{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":794470,"song":"Harper Valley Pta","artist":"Jeannie C. Riley","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11593168-harper-valley-pta-chords-by-jeannie-c-riley/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/794470?type=chord","rating":4.88691,"votes":174,"content":"You'll need a capo on the second to play along w/h the song or play it in A but \r\nremember it goes a a step throughout. \r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G7[/ch]          \r\nI want to tell you all a story 'bout a Harper Valley widowed wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nWho had a teenage daughter who attended Harper Valley Junior High[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G7[/ch]       \r\nWell her daughter came home one afternoon and didn't even stop to play[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C7[/ch]                              [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nShe said Mom I got a note here from the Harper Valley P.T.A.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch] \r\nThe note said Misses Johnson, you're wearing your dresses way too high[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nIt's reported you've been drinking and a runnin' round with men and going wild[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd we don't believe you ought to be a bringing up your little girl this way[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C7[/ch]                      [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nIt was signed by the secretary, Harper Valley P.T.A. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWell, it happened that the P.T.A. was gonna meet that very afternoon[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nThey were sure surprised when Misses Johnson wore her miniskirt into the room[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G7[/ch]                     \r\nAnd as she walked up to the blackboard I still recall the words she had to say[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C7[/ch]                                  [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nShe said, I'd like to address this meeting of the Harper Valley P.T.A.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Ab7[/ch]             \r\nWell there's Bobby Taylor, sitting there and seven times he's asked me for a[/tab]\r\ndate\r\n[tab]         [ch]Db7[/ch]\r\nMisses Taylor sure seems to use a lot of ice whenever he's away[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Ab7[/ch]\r\nAnd Mister Baker can you tell us why your secretary had to leave this town[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Db7[/ch]                             [ch]Eb7[/ch]\r\nAnd shouldn't Widow Jones be told to keep her window shades all pulled [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Ab7[/ch]\r\ncompletely down?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWell Mister Harper couldn't be here 'cause he stayed to long at Kelly's Bar[/tab]\r\nagain\r\n[tab]            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd if you smell Shirley Tompson's breath you'll find she's had a little nip[/tab]\r\nof gin\r\n[tab]         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThen you have the nerve to tell me you think that as a mother I'm not fit[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D7[/ch]                             [ch]E7[/ch]                          \r\nWell this is just a little Peyton Place and you're all Harper Valley[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\r\nhypocrites.  [/tab]\r\n  \r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nNo, I wouldn't put you on because it really did , it happend just this way[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]E7[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThe day my Mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.t.A.  [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Ab7[/ch]                    [ch]Bb7[/ch]              [ch]Eb7[/ch]\r\nThe day my Mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A.[/tab]","plain_text":"You'll need a capo on the second to play along w/h the song or play it in A but \nremember it goes a a step throughout. \n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndate\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\nagain\n\nof gin\n\n\n\n  \n\n[Outro]","chords":["A","G7","C7","D7","Ab7","Db7","Eb7","A7","E7","Bb7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}