Prelude To The Purse chords by Frank Zappa

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Verse 1
D 
 (D major) I don't know that I'm on but I don't get the sound of that chair,
so you know where I'm at
And then he took it like this
Em 
B 
It's  (E minor) gonna  (B major) fall on the Christmas
Em 
 (E minor) tree
I don't know that I'm actually on, but he actually took
D 
Em 
the thing  (D major) and he ruffled it around and he says  (E minor) 
E 
 (E major) "O h, oh boy, am I gonna throw this
B 
E 
 (B major) down?", and then he...  (E major) 
A 
 (A major) Then he went
E 
Second  (E major) one's fun
D 
Em 
 (D major) It was classic, because he knew it  (E minor) was on tape
But we're going to get something
to drink

Verse 2
We'll return,
E 
 (E major) 
would you boys like anything to drink?
D 
Hey, ana (D major) lyze the purse
Yeah, yeah
E 
I'll give you a  (E major) buck or so
No
D 
Give us a buck or  (D major) so, we'll go get...
E 
Oh,  (E major) Jesus, man, my ass
I can tell, man, you're a Catholic
Em 
C 
Right, I'll take your  (E minor) dollar Hey,  (C major) where's the "or so"?

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Verse 3

Where's the "or so"?

Or so?

You said "a buck or so"

The "or so" when you get back

He gives you an "or so"

The or so for the torso, right?

Verse 4
E 
Who's driving?  (E major) 
He's funny
That guy with the nose?
Funny
He's a Catholic

Verse 5
Hey, what would you like to drink?
E 
 (E major) 
Hey, how'd you know that?
What was your first clue?
D 
Was it the letter  (D major) from the sister?
E 
Abm 
It was the Pomona Catholic  (E major)  (A flat minor) High School
E 
re (E major) port card
What do you want to drink?
Good clue
Well, just get something, I'll help you
D 
drink  (D major) it
Come on, Raymond
A 
 (A major) Kimosabe?
I don't have any money either
Hey, will one of you guys
E 
lend me some money?  (E major) 
I'll loan you some gray matter
Yeah, she does
Be right back
I'm gonna be a Catholic priest

Verse 6
E 
D 
Any time you like  (E major)  (D major) 
E 
 (E major) But if you don't care to, that's
D 
all  (D major) right because...
A 
Actu (A major) ally, acts, you know, casual
D 
 (D major) Out the door we go
B 
But all the  (B major) time we know that we're
on
E 
 (E major) We're showmen,
what do you want?
D 
E 
 (D major) Yeah, we're gonna talk  (E major) 
about you

Verse 7
D 
Now you really get it out, smart-  (D major) ass
I'd like to be a Catholic priest,
daddy
You see this?
Every month,
E 
42 dollars  (E major) from each person in high school
D 
 (D major) Oh yeah?
E 
Yeah,  (E major) receipt right here
For the Syndicate
You bet
They're doing something
E 
 (E major) weird going on there
F#m 
E 
See  (F sharp minor)  (E major) what else we can
F#m 
find  (F sharp minor) here
D 
She's adding up her  (D major) total
E 
D 
She just  (E major) quit  (D major) 
F#m 
Here, come here Pull up a  (F sharp minor) chair and analyze