WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | John Prine - Onomatopoeia Ukulele | Ver. 1
[Verse 1]
G
Forty-five minutes, fifty-five cents
C
Sixty-five agents sitting on a fence
G D G
Saying, hey little brother look what we got for you
We're gonna rope off an area and put on a show
C
From the Canadian border down to Mexico
G
It might be the most potentially gross
D G
Thing that we could possibly do
D
Yeah, little buddy gonna get your chance
G
Make them pubescents all wet their pants
A
We'll record it live and that's no jive
D
Hold it, stop it, no, no, no, no
[Chorus 1]
G
Bang went the pistol, crash went the window
C
Ouch went the son of a gun
G D
Onomatopoeia, I don't wanna see ya
C D G
Speaking in a foreign tongue
[Instrumental]
D G A D
[Vers 2]
G
Knock, knock, hello, can I come in?
C
Gee, it was a wonderful show
C
Oh, you haven't gone on yet?
D G
Well, how was I supposed to know?
Hey we got a great date, it's really downtown
C
We're gonna get the grand canyon to do the sound
G
It's a boxing ring, but it might be the thing
D G
To really put you in the dough
D
Well listen little brother, don't you get us wrong
G
Why we even know one of the words to your song
A D
Just say I do and we'll lay it on you
You, you, and me, me, me, me
[Chorus 2]
G
Bang went the pistol, crash went the window
C
Ouch went the son of a gun
G D
Onomatopoeia, I don't want to see ya
C D G
Speaking in a foreign tongue
[Verse 3]
D
Hey little buddy gonna get your chance
G
Make them pubescents all wet their pants
A
We'll record it live and that's no jive
D
Hold it, stop it, no, no, no, no
[Chorus 3]
G
Bang went the pistol, crash went the window
C
Ouch went the son of a gun
G D
Onomatopoeia, I don't want to see ya
C D G
Speaking in a foreign tongue
G D
Onomatopoeia, I don't want to see ya
C D G
Speaking in a foreign tongue
