Sarah Cynthia Silvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out - Shel Silverstein Album: Freakin at the Freaker's Ball (1972) Tabbed by Shady Bob (NC = NO CHORD, TACET) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) NC DOh, (xx0232@1)Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout, Would not take the garbage out! G (320003@1) DShe'd (xx0232@1)wash the dishes and scrub the pans, A (x02220@1) DCook (xx0232@1)the yams and spice the hams, G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)though her parents would scream and shout, A (x02220@1) DShe (xx0232@1)simply would not take the garbage out. D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)so it piled up to the ceilings: Coffee grounds, potato peelings, D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1) DBrown (xx0232@1)bananas, rotten peas, Chunks of sour cottage cheese. D (xx0232@1) GIt (320003@1)filled the can, it covered the floor, A (x02220@1) DIt (xx0232@1)cracked the window and blocked the door D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1) DWith (xx0232@1)bacon rinds and chicken bones, Drippy ends of ice cream cones, G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) DPrune (xx0232@1)pits, peach pits, orange peel, Gloppy glumps of cold oatmeal, G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) DPizza (xx0232@1)crusts and withered greens, Soggy beans and tangerines, G (320003@1) DCrusts (xx0232@1)of black burned buttered toast, Gristly bits of beefy roasts. . . NC(D) (A) A (x02220@1) DThe (xx0232@1)garbage rolled on down the hall, It raised the roof, it broke the wall. . . G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) DGreasy (xx0232@1)napkins, cookie crumbs, Blobs of gooey bubble gum, G (320003@1) DCellophane (xx0232@1)from old baloney, Rubbery blubbery macaroni, (A)NC Peanut butter, caked and dry, Curdled milk and crusts of pie, Moldy melons, dried-up mustard, Eggshells mixed with lemon custard, Cold french fried and rancid meat, Yellow lumps of Cream of Wheat. D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1) DAt (xx0232@1)last the garbage reached so high That finally it touched the sky. D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) NC And none of her friends would come to play. And all the neighbors moved away, And finally Sarah Cynthia Stout said, "OK, I'll take the garbage out!" D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1) DBut (xx0232@1)then, of course, it was too late. The garbage reached across the state, D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1) DFrom (xx0232@1)New York to the Golden Gate. And there, in the garbage she did hate, A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) DPoor (xx0232@1)Sarah met an awful fate, That I cannot now relate A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) NC Because the hour is much too late. But children, remember Sarah Stout (bass notes only) AA A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1) AB C# (x43121@1)DAnd (xx0232@1)always take the garbage out! ------------------------------------ This was a difficult one to tab, as the guitar part was fairly quiet.