Welcome to Wisconsin chords by 
Paul Williams 
N/A
Key: E major•
Verse 1
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Dateline, 1959.
This is Edward R. Murrow.
Tonight, I'm reporting from Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
Where there's nothing to report.
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Actu ally, I'm Richie Cunningham,
and this is an Ace Brand comb.
But the rest of it is true.
We might be square,
but there's a whole world out there
that's hip and happening.
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The decade's ending,
it's a whole new deal.
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We're graduating, life's getting real.
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and they say the world is shrinking,
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that the rules are changing fast.
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Better mem orize things as they are,
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it's a world that may not last.
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Right now, this is where I live.
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In a perfect house, with a perfect lawn,
with my perfect Midwest family.
Please calm down, Joni!
Why can't she be more like her brother,
Richard?
But you wouldn't have to drive me
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to baton twirling lesson s
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if I had a car!
I think your father's going
to buy you a car, dear,
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just as soon as he finds
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one with no backseat.
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I, Richie Cunningham,
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will document these days
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Of hula hoops and poodle skirts,
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the latest TV craze
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I'll ride a Volt Milwaukee
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and I'll always write the truth
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About this frozen city
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where I shivered through my youth
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I graduate high school in a few weeks
and then I'm outta here
I'm blowin' this pop stand
and goin' to see the world
Until then I know just where to go
to find out what's happening in this town
The center of all communication
London has the BBC
New York has the Times
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We have Arnold's!
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Stock up, soda pop,
meeting at the mom shop
Part of growing up around here
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Welcome to Wis consin
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Make yourself to home
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Hey Arnold, malted with two straws
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Duck tail, sucking roll,
learning how to do the stroll
Gorgeous under all those clothes
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Heaven's in Wis consin
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Make yourself to home
Hey Richie, we missed you
at rehearsal yesterday
These are my friends Ralph and Patsy
I cut shop class to rehearse
And that's Cha -Chi.
We have a singing group,
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the Dial -Tones. ooh, ooh, ah!
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Bowling ball field is a perfect hero,
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but he's second be st!
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There's one that's dreamy,
that gets me screaming,
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much cooler than the rest!
Fonzarelli, Arthur Fonzarelli!
I think I heard my name.
The Fonz!
Ayyyy! Hey, Fonzie!
How doing?
Hold that thought.
Anybody in my office read?
No, Fonz.
The men's room is empty. Good.
There's a phone number on the wall
I've been meaning to try.
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Every story's gotta have a hero.
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Noth ing more important to the plot.
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Well, he's gotta have courage
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and he's gotta be strong.
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The one word description
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is hot, hot, hot,
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hot, hot, hot!
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Friday night, it all is right
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for teens and dreamers.
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Lucky stars and Sputnik up above
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Me and Elvis put tin' up
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with fans and screamers
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Friday nights and night, they fall in love
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Look at these kids, they're a noisy bunch
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But good guys, rockin' dolls
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Typ ical teens from ho
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metown USA
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And raise the white bread and apple pie
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I'm not all champions
but they always try
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Come to me for an swers
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I need to measure things I say
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I need to read me like a hero
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Yeah, it'll always be that way
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I wrote you Cunningham
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We'll block you in a few days
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Of poodle tips and poodle skirts
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The latest TV craze
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The daily award show
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I'll raise journalistic stand ards
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To their highest tide I shop
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Sunday, Monday, happy days
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I'll a discre tion on the world we know
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I'll emulate my hero
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I'll ride a bull through a field
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About this magic city and the
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friend s
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These days are ours
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These happy days are
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yours and mine
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These happy days are yours and mine
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Happy days!
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ChordsE G#m C#m F#m B...
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G#m
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Bsus4
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Bm
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Dm
Gm
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D#m
Eb
Cm
Ab
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Fsus4
Bbsus4
Capo: 2
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