Song Name: | Goofus | By: | Phil Harris, The Carpenters |
Posted By: | waltp | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | G | Genre: | General |
Harp Type: | Chromatic | ||
Created: | 2017-09-23 20:54:09 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | GOOFUS
W: Gus Kahn M: Wayne King, William Harold Phil Harris, The Carpenters Key: G -5 -5 -4 -4 -3 -5 -5 -3-4-5 -4 I was born on a farm out in I-o-way -4 3 3 2 2 -1 3 A flam-ing youth who was bound 3 -1 2 3 2 that he'd fly a-way -1* -5 -5 -4 -4 I packed my grip and -3 -5 -5 -4 -3 3 I grabbed my sax-o-phone -5 -5 -4 -4 -3 -5 Can't read notes, but I play -5-3 -4 -5 -4 an-y-thing by ear -3 3 3 2 2 -1 3 I made up tunes on the sounds 3 -1 2 3 2 that I used to hear -1* 2 3* -4 6 -3 4* -4 -3 When I'd start to play folks used to say -1 -1* 3 -2 -2* -5 -4 3 "Sounds a lit-tle Goo-fus to me" -1 2 3 3 -1 2 3 Corn-fed chords ap-peal to me, 1* -1* -2* -2* 1* -1*-2* I like rus-tic har-mon-y 1 -1 -2 -2 1 -1 -2 Hold the note and change the key, -4 6 -5 -3 that's called "Goo-fus" -1 2 3 3 -1 2 3 Not ac-cord-ing to the rules 1* -1* -2* -2* 1* -1* -2* that you learn at mus-ic school 1 -1 -2 -2 1 -1 -2 But the folks just dance like fools, -4 6 -5 -3 they go "Goo-fus" -5 -5 -4 -4 -3 -5 -5 -3 -4 -5 -4 Got a job but I just could-n't keep it long -3 3 3 2 2 -1 The lead-er said that I 3 3 -1 2 3 2 played all the mus-ic wrong -1*-5 -5 -4 -4 -3 -5 -5 -4 -3 3 So I stepped out with an out-fit of my own -5 -5 -4 -4-3 -5 -5 -3 -4 -5 -4 Got to-geth-er a new kind of or-ches-tree -3 3 3 2 2 -1 2 And we all played just the same 3 -1 2 3 2 "Goo-fus" har-mon-y -1* 2 3* -4 6 -3 4* -4 -3 And I must ad-mit we made a hit -1 -1* 2 -2 -2* -5 -4 3 �Goo-fus� has been luck-y for me |