Pierre chords by Carole King

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Gsus4
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Verse 1
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There was once
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a boy named Pierre
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Who only would say, I don't care!
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Read his story, my friend, for you'll find
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At the end that a suitable
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Mor al lies there

Verse 2
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One day his mother said
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When Pierre climbed out of bed
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Good morning, darling boy,
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Gsus4 
you are my only     joy
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Pierre said I        don't care!
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What would you like to eat?
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I don't care!
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Some lovely cream of wheat?
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I don't care!
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Don't sit backwards in your chair
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I don't care!
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Or pour syrup       on your hair
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I don't care!
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You are acting like a clown
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I don't care!
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And we have to go to town
I don't care!
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Don't you      want to come, my dear?
I don't care!
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Would you rather stay right here?
I don't care!
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So his mother left him there

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Verse 3
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His father said get off your head
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Or I   will march you up to bed!
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Pierre said I
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don't care!
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I   would think that you could see
I don't care!
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Your head is where your
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feet should be!
I don't care!
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If  you keep     standing upside down
I don't care!
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We'll never get to town
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I don't care!
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If only you would say, I  care
I don't care!
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I'd let you fold the folding chair
I don't care!
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So his par ents left him there
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They did n't take him
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anywhere
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Verse 4
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Now as the night began to fall
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A hungry lion paid a call
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He looked Pierre right in the eye
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And asked him if he'd like to die
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Pierre said I  don't care!
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I   can eat you, don't you see?
I don't care!
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And you will be inside of me
I don't care!
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Then you will never       have to bother
I don't care!
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With a mother and a father
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I don't care!
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Is that all you have to say?
I don't care!
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Then I'll eat you, if I  may
I don't care!
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So the lion ate Pierre
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Verse 5
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Arriving home at six o'clock
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His parents        had a
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dreadful shock!
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They found the lion sick in bed and cried
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Pierre is surely dead!
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They pulled the lion by the hair
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They hit   him with the folding chair
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His mother asked, where is Pierre?
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The lion answered,
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I  don't care!
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His father said,
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Pierre's in there!

Verse 6
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They rushed the lion into town
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The doctor shook him up and down
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And when the lion gave a roar
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Pierre fell out
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upon the floor
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He  rubbed his eyes and
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scratched his head
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And laughed because he
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wasn't dead
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His      mother cried and held him tight
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His father asked, are you alright?
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Pierre said I am feeling fine
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Please take me home,
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it's half past     nine

Verse 7
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The lion said, if you would care
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To climb on me, I'll take you there
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Then everyone looked   at Pierre
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Who shouted yes, indeed, I care!
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The lion took them home     to rest
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And stayed on as a weekend guest
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The moral of Pierre is, care!
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