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'(ie: C') - strum and pick simulaneously)
upper case chord (ie: G) - chord is strummed rather than picked
lower case chord (ie: g) - chord is picked rather than strummed
() (ie: --(1)--) - optional note
Picking Pattern:
G C D C B G
e|------3-----------0-------------------2-------------------------|
B|--0-----------------1-------------3------------(1)--------------|
G|----0-----------------0-------------2---------------------------|
D|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
A|----------------3-------------------------------3-2-------------|
E|3---------------------------------------------------3-----------|
INTRO G C D
VERSE 1:
G G C C
Up in the morning, work like a dog
D D C' B' G'
It's better than sittin', like a bump on a log
G G C C
Mind all your manners, be quiet as a mouse
D D C' B' G'
Someday you'll own a home, that's as big as a house
G G C C
I know a fella, he eats like a horse
D D C' B' G'
Knocks his old balls, round the old golf course
G G C C
You oughta see his wife, she's a cute little dish
D D C' B' G'
She smokes like a chimney, and drinks like a fish
CHORUS
G C
There's a big old goofy man, dancin' with a big old goofy girl
D C G
Oooh baby, it's a big old goofy world
VERSE 2:
G C C
Elvis had a woman, with a head like a rock
D D C' B' G'
I wish I had a woman, that made my knees knock
G C C
She'd sing like an angel, and eat like a bird
D D C' B' G'
And if I wrote a song, she'd know every single word
CHORUS
INSTRUMENTAL: play Verse 2
VERSE 3:
G C C
Kiss a little baby, give the world a smile
D D C' B' G'
And if you take an inch, give them back a mile
G C C
Cause if you lie like a rug, and you don't give a damn
D D C' B' G'
Your never gonna be, as happy as a clam
G C C
Sitting in a hotel, trying to write a song
D D C' B' G'
My head is just as empty, as the day is long
G C C
Why it's clear as a bell, I should have gone to school
D D C' B' G'
I'd be wise as an owl, instead of stubborn as a mule
CHORUS
D C G
Oooh baby, it's a big old goofy world
INSTRUMENTAL & FADE OUTJohn Prine
"It's a big old goofy world"
'(ie: C') - strum and pick simulaneously)
lower case chord (ie: g) - chord is strummed rather than picked
upper case chord (ie: G) - chord is picked rather than strummed
() (ie: --(1)--) - optional note
Picking Pattern:
G C D C B G
e|------3-----------0-------------------2-------------------------|
B|--0-----------------1-------------3------------(1)--------------|
G|----0-----------------0-------------2---------------------------|
D|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
A|----------------3-------------------------------3-2-------------|
E|3---------------------------------------------------3-----------|
INTRO G C D
VERSE 1:
G G C C
Up in the morning, work like a dog
D D C' B' G'
It's better than sittin', like a bump on a log
G G C C
Mind all your manners, be quiet as a mouse
D D C' B' G'
Someday you'll own a home, that's as big as a house
G G C C
I know a fella, he eats like a horse
D D C' B' G'
Knocks his old balls, round the old golf course
G G C C
You oughta see his wife, she's a cute little dish
D D C' B' G'
She smokes like a chimney, and drinks like a fish
CHORUS
G C
There's a big old goofy man, dancin' with a big old goofy girl
D C G
Oooh baby, it's a big old goofy world
VERSE 2:
G C C
Elvis had a woman, with a head like a rock
D D C' B' G'
I wish I had a woman, that made my knees knock
G C C
She'd sing like an angel, and eat like a bird
D D C' B' G'
And if I wrote a song, she'd know every single word
CHORUS
INSTRUMENTAL: play Verse 2
VERSE 3:
G C C
Kiss a little baby, give the world a smile
D D C' B' G'
And if you take an inch, give them back a mile
G C C
Cause if you lie like a rug, and you don't give a damn
D D C' B' G'
Your never gonna be, as happy as a clam
G C C
Sitting in a hotel, trying to write a song
D D C' B' G'
My head is just as empty, as the day is long
G C C
Why it's clear as a bell, I should have gone to school
D D C' B' G'
I'd be wise as an owl, instead of stubborn as a mule
CHORUS
D C G
Oooh baby, it's a big old goofy world
INSTRUMENTAL & FADE OUT
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