Key: G major•
Intro 1
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G
D
A
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D
G
D
Verse 1
G
While I was walkin'
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G
down the beach one bright and sunny day
I saw a great big wooden
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D
box a floatin' in the bay
G
I pulled it in and opened it up
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G
and much to my surprise
Oh, I discovered a (boom, ba,
A
D
G
boom), right before my eyes
Oh,
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G
I discovered a (boom, ba, boom), right before my eyes
Verse 2
G
I picked it up and ran to
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town as happy as a king
I took it to a guy I knew who'd
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buy most anything
G
But this is what he hollered at me
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as I walked in his shop
Oh, get out of here with that
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G
(boom, ba, boom), before I call a cop
Oh, get out of here with that
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D
G
(boom, ba, boom), before I call a cop
Verse 3
G
I turned around and got right out,
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G
a runnin' for my life
And then I took it home with me
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D
to give it to my wife
G
But this is what she hollered at
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G
me as I walked in the door
A
Oh, get out of here with that (boom, ba, boom), and
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G
don't come back no more
A
Oh, get out of here with that (boom, ba, boom), and
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G
don't come back no more
Interlude 1
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Ab
Verse 4
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I wandered all around the town
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Ab
until I chanced to meet
A hobo who was lookin' for
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Eb
a handout on the street
Ab
He said he'd take most any old thing,
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Ab
he was a desperate man
But when I showed him the (Boom, ba,
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Ab
boom), he turned around and ran
Oh, when I showed him the (Boom, ba, boom), he
Bbm
Eb
Ab
turned around and ran
A
Verse 5
I wandered on for many years
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A
a victim of my fate
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Until one day I came upon St.
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Peter at the gate
A
And when I tried to take it inside
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A
he told me where to go
Get out of here with that (boom, ba,
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boom), and take it down below
Oh, get out of here with that (boom, ba,
Cb
A
boom), and take it down below
Verse 6
A
The moral of this story is,
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A
if you're out on the beach
And you should see a great big box,
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and it's within your reach
A
Don't ever stop and open it up,
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that's my advice to you
'Cause you'll never get rid of the
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(boom, ba, boom), no matter what you do
Oh you'll never get rid of the
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A
(boom, ba, boom), no matter what you do
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC# G D A C...
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Ab
Db
Bbm
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