Key: A major
Verse 1
have that personal talk with you now.
You mean about... things?
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G
Yes. Do your duty, sire.
Dsus4
C
D
What is it, Papa?
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G
C
D
G
Well, Papa... Boy... Flower... Girl...
Ddim
G
Flower, boy flower, girl flower,
E
A
E
ah, tell me more, I want to know about
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F#m
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E
Abaug
E
what getting married is for.
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E
A
E
Sea, fall, from girl flower,
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D
E
A
and by and by, baby flower,
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E
grow.
F#
B
Oh, tell me why.
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D#
Oh, Father, tell me, tell me, Father,
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F#
F#sus4
F#m
don't be shy.
Am
A
D
mother, yes, yes, but how?
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G
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D
A
oh, tell me now.
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B on Boy Flower.
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F#m
A
Esus4
Boy Flower Dust get s on B.
E
A
B flies to Girl Flower.
F#m
A
Dust touches Girl Flower C.
D
F#m
B
Oh, I see. No, I don't see.
Eb
G#m
C#
F#
F#sus4
F#m
but still not clear to me.
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E
Woman is like a girl flower.
Man is like a bee.
Esus4
A
An d like a boy flower.
Man, that's me.
Am
A
D
But tell me more.
A
D
getting married is for.
Carrier, sounds like carrier, marry,
Dsus4
D
G
man and woman get married,
Dm
D
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B
D#aug
F#
Winifred and Wynne, love each other, night, night, and then one night,
B
Bdim
B
yes, yes, one night, it's very inter esting
Ebaug
C#
Abdim
What happens, what happens
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G
A
Shall I go and pick some flowers
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
Shall I go and catch some bees
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G
C
D
Princess Winifred and I will get married,
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D
C
Dsus4
G
C
Adim
G
and then one night...
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C
Dsus4
D
G
D
Stork?
Stork will come and bring us a baby?
Oh, Papa, I know all about the stork.
Mama told me about that years ago.
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E
Ab
Flower, seed, man, woman, bee,
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G
baby, small, it is n't the stork,
F#sus4
F#
B
it isn't the stork at all.
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E
A
Our life is grand,
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E
C#
F#
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G
it's very interesting, I think I understand, I think,
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G
I think, I know, it's very interesting.
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Thank you, Father, and Father,
Am
C
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Dsus4
G
I love you so.
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