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L-Y chords by Tom Lehrer

  • Am

  • Dm

  • F

  • C

  • E

  • Bb

  • G

Verse 1
Am
Dm
Am
You're wearing your squeaky shoes
Dm
Am
And right there taking a snooze
F
C
E
Is a tiger, so how do you walk on by?
F
C
Silently, silently
Dm
Silent L- Y
Am
Bb
Am
Verse 2
Dm
E
Am
You're a secret agent man
E
Dm
E
Am
Who's after the secret plan
F
How do you act so they don't
C
E
know you're a spy?
F
C
Normally, normally
Dm
Am
Bb
Am
Normal L- Y

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Verse 3
Dm
Am
At an eating contest you boast
Dm
E
Am
That you can eat the most
F
How do you down your fiftieth
C
E
piece of pie?
F
C
Am
Eagerly, eagerly
Dm
E
Am
E
Bb
E
Am
Eager L- Y
Verse 4
Dm
E
Am
On the lake your boat upset
Dm
E
Am
And your clothes got soaking wet
F
C
How do you stand and wait for them to dry?
E
F
D- d- d- d- d- d- patiently,
C
d- d- d- d- d- d- patiently,
Dm
Am
Bb
Am
D- d- d- d- d- d- patient L- Y
Verse 5
Dm
Am
In the public library
You fall and hurt your knee
F
But the sign says 'Quiet Please', so
C
E
how Can you cry?
F
C
Quietly, quietly,
Dm
Am
Quiet L- Y
Verse 6
Dm
E
Am
As you walk along the street
Dm
Am
A porcupine you meet
F
How do shake his hand when
C
E
he says "Hi"?
F
C
Carefully, carefully
Dm
E
Am
Bb
Careful L- Y
Am
Verse 7
Dm
E
Am
You enter a very dark room
Dm
E
Am
And sitting there in the gloom
F
Is Dracula
C
E
Now how do you say
F
goobye?
C
Immediately, immediately
G
C
F
G
C
Immediate L- Y
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