Tom: B5 Intro: B5 (4x) B5 John and Mitchie were gettin' kind of itchy B5 Just to leave the folk music behind E5 Zal and Denny workin' for a penny B5 Tryin' to get a fish on the line F#5 In a coffee house Sebastian sat E5 And after every number they'd pass the hat B5 McGuinn and McGuire just a-gettin' higher E5 In L.A., you know where that's at D5 B5 And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass B5 Zally said "Denny, you know there aren't many B5 Who can sing a song the way that you do, let's go south" E5 Denny said "Zally, golly, don't you think that I wish B5 I could play guitar like you" F#5 Zal, Denny and Sebastian sat (at the Night Owl) E5 And after every number they'd pass the hat B5 McGuinn and McGuire still a-gettin higher E5 In L.A., you know where that's at D5 B5 And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass B5 When Cass was a sophomore, planned to go to Swarthmore B5 But she changed her mind one day E5 Standin' on the turnpike, thumb out to hitchhike B5 "Take me to New York right away" F#5 When Denny met Cass he gave her love bumps E5 Called John and Zal and that was the Mugwumps B5 McGuinn and McGuire couldn't get no higher E5 But that's what they were aimin' at D5 B5 And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass B5 Mugwumps, high jumps, slow slumps, big bumps B5 Don't you work as hard as you play E5 Make up, break up, everything is shake up B5 Guess it had to be that way F#5 Sebastian and Zal formed the Spoonful E5 Michelle, John, and Denny gettin' very tuneful B5 McGuinn and McGuire just a-catchin' fire E5 In L.A., you know where that's at D5 B5 And everybody's gettin' fat except Mama Cass **Instrumental Break: Flute Solo Over Verse Chords B5 Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can't be trusted B5 And Mitchie wants to go to the sea E5 Cass can't make it, she says we'll have to fake it B5 We knew she'd come eventually F#5 Greasin' on American Express cards E5 Tent's low rent, but keeping out the heat's hard B5 Duffy's good vibrations and our imaginations E5 Can't go on indefinitely D5 B5 And California dreamin' is becomin' a reality Coda - Flute Solo: E5 D5 B5 E5 D5 B5