation
He puts the 'sin' in syndication
It's totally worthless, like a bad check
It's like a train wreck
Don't wanna stare but you can't look away
Like Sally Jesse he does talk shows
But with more weirdos
The ratings jumpin' higher everyday
If you've seen the show, well then you know
It's just as low as you can go
The guests are tacky and they're lacking in their hygiene
And pretty soon some ugly goon
Comes in the room and then it's BOOM
In the face of some unsuspecting drag queen

[Bridge 2]
Well it's the kind of show where people scream obscenities
Yankin' hair, throwin' chairs at their hubbies
"Jerry! Jerry!" Now the crowd starts their favorite chant
Should I turn off my TV? I just can't
I have a tendency to watch it religiously
I have a history of taping each one

[Chorus]
It's been one week since the show about
Psycho killers with problems they should work out
Five days since the big surprise
When some loser's wife said she's shtill dating twenty guys
Three days wince he interviewed
A bunch of psychic porn star midgets who were all nude
Yesterday, it occurred to me
That I've been watchin' a bit too much Jerry Springer
Tired of wastin' my time on that Jerry Springer
I've got way too much class to watch Jerry Springer
Come over here and pull on my finger

[End on G]
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