Garbage Can Ballet chords by Harry Nilsson

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
 (D major) Living in the
G 
D 
garbage  (G major) can can be a lot  (D major) of fun
It has its ups (doo,
A 
D 
doo, doo, doo)  (A major) and  (D major) downs
F 
Bb 
F 
Or paper  (F major) cups and  (B flat major) coffee  (F major) grounds
D 
 (D major) Living in the garbage
G 
D 
can  (G major) can  (D major) be a lot of fun
G 
D 
 (G major) Espe (D major) cially if you meet
C 
D 
the perfect  (C major) onion  (D major) 
F 
Oh, the  (F major) great garbage can
is just full of good stuff
Bb 
F 
 (B flat major) All the  (F major) discarded refuse of man
G 
C 
Like the  (G major) half used ba (C major) nana
G 
C 
Whose  (G major) girlfriend is An (C major) na
G 
Who shout  (G major) let us out of this can

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Verse 2

Woh, woh, woh,

said the poor Brussels sprout

If only me and the banana could get out

We'd find an asparagus

who'd stand up and marry us

But the first thing to do is get

out

Verse 3
F 
C 
 (F major)  (C major) 
F 
Now an  (F major) old piece of ham is in love
with some lamb
But a young head of lettuce is too
G 
Now said the ham  (G major) to the lettuce,
C 
G 
 (C major) "The  (G major) lamb will forget us
C 
G 
 (C major) As soon  (G major) as he learns I love you"

Verse 4
F 
Oh,  (F major) oh, oh
Bb 
F 
The  (B flat major) great garbage can (F major) 
It's a tribute to the ingenuity of man
G 
C 
Where corn  (G major) and to (C major) matoes
G 
C 
are  (G major) mixed with pota (C major) toes
G 
And  (G major) thrown in together with ham
C 
Where a Brussels sprout and a sauerkraut  (C major) 
G 
can  (G major) get together and have it out
C 
G 
 (C major) And  (G major) no one seems
to care about the plan
A 
And a suc (A major) cotash and a piece of hash
can get together and have a bash
For life is always equal in the can