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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":823317,"song":"Creeque Alley","artist":"The Mamas & The Papas","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/823317-creeque-alley-chords-by-the-mamas-the-papas/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/823317?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":221,"content":"Creeque Alley: The Mamas And The Papas\r\n#5 in UK and #9 in USA in 1966\r\n\r\n#1.\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nJohn and Mitchy were gettin' kind of itchy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nJust to leave the folk music behind.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nZal and Denny workin' for a penny,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTryin' to get a fish on the line.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn a coffee house Sebastian sat,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd after every number they'd pass the hat.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMcGuinn and McGuire just a-gettin' higher in L.A.,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou know where that's at.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#2.\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nZally said, \"Denny, you know there aren't many,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nwho can sing a song the way that you do.\" Let's go south[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nDenny said, \"Zally, golly, don't you think that I wish,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI could play guitar like you.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nZal, Denny and Sebastian sat.. (at the Night Owl)[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd after every number they'd pass the hat.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMcGuinn and McGuire still a-gettin higher in L.A.,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nyou know where that's at.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#3.\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen Cass was a sophomore, planned to go to Swathmore,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nBut she changed her mind one day.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nStandin' on the turnpike, thumb out to hitchhike,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Take me to New York right away.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen Denny met Cass he gave her love bumps..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\ncalled John and Zal and that was the Mugwumps.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMcGuinn and McGuire couldn't get no higher,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbut that's what they were aimin' at.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#4.\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMugwumps, high jumps, low slumps, big bumps..[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nDon't you work as hard as you play.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMake up, break up, everything is shake up..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nGuess it had to be that way.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSebastian and Zal formed the Spoonful..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMichelle, John, and Denny gettin' very tuneful.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMcGuinn and McGuire just a-catchin' fire in L.A.,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou know where that's at.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd everybody's gettin' fat except Mama Cass.[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Di-di-dit dit, dit dit di-di-dit dit, whoa-oh)\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n| [ch]G[/ch]     | [ch]G[/ch]    | [ch]C[/ch]    | [ch]G[/ch]     |\r\n| [ch]D[/ch]     | [ch]C[/ch]    | [ch]G[/ch]    | [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]    |\r\n\r\n#5.\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBroke, busted, disgusted, agents can't be trusted,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd Mitchy wants to go to the sea.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nCass can't make it..she says we'll have to fake it..[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe knew she'd come eventually.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nGreasin' on American Express card..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nTent's low rent, but keeping out the heat's hard.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDuffy's good vibrations and our imaginations,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCan't go on indefinitely.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd California dreamin' is becomin' a reality...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"Creeque Alley: The Mamas And The Papas\n#5 in UK and #9 in USA in 1966\n\n#1.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#2.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#3.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#4.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Di-di-dit dit, dit dit di-di-dit dit, whoa-oh)\n\n[Instrumental]\n| G     | G    | C    | G     |\n| D     | C    | G    | G   C |\n| C  Bb | G    |\n\n#5.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC   Bb   G\nC   Bb   G\n\n\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["G","G7","C","D","A","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}