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Intro 1
(D major) (E minor) (D major) (G major) (E minor)
Let's be (G major) gin
Verse 1
(D major) (G major) (D major)
Peter Pumpkinhead (G major) came to town (E minor)
(D major) Spreading wisdom and
(G major) cash around (E minor) (G major) (E minor)
(D major) Fed the starving and (G major) housed the poor
(D major) Showed the Vatican (G major) what gold's for
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Verse 2
But he made (A major) too many (E minor) (A major) (B minor) enemies (E minor) (G major)
Of the people (A major) who would keep (B minor)
us on our knees (D major) (G major)
Hooray for Peter (A major) Pumpkin (G major)
Who'll pray for Peter (B flatdim) Pump (A major)
kinhead? (D major) (A major) (D major) (B minor)
(A major) Oh (G major) my!
(E minor)
Verse 3
(D major)
Peter Pumpkinhead (G major)
fooled them all (D major)
Emptied churches an (E minor) d (G major)
shopping malls (A major) (D major)
When he spoke,
it would (G major) raise the roof (D major)
Peter Pumpkinhead (E minor) (G major) told the truth
Verse 4
(G major)
But he made (A major) too many (B minor) enemies (G major)
Of the people (A major) who would keep (B minor)
us on our knees (A major) (G major)
Hooray for Peter (D major) (A major) Pumpkin (G major)
Who'll pray for Peter (F sharp major)
(A major) Pumpkinhead? (D major) (A major) (D major) (B minor)
(A major) Oh (G major) my! (D major)
(E minor)
Verse 5
(D major)
Peter Pumpkinhead (G major) put
to shame (D major)
Governments who would
(G major) slur his name (A major) (D major)
Plots and sex scandals (G major)
failed outright (D major)
Peter merely said
Any (G major) kind of love is alright
Verse 6
But he made (A major) too many
(B minor) enemies (E minor) (B minor) (G major)
Of the people (A major) who (E minor) would keep (B minor)
us on our knees (A major) (G major)
Hooray for Peter (A major) Pumpkin (G major)
Who'll pray for Peter (F sharp major) (B flatdim) Pump (A major) kinhead?
(D major) (B minor) (A major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (E minor)
Verse 7
(D major) Peter
Pumpkinhead (G major) was too good (D major)
Had him nailed to a (G major) chunk of wood (D major)
He died grinning on (G major) live TV (D major)
Hanging there he looked a lot (G major) like you
And an awful lot like me!
Verse 8
But he made (A major) too many (E minor) (B minor) enemies (G major)
Of the people (A major) who would keep (B minor) us
on our knees (A major) (E minor) (G major)
Hooray for Peter (A major) Pumpkin (G major)
Who'll pray for Peter (F sharp major) (B flatdim) Pump
(A major) kinhead?
(D major) (B minor) (D major)
Verse 9
(G major)
Hooray for Peter (A major) Pumpkin (G major)
Who'll pray for Peter (A major) Pumpkin (G major)
Hooray for (B flatdim) Peter (A major) (B minor) Pump
(E minor) (A major) kin (D major) head (B minor)
(D major) Oh my (G major) oh my (D major) oh!
Don't it (C major) make you want to (A major) cry, (D major) oh
The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead [LP Version]
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