The Little Old Lady From Pasadena

by Don Altfeld & Roger Christian · posted by WaltP

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The Little Old Lady From Pasadena

The lit-tle old la-dy from Pas-a-de-na
3   -2 -2   3  -3 -3   4   -5*-5-3   4
Go gran-ny, go gran-ny, go gran-ny go
5   5   5   5   5   5   -5 -5   -5  5
Has a pret-ty lit-tle flow-er bed 
-3  3 -2   -2  3  3   -3  -3   4   
of white gar-de-nias
4   -5   -5  -3  4  
Go gran-ny, go gran-ny, go gran-ny go
4   4    4  4   4   4   -4 -4   -4  4
But parked in  a rick-et-y old gar-age
-3    4     4  4  -6  -6 6  -5  -3* -3*     
There’s a brand new shin-y   
 -3*   -3* -5   -5  -5* -5* 
Sup-er stocked Dodge
6   5      5      5
And ev-‘ry-bod-y's say-in’ that
-1  1   1  -1  -1   -2 -2    3  
there's no-bod-y mean-er
-2     -3   -3 4 -5    4
Than the lit-tle old lad-y
4     4   1  1   -1  -2 -2 
from Pas-a-de-na
3    -3  4 -5  4
She drives real fast and
3     -2    3    3*   3 
she drives real hard
3    -2     3     3*
She's the ter-ror of
4     4   -5  -5  4 
Col-o-ra-do Boul-e-vard
-3  3 -2 -2 -3   3   -2

It's the lit-tle  old lad- y
4     4  -5*-5*   -5* -5*-5* 
from Pas-a-de-na
-5*   5  5 -5 5

If you see her on the strip
3  -2  -2   -2  3   3   -3 

don't try  to choose her
4     -5* -5    -3    4


Go gran-ny, go gran-ny, go gran-ny go
4  4    4   4  4    4   -5 -5   -5  4
You might have a go-er
-3    3    -2  3 -3 -3  
but you'll nev-er lose her
4      4   -5*-5*  -3   4
Go gran-ny, go gran-ny, go gran-ny go
4   4    4  4   4    4  -4 -4   -4  4
She's gon-na get a tick-et now
-3     4  4  4   4 -6  -6   6
soon-er  or la- ter
-5   -3* -3*-3* -3*
'Cause she can't keep her foot
-3*    -3*  -5   -5   -5   -5* 
off  the ac-cel-er-a-tor
-5*  -5* -5* 6  5  5  5

And ev-’ry-bod-y's say-in’ that
-1   1  1  -1  -1  -2  -2  3    
there's no-bod-y mean-er
-2      -3 -3  4  -5  4
Than the lit-tle old lad-y
4     4   1   1  -1  -2 -2 
from Pas-a-de-na
3    -3  4 -5 4
She drives real fast and
3    -2     3     3*  3 
she drives real hard
3   -2      3     3*
She's the ter-ror of
4      4  -5  -5  4
Col-o-ra-do Boul-e-vard
-3  3 -2 -2 -3   3  -2

It's the lit- tle  old lad- y
4     4  -5*  -5*  -5* -5* -5* 
from Pas-a-de-na
-5*   5  5 -5  5

Go gran-ny, go gran-ny, go gran-ny go
5  5    5   5   5   5   -5 -5   -5  5

Go gran-ny, go gran-ny, go gran-ny go
5   5   5   5  5    5   -4  4   -4  4
The guys come to race her
-3   4    4   4   -6  -6 

from miles a-round
6    -5   -3*  -3*
But she'll give 'em a length
-3*  -3*   -5   -5 -5  -5* 
then she'll shut 'em down
-5*    -5*   6    5     5

And ev-’ry-bod-y's say-In’ that
-1  1   1   -1 -1  -2  -2   3 
there's no-bod-y mean-er
-2      -3 -3  4 -5    4
Than the lit-tle old lad-y
4     4   1   1  -1  -2 -2 
from Pas-a-de-na
3    -3  4 -5 4
She drives real fast and
3    -2     3     3*   3  
she drives real hard
3    -2     3     3*
She's the ter-ror of
4      4   -5  -5  4 
Col-o-ra-do Boul-e-vard
-3  3 -2 -2  -3  3   -2   

It's the lit-tle old lad -y from Pas-a-de-na
4     4  -5*-5*   -5*-5*-5*   -5* 5  5 -5 5

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