John Prine – Onomatopoeia (Ukulele)

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[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 [Verse 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