Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 There once was a boy named Pierre Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 who only would say, "I don't care!" Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Read his story by friend, for you'll find Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Dm7 G7 C7sus Gm7 C7 at the end that a suitable moral lies there F F/E Bbmaj7 F/C One day his mother said F F/E Bbmaj7 F/C when Pierre climbed out of bed, Em7 A7 Dm7 "Good morning, darling boy, G7 C7sus Gm7 you are my only joy." C7 Fmaj7 Pierre said, "I don't care!" Dm "What would you like to eat?" A7/C# "I don't care!" Dm "Some lovely cream of wheat?" A7/C# "I don't care!" Bbmaj7 [ch]C7sus/F[/ch] F "Don't sit backwards on your chair." "I don't care!" Bbmaj7 [ch]C7sus/F[/ch] F "Or pour syrup on your hair." Em7 A7 "I don't care!" Dm A/C# "You are acting like a clown." "I don't care!" Dm7 G7 And we have to go to town." "I don't care!" Gm7 [ch]C7sus/F[/ch] Fmaj7 "Don't you want to come, my dear?" "I don't care!" Bbmaj7 [ch]C7sus/F[/ch] F "Would you rather stay right here?" "I don't care!" Dm7 G7 Dm7 So his mother G7 C7sus Gm7 C7 left him there. Em7 A7 Em7 A7 His father said, "Get off your head Dm G7 or I will march you up to bed!" Gm7 [ch]C7sus/F[/ch] Fmaj7 Pierre said, "I don't care!" Bbmaj7 Fmaj7 Em7 A7 Dm A/C# "I would think that you could see..." ("I don't care!") Dm C7sus "your head is where your feet should be!" G7 ("I don't care!") Gm7 [ch]C7sus/F[/ch] Fmaj7 "If you keep standing upside down..." ("I don't care!") Bbmaj7 [ch]C7sus/F[/ch] Fmaj7 "we'll never ever get to town." Em7 A7 ("I don't care!") Dm A/C# "If only you would say I care..." ("I don't care!") Dm G7sus "I'd let you fold the folding chair." ("I don't care!") Dm7 G7 Dm7 So his parents G7 Dm7 left him there. G7 Dm7 G7 C They didn't take him anywhere. Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Am D7 Now, as the night began to fall Am D7 a hungry lion paid a call. Dm7 G7 He looked Pierre right in the eye Dm7 G7 and asked him - if he'd like to die. And Pierre said, [ch]C7sus/F[/ch] Fmaj7 "I don't care!" Bbmaj7 Fmaj7 Em7 A7 Dm A/C# "I can eat you, don't you see?" ("I don't care!") Dm G7sus "And you will be inside of me." G7 ("I don't care!") Gm7 [ch]C7sus/F[/ch] Fmaj7 "Then you'll never have to bother..." ("I don't care!") Bbmaj7 [ch]C7sus/F[/ch] Fmaj7 "With a mother and a father." Em7 A7 ("I don't care!") Dm A/C# "Is that all you have to say?" ("I don't care!") Dm G7sus "Then I'll eat you if I may." ("I son't care!") Dm7 G7 So the li - on G7 C ate Pierre. C7sus C Arriving home at six o'clock [ch]C7sus/F[/ch] C his parents had a dreadful shock! Am7 D7 They found the lion sick in bed Am7 D7 and cried "Pierre is surely dead!" Bm7 E7 They pulled the lion by the hair. C#m7 F#7 They hit him with the folding chair. Dm7 [ch]Dm7/F[/ch] G7 His mother asked, "Where is Pierre?" Gm7 [ch]C7sus/F[/ch] And the lion answered, Fmaj7 "I don't care!" Bbmaj7 Fmaj7 Dm7 His father said, G7 [ch]C7sus/F[/ch] Gm7 [ch]C7sus/F[/ch] "Pierre's in there!" C7 F F/A Bbmaj7 They rushed the lion into town. F F/A Bbmaj7 The doctor shook him up and down. Em7 A7 Dm And when the lion gave a roar G7 Gm7 [ch]C7sus/F[/ch] Fmaj7 Em7 A7 Pierre fell out upon the floor. Dm A/C# He rubbed his eyes and scratched hiS head Dm G7 and laughed because he wasn't dead. [ch]C7sus/F[/ch] F His mother cried and held him tight. Bbmaj7 [ch]C7sus/F[/ch] F Em7 A7 His father asked, "Are you all right?" Dm A/C# Pierre said "I amd feeling fine, F/C G7/B please take me home, it's half past nine." Bbmaj7 [ch]C7sus/F[/ch] F The lion said, "If you would care Bbmaj7 [ch]C7sus/F[/ch] to climb on me I'll take you there." Gm7 F/C Gm7 Fmaj7 Then everyone looked at Pierre who shouted, Bbmaj7 "Yes indeed I care!" Gm7 [ch]C7sus/F[/ch] The lion took them home to rest F Dm7 and stayed on as a weekend guest. Gm7 C7sus C7 Fmaj7 The moral of Pierre is care! Bbmaj7 Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 Fmaj7 Bbmaj7 F
