Harper Valley P.T.A. Tab by
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton

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Key: C major
Intro 1
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E|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------8----|---------------------8-------------| G|-------------------------5--------|-7----------------------7h9---5----| D|---------------------5------------|-----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|---------------------8------------| G|-----------------------------5----|-----7-------------------7---5----| D|-5---8---------------8------------|----------------------------------| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
I want to
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Verse 1
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tell you all the story 'bout
A Harper Valley widowed wife
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Who had a teenage daughter
That attended Harper Valley Junior High
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Well, her daughter came home one afternoon
And didn't even stop to play
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And she said, "mom, I got a note here
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from the Harper Valley PT A"
Well, the note said, "Mrs. Johnson
You're wearin' your dresses way too high
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It's been re ported you've been drinking
And running round with men and goin' wild
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Now we don't believe
you ought to be bringin' up
Your little girl this way"
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And it was signed by the Secretary
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Harper Valley PTA
Verse 2
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Well, it happened that the PTA
Was gonna meet that very afternoon
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And, boy, were they surprised
When Mrs. Johnson wore
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her miniskirt into the room
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And as she walked up to the blackboard
I can still recall the words she had to say
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She said, "I'd like to address this meeting
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of the Harper Valley PTA
Now, there's Bobby Taylor sittin' there
And seven times he's asked me for a date
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And Mrs. Taylor sure seems
to use a lotta ice
Whenever he's away
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And Mr. Baker, can you tell us why
Your secretary had to leave this town?
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And shouldn't widow Jones
be told to keep
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Her window shades
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all pulled com pletely down
Verse 3
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Now, Mr. Harper couldn't be here
Cause he stayed too long at Kelly's Bar again
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And if you smell Shirley Thompson's breath
You'll find she's had a little nip of gin
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And then you have the nerve to tell me
As a mother, you think that I ain't fit
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Well, this is just a little Peyton Place
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And you're all Harper Valley hypocrites
Now, I wouldn't put you on
because it really did
It happened just this way
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That day my mama socked it
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to the Harper Valley PTA
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That day my mama socked it
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to the Harper Valley PTA

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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC C7 F G Ab...