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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
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'When patterns are broken, new worlds can emerge'
  -- Tuli Kupferberg, as quoted in _Reader's Digest_ (4/87)
I don't know what was more of a sign that the 60s were over... Lawrence
Welk owning the Country Joe and the Fish catalog (Welk Music Group bought
Vanguard) or one of the Fugs being quoted in _Reader's Digest_...
                            "Dirty Old Man"
                       (E. Sanders - L. Goldbart)
Intro [6X]:
	     E(E7)      A(G) E  
	/ / /  / / /  / . /  /
Verse 1 (chorus echoes each line except as noted):
	HEangin' out by the scAhoolyard gEate
	LEookin' up every drAess I cEan
	SAuckin' wind through my upper plate
	IE'm a dAirty old mEan (dirty old man, dirty old man)
	( 1you f*ckin' dirty old man    2disgusting!)
Verse 2:
	Handin' out joints to the kids at school
	Givin' out pictures and porn and pills
	Fillin' the front of my shirt with drool
	I'm a dirty old man (dirty old man, dirty old man)
	( 2ya prevert!)
Verse 3:
	Nervously wiggling my toes in my boots
	Communist literature in my hands
	Pinchin' all the bosoms I can
	I'm a dirty old man (dirty old man, dirty old man)
	( 2you!)
[instrumental break over verse chords]
Recitation (over two repeats of verse chords)
	[cackle] Hello, kiddies, here I am again on the ol' schoolyard!  I
	got *thrill pills* for all the little chickies, and I got *funny
	cigarettes* for all you boys sniff, and I got *dirty pictures* for
	all of you together!  Well, I guess I better go, I see the campus
	cop's coming... I better split now.  Remember Leon Trotsky! [cackle]
[repeat verses 1-3]
Coda:
	IA'm a dBirty old mEan
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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Dirty Old Man

by The Fugs

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#

#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#

#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

'When patterns are broken, new worlds can emerge'

-- Tuli Kupferberg, as quoted in _Reader's Digest_ (4/87)

I don't know what was more of a sign that the 60s were over... Lawrence

Welk owning the Country Joe and the Fish catalog (Welk Music Group bought

Vanguard) or one of the Fugs being quoted in _Reader's Digest_...

"Dirty Old Man"

(E. Sanders - L. Goldbart)

Intro [6X]:

E E7 A G E

() ()

/ / / / / / / . / /

Verse 1 (chorus echoes each line except as noted):

E A E

Hangin' out by the schoolyard gate

E A E

Lookin' up every dress I can

Suckin' wind through my upper plate

E A E

I'm a dirty old man (dirty old man, dirty old man)

1 2

( you f*ckin' dirty old man disgusting!)

Verse 2:

Handin' out joints to the kids at school

Givin' out pictures and porn and pills

Fillin' the front of my shirt with drool

I'm a dirty old man (dirty old man, dirty old man)

( ya prevert!)

Verse 3:

Nervously wiggling my toes in my boots

Communist literature in my hands

Pinchin' all the bosoms I can

I'm a dirty old man (dirty old man, dirty old man)

( you!)

[instrumental break over verse chords]

Recitation (over two repeats of verse chords)

[cackle] Hello, kiddies, here I am again on the ol' schoolyard! I

got *thrill pills* for all the little chickies, and I got *funny

sniff

cigarettes* for all you boys , and I got *dirty pictures* for

all of you together! Well, I guess I better go, I see the campus

cop's coming... I better split now. Remember Leon Trotsky! [cackle]

[repeat verses 1-3]

Coda:

A B E

I'm a dirty old man

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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