...MY PINK HALF OF THE DRAINPIPE...
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by Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
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*from 'The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse' (1968)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: Bb)
Intro:
G Bm/F#, Em Bm/F# (x2)
Verse 1:
G (320003@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1) Em (022000@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1)You who speak to me, across the fence,
G (320003@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1)Am, EOf (022100@1)common sense.
Am (x02210@1) Am/maj Am7How (x02010@1)your tomato plant will win a prize;
Am6 (x02212@1) Am (x02210@1) D7Won't (xx0212@1)that be nice? and by the way...
GHow's (320003@1)your wife?
C (x32010@1) C+
Your holidays, were spent in Spain,
Am7 (x02010@1) D7You (xx0212@1)went by train; you'll go again.
Verse 2:
G (320003@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1) Em (022000@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1)Have you seen me bullfight poster on the wall?
G (320003@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1) Am (x02210@1) EDo (022100@1)you know the 'appy memory it re-calls?
Am (x02210@1) Am/maj Am7 (x02010@1) Am6 (x02212@1)Here's a photograph of me with my son, Ted;
Am (x02210@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GThat's (320003@1)me cousin, with his hanky on his head!
C (x32010@1) C+
We booked in at our 'otel just after two,
Am7 (x02010@1) D7And (xx0212@1)met a family from Bradford that we knew.
Interlude:
G (320003@1) G7 (320001@1)Oooh, what melo-dy-a! (Burp!)
Chorus 1:
G (320003@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1) Em (022000@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1)My pink half of the drainpipe,
G (320003@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1) Am (x02210@1)E (022100@1)Separates next door from me.
Am (x02210@1) Am/maj Am7 (x02010@1) Am6 (x02212@1)My pink half of the drainpipe,
Am (x02210@1) D7(n.C) (xx0212@1)Oh, Mama!
(G)
Belongs to me.
Interlude:
G Bm/F#, Em Bm/F# (x2)
Sax Solo:
G Bm/F#, Em Bm/F#
G Bm/F#, Am E
Am Am/maj, Am7 Am6
Am7 D7, G
C C+, Am7 D7
Chorus 2:
G (320003@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1) Em (022000@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1)My pink half of the drainpipe,
G (320003@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1) Am (x02210@1)E (022100@1)Semi-de-tach-ed, ah!
Am (x02210@1) Am/maj Am7 (x02010@1) Am6 (x02212@1)My pink half of the drainpipe,
Am (x02210@1) D7(n.C) (xx0212@1)Oh, Mama!
(G)
Belongs to moi.
Interlude:
G Bm/F#, Em Bm/F# (x2)
Verse 3:
G (320003@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1) Em (022000@1) Bm/F#I (x2444x@1)have a sister in To-ronto who's a nurse,
G (320003@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1) Am (x02210@1) EAnd (022100@1)I've had a bit of bother laying turf.
Am (x02210@1) Am/maj Am7 (x02010@1) Am6It's (x02212@1)life, not books that taught me all I've learned,
Am (x02210@1) D7 (xx0212@1) G (320003@1)Woop, in the b'oven, my rice pudding's getting burned!
C (x32010@1) C+
'Ere, have you seen the new attachment on me drill?
Am7 (x02010@1) D7I (xx0212@1)must have the cat put down, 'cos he's ill.
Break:
(n.C)
Hey, neighbour!
Chorus 3:
G (320003@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1) Em (022000@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1)My pink half of the drainpipe,
G (320003@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1) Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1)I may paint it blue.
Am (x02210@1) Am/maj Am7 (x02010@1) Am6 (x02212@1)My pink half of the drainpipe,
Am (x02210@1) D7(n.C) (xx0212@1) Keeps me safe from,
(n.C)
You...!
Interlude:
(Glockenspeil):
G (320003@1)G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)I'm a wobbly jelly, you're a pink blanc-mange,
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) A7 (x02020@1) D7 (xx0212@1)I'm a sherry trifle, you're a chocolate sponge.
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)Your dad wears a paper hat, mine inflates bal-loons,
(n.C)
Whoops! Boodly boop! (Pop!) Here comes a spoon!
Coda:
G (320003@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1) Em (022000@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1)My pink half of the drainpipe,
G (320003@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1)Separates me from,
Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) AmThe (x02210@1)in-credibly fascinating story of your life,
Am/maj Am7 (x02010@1) Am6And (x02212@1)every day to day event, in all it's minute,
Am (x02210@1) D7And (xx0212@1)tedious at-tention to detail...
GAnd (320003@1)was it a Thursday or a Wednesday?
COr, (x32010@1)oh, no, it wasn't though.
C+
Oh, who cares anyway, because I do not.
Am7So (x02010@1)Norman if you're normal,
D7I (xx0212@1)intend to be a freak for the rest of my life.
And I shall baffle you,
G (320003@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1) EmWith (022000@1)cabbages and rhinoceroses in the kitchen,
Bm/F# (x2444x@1) G (320003@1) Bm/F#Incessant (x2444x@1)quotations from "Now We Are Six",
EmThrough (022000@1)the mouthpiece of Lord Snooty's,
Bm/F# (x2444x@1) G (320003@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1)Giant poisoned e-lectric head.
Em (022000@1) Bm/F#So (x2444x@1)there......
Outro:
G Bm/F#, Em Bm/F# (x6)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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G (320003@1) Bm/F# (x2444x@1) Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) Am/maj Am7 (x02010@1) EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 224432 022000 x02210 022100 x02110 x02013
Am6 (x02212@1) D7 (xx0212@1) C (x32010@1) C+ G7 (320001@1) A7 (x02020@1) EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02212 xx0212 x32010 x32110 323000 x02223
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
