Harper Valley PTA chords by
Dottie West

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Verse 1
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I  want to tell you all a story
about a Harper Valley widowed wife
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Who had a teenage daughter
who attended Harper Valley Junior High
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Well, her daughter came
home one afternoon
and didn't even stop to play
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And she said, Mama got a note here
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from the Harper Valley PTA
Well, the note said, Mrs. Johnson,
you're wearing your dress
is much too high
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And it's reported you've been drinking
and running around with men

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And going wild

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And we don't believe

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you ought to be

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Bringing up your little girl this way

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And it was signed by the secretary

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Of the Harbor Valley PTA

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Well, it happened that the PTA

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Was gonna meet that very afternoon

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And they were sure surprised
when Mrs. Johnson wore her
mini -skirt into the room
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And as she walked up to the blackboard
I can still recall the words she had to say
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She said, I'd like to address this meeting
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of the Harbor Valley PTA
Now there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there
and seven times he's
asked me for a date
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And Mrs. Taylor sure seems
to use a lot of ice
whenever he's away
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And Mr. Baker, can you tell us why your
secretary had to leave this town?
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And shouldn't Widdy Jones be told
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to keep her window shades
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all pulled completely down?
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Well Mr. Harper couldn't be here
cause he stayed too long
at Kelly's bar again
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And if you'll smell Shirley
Thompson's breath
you'll find she's had a little nip of gin
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And then you have the nerve
to tell me you think that as
a mother I'm not fit
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Well, this is just a little patent place
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And you're all Harper Valley hypocrites
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No, I wouldn't put you on
Because it really did,
it happened just this way
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The day my mama socked you
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to the Harper Valley PTA
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The day my mama socked you
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to the Harper Valley PTA
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