Creeque Alley chords by The Mamas & The Papas (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(B7) (B7) (B7) (B7)
(B7) (B7) (B7) (B7)
Verse 1
(B7) John and Mitchy were gettin' kind of itchy
Just to leave the folk music behind
(E7) Zal and Denny workin' for a penny
Tryin' (B7) to get a fish on the line
In a (F sharp7) coffee house Sebastian sat
And (E7) after every number they'd pass the hat
Mc (B7) Guinn and McGuire just a gettin' higher
In L.A., you know where that's at (E7)
And no one's gettin' fat (D7) except Mama Cass (B7)
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Verse 2
Zal (B7) ly said Denny, you know there aren't many
Who can sing a song the way that you do,
let's go south
(E7) Denny said Zally,
golly, don't you think that I wish
I (B7) could play guitar like you
Zal, (F sharp7) Denny and Sebastian sat
(at the Night Owl)
And (E7) after every number they'd pass the hat
Mc (B7) Guinn and McGuire still a gettin' higher
In L.A., you know where that's at (E7)
And no one's gettin' fat (D7) except Mama Cass (B7)
Verse 3
When (B7) Cass was a sophomore,
planned to go to Swarthmore
But she changed her mind one day
(E7) Standin' on the turnpike,
thumb out to hitchhike
(B7) Take me to New York right away
When (F sharp7) Denny met Cass
he gave her love bumps
(E7) Called John and Zal
and that was the Mugwumps
Mc (B7) Guinn and McGuire couldn't get no higher
But that's what they were aimin' at (E7)
And no one's gettin' fat (D7) except Mama Cass (B7)
Verse 4
(B7) Mugwumps, high jumps,
low slumps, big bumps
Don't you work as hard as you play
(E7) Make up, break up, everything is shake up
Guess (B7) it had to be that way
Se (F sharp7) bastian and Zal formed the Spoonful
Mi (E7) chelle, John, and Denny gettin' very tuneful
Mc (B7) Guinn and McGuire just a catchin' fire
In L.A., you know where that's at (E7)
And everybody's gettin' fat (D7)
except Mama Cass (B7)
Solo 1
Di-di-di, dit dit dit, di-di-di, dit, whoa
(B7) (B7) (B7) (B7)
(E7) (E7) (B7) (B7)
(F sharp7) (F sharp7) (E7) (E7)
(B7) (B7) (B7) (E7)
(E7) (D7) (B7) (B7)
Verse 5
Broke, (B7) busted, disgusted,
agents can't be trusted
And Mitchy wants to go to the sea
(E7) Cass can't make it,
she says we'll have to fake it
We (B7) knew she'd come eventually
Greasin' (F sharp7) on American Express cards
(E7) It's low rent, but keeping out the heat's hard
Duf (B7) fy's good vibrations and our imaginations
Can't go on indefinitely (E7)
And California dreamin'
is be (D7) comin' a reality (B7)
Outro 1
(E7) (D7) (B7) (B7)
(E7) (D7) (B7)
Creeque Alley
The Mamas & The Papas
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