Misc Television – Sesame Street - Berts Blanket (Guitar)

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[Intro] F C Dm Bb C (Spoken during intro) Sheep: Baaa, come on he's not asheep yet! We just thought you might like to know where your blanket came from. Bert: My blanket? I know where my blanket came from! [Verse 1]
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A blanket begins in a faraway place

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Where skies are blue and there's lots of space

Dm
The nights are cold and we sleep outside

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To keep warm and toasty we grow hair on our hide

         F
But when spring comes round, the weather is warm

  C
A thick woolly coat loses all of its charm

      Dm
We're itchy and hot 'til the rancher arrives

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To give us each a haircut and brighten up our lives
[Verse 2]
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He grabs a big bag and he gathers the wool

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And he stuffs and he crams 'til the bags are full

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He throws 'em on the truck 'til it's piled up high

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Then he climbs into the driver's seat and says "goodbye"
[Chorus]
F
That's the story of Bert's blanket

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That's the story of Bert's blanket

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That's the story of Bert's blanket

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That's the story of Bert's blanket

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That's the story of Bert's blanket

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That's the story of Bert's blanket

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That's the story of Bert's blanket

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That's the story of Bert's blanket
(Spoken while sheep sing chorus in background) Bert: Hey sheep! Hey sheep, aren't ya going to tell what happens next? Sheep: Oh so I suppose someone waves a magic wand and POOF! Our wool turns into a blanket and lands on your beeeeeed. Bert: Nooooo, that's not what happens to your wool. Now listen... [Verse 3]
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It goes to a mill before it lands in bed

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'Cause it's gotta be twirled into long strong thread

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Then it's gotta get dyed to a nice dull grey

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Then woven into cloth before it's sent on its way
(spoken)Bert: Get the picture? (spoken)Sheep: Yes we see. (spoken)Bert: Well there's more [Verse 4]
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A few more touches and it goes to a store

           C
Where it's put on a shelf, it's not long before

  Dm
A warm grey blanket catches someone's eye

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He says "Hey, that's the blanket I've been longing to buy!"
(spoken)Sheep: Well I'll be dagnabbed. So that's what happens! [Verse 5]
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(Bert) So when you climb in bed before you go to sleep

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As you snuggle in your covers please think of these sheep.

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(Sheep) We'll be back on the range and doing our beeeest

              Bb                        C
To keep those blankets coming from our ranch in the weeest.
[Chorus]
F
That's the story of Bert's blanket

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That's the story of my blanket

Dm
That's the story of Bert's blanket

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That's the story of my blanket

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That's the story of Bert's blanket

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That's the story of Bert's blanket

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That's the story of Bert's blanket

Bb                  C
That's the story of Bert's blanket

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That's the story of Bert's blanket

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That's the story of Bert's blanket

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That's the story of Bert's blanket
(fade out...)