Harper Valley P.T.A. original guitar chords by 
Dolly Parton 
Key: C major
Intro 1
C
C7
C
Verse 1
A Harper Valley widowed wife
That attended Harper Valley Junior High
And didn't even stop to play
G
C
from the Harper Valley PTA"
Well, the note said, "Mrs. Johnson
You're wearin' your dresses way too high
C7
F
It's been reported you've been drinking
And running round with men and goin' wild
you ought to be bringin' up
Your little girl this way"
C7
G
C
Ab
Harper Valley PTA
Verse 2
Was gonna meet that very afternoon
When Mrs. Johnson wore
F#7
her miniskirt into the room
I can still recall the words she had to say
Db7
F#
She said, "I'd like to address this meeting
Ab
Db
of the Harper Valley PTA
Now, there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there
And seven times he's asked me for a date
Db7
F#
And Mrs. Taylor sure seems
to use a lotta ice
Whenever he's away
Your secretary had to leave this town?
Db7
F#
And shouldn't widow Jones
be told to keep
Db
A
all pulled completely down
Verse 3
Cause he stayed too long at Kelly's Bar again
You'll find she's had a little nip of gin
As a mother, you think that I ain't fit
A
D
And you're all Harper Valley hypocrites
Now, I wouldn't put you on
because it really did
It happened just this way
A
D
to the Harper Valley PTA
A
D
to the Harper Valley PTA
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