The Mamas & The Papas – Creeque Alley (Guitar)

G
John and Mitchy were gettin' kind of itchy

                               G7
Just to leave the folk music behind.

C
Zal and Denny workin' for a penny,

G
Tryin' to get a fish on the line.

     D
In a coffee house Sebastian sat,

    C
And after every number they'd pass the hat.

G
McGuinn and McGuire just a-gettin' higher in L.A.,

                      C
You know where that's at.

                     Bb              G
And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass.

G
Zally said, "Denny, you know there aren't many,

                                     G7
who can sing a song the way that you do." Let's go south

C
Denny said, "Zally, golly, don't you think that I wish,

G
I could play guitar like you."

     D
Zal, Denny and Sebastian sat.. (at the Night Owl)

    C
And after every number they'd pass the hat.

G
McGuinn and McGuire still a-gettin higher in L.A.,

                      C
you know where that's at.

                     Bb              G
And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass.

G
When Cass was a sophomore, planned to go to Swathmore,

                             G7
But she changed her mind one day.

C
Standin' on the turnpike, thumb out to hitchhike,

 G
"Take me to New York right away."

     D
When Denny met Cass he gave her love bumps..

C
called John and Zal and that was the Mugwumps.

G
McGuinn and McGuire couldn't get no higher,

                                 C
but that's what they were aimin' at.

                     Bb              G
And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass.

G
Mugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumps..

                              G7
Don't you work as hard as you play.

C
Make up, break up, everything is shake up..

G
Guess it had to be that way.

D
Sebastian and Zal formed the Spoonful..

C
Michelle, John, and Denny gettin' very tuneful.

G
McGuinn and McGuire just a-catchin' fire in L.A.,

                      C
You know where that's at.

                        Bb              G
And everybody's gettin' fat except Mama Cass.

G
Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can't be trusted,

                              G7
And Mitchy wants to go to the sea.

C
Cass can't make it..she says we'll have to fake it..

   G
We knew she'd come eventually.

D
Greasin' on American Express card..

C
Tent's low rent, but keeping out the heat's hard.

G
Duffy's good vibrations and our imaginations,

                      C
Can't go on indefinitely.

                           Bb              G
And California dreamin' is becomin' a reality...