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Tom Lehrer - Poisoning Pigeons In The Park Chords

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Poisoning Pigeons In The Park Chords

(ver. 1)
Tom Lehrer
Standard Tuning EADGBe 


Intro: C  A7  D7   G7 (x2)


Verse 1: 

   C       A7        D7       G7
Spring is here, a s-spring is here,
  C        A7          D7      G7
Life is skittles, and life is beer,
Dm             G7       C           G7           C
I think the loveliest time of the year is the spring,
   A7        D7                 G7
(I do! Don't you? Of course you do!)
            Dm              G7              C
But there's one thing that makes spring complete for me,
     D7                    G          G7
And makes every Sunday a treat for me!


Chorus 1: 

          C           
All the world seems in tune, on a spring afternoon,
                                   G7
When were poisoning pigeons in the park,
        Dm           
Every Sunday you'll see, my sweetheart and me,
        G7                       C
As we poison the pigeons in the park!


Post-Chorus 1:

     F                         C
When they see us coming, the birdies all try and hide,
          D7                        G7
But they still go for peanuts when coated with cyanide...
     C            
The sun's shining bright, everything seems all right,
             G7                     C
When were poisoning pigeons in the park!


[Instrumental Break]


Verse 2: 

      G7                    C7
We've gained notoriety, and caused much anxiety,
       G7               C7
In the audubon society, with our games...
    A7                    D7
They call it impiety, and lack of propriety,
    A7                                D
And quite a variety of...unpleasant names!
        D7                  G        D7                    G7
But its not against any religion, to want to dispose of a pigeon!


Chorus 2: 


G7        C7           
So,....if Sunday is free, why don't you come with me,
                                    G7
And we'll poison the pigeons in the park?
     Dm         
And maybe we'll do in a squirrel or two,
               G7                     C
While we're poisoning pigeons in the park,


Post-Chorus 2:

        F                     C
We'll murder them all, amid laughter and merriment,
   D7                       G7
Except for the few we take home to experiment!


    C                                                        D7        G7
My pulse will be quickening with each drop of strychenine we feed to a pigeon,
    D7             G7         D7      G7            C    G7 C
It just takes a smidgin, to poison a pigeon in the park!



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