Tom Paxton – Lets Pretend (Guitar)

F        C          F       C
[tab]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.

C                     G7         C
Let's be a p'liceman, p'liceman, p'liceman,

C                    G7
Let's be a p'liceman now,

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Blow your whistle as loud as you can

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Catch the burglar, burglar man

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Take him a-way and throw him in the can

C          G7        C
Let's be a p'liceman now.

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.

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

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Write on the blackboard big as you please

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These are the leaves and these are the trees

C          G7      C
Let's be a teacher now

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.

C                  G7      C
Let's be a monkey, monkey, monkey

C                 G7
Let's be a monkey now

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Hang 'way up in a monkey tree

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Make a funny face and scratch your knee

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Best little monkey that you ever did see

C          G7     C
Let's be a monkey now

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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.

C                     G7         C
Let's be a gray wolf, grey wolf, grey wolf

C                    G7
Let's be a gray wolf now

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Growlin' wolf on four gray feet

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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

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.