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Lets Pretend Chords

(ver. 1)
Tom Paxton
[Chorus]
F        C          F       C
Let's pretend, just you and me,
F      C        D7      G7
Be whatever you want to be,
C        G7    C      F
You will be my secret friend,
    C          G7       C
And we'll play let's pretend.
 
[Verse 1]
C                     G7         C
Let's be a p'liceman, p'liceman, p'liceman,
C                    G7
Let's be a p'liceman now,
F         C          F           C
Blow your whistle as loud as you can
F         C        D       G7
Catch the burglar, burglar man
C          G7      C                F
Take him a-way and throw him in the can
C          G7        C
Let's be a p'liceman now.
 
[Chorus]
F        C          F       C
Let's pretend, just you and me,
F      C        D7      G7
Be whatever you want to be,
C        G7    C      F
You will be my secret friend,
    C          G7       C
And we'll play let's pretend.
 
[Verse 2]
C                   G7       C
Let's be a teacher, teacher, teacher
C                  G7
Let's be a teacher now
F        C       F       C
Teaching all the A - B - C's
F            C          D          G7
Write on the blackboard big as you please
C             G7         C             F
These are the leaves and these are the trees
C          G7      C
Let's be a teacher now
 
[Chorus]
F        C          F       C
Let's pretend, just you and me,
F      C        D7      G7
Be whatever you want to be,
C        G7    C      F
You will be my secret friend,
    C          G7       C
And we'll play let's pretend.
 
[Verse 3]
C                  G7      C
Let's be a monkey, monkey, monkey
C                 G7
Let's be a monkey now
F         C       F      C
Hang 'way up in a monkey tree
F            C        D            G7
Make a funny face and scratch your knee
C           G7              C        F
Best little monkey that you ever did see
C          G7     C
Let's be a monkey now
 
[Chorus]
F        C          F       C
Let's pretend, just you and me,
F      C        D7      G7
Be whatever you want to be,
C        G7    C      F
You will be my secret friend,
    C          G7       C
And we'll play let's pretend.
 
[Verse 4]
C                     G7         C
Let's be a gray wolf, grey wolf, grey wolf
C                    G7
Let's be a gray wolf now
F        C       F         C
Growlin' wolf on four gray feet
F        C        D         G7
Mean and ugly and not very sweet
C           G7        C       F
Lookin' for something nice to eat
C          G7        C
Let's be a gray wolf now
 
[Chorus]
F        C          F       C
Let's pretend, just you and me,
F      C        D7      G7
Be whatever you want to be,
C        G7    C      F
You will be my secret friend,
    C          G7       C
And we'll play let's pretend.
            
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