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The Beehive State
By Randy Newman
In  Fm  
Capo III, chords relative to capo
“Since you’re the DmdelegAate from KanDmsas
Will you Dmkindly tAake the fDmloor
And tell us Dmwhat is FKansas thBbinking
And Bdimwhat is A7Kansas Dmfor?”
“WA7ell
DmKansas is Ffor the fAarmer
We stand behDmind the lFittle mAan
And we need a fDmirehouse Fin TBbopeka
So Bdimhelp us A7if you Dmcan”
Ahh da Dmda, da dAa, da da Dmdaa
Ah da Dmda, da dAaaa, da Dmdaa
Ah da da Dmda, da dFaaa, da dBbada 
Bdim     A7     Dm
“I see the gDmentlemAan from DmUtah
Our frDmiendly BFeehive StAate
How cDman we hFelp you BbUtah?
How Bdimcan we mA7ake ya Dmgreat?”
“A7Well
We gotta DmirrigFate our desAerts
We’ve got to Dmget some thFings to grAow
And we’ve gotta tDmell this cFountry about BbUtah
          Bdim     A7NC
Cause nobody seems to know
Dm A Dm A
Dm A Dm
Dm A Dm
DmoveFr Bbsinging, to fade
Chords:
Dm:   xx0231
A:    x02220
A7:   x02020
F:    133211
Bb:   688766
Bdim: xx3434 
These are the chords as I hear them. An excellent song
from a wonderful debut by a brilliant songwriter.
- Aaron Fritschner

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Beehive State

by Randy Newman

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Bdim

The Beehive State

By Randy Newman

Capo III, chords relative to capo

Dm A Dm

“Since you’re the delegate from Kansas

Dm A Dm

Will you kindly take the floor

Dm F Bb

And tell us what is Kansas thinking

Bdim A7 Dm

And what is Kansas for?”

“Well

Dm F A

Kansas is for the farmer

Dm F A

We stand behind the little man

Dm F Bb

And we need a firehouse in Topeka

Bdim A7 Dm

So help us if you can”

Dm A Dm

Ahh da da, da da, da da daa

Dm A Dm

Ah da da, da daaa, da daa

Dm F Bb

Ah da da da, da daaa, da dada

Bdim A7 Dm

Dm A Dm

“I see the gentleman from Utah

Dm F A

Our friendly Beehive State

Dm F Bb

How can we help you Utah?

Bdim A7 Dm

How can we make ya great?”

“Well

Dm F A

We gotta irrigate our deserts

Dm F A

We’ve got to get some things to grow

Dm F Bb

And we’ve gotta tell this country about Utah

Bdim A7

Cause nobody seems to know

Dm A Dm A

Dm A Dm

Dm F Bb

over singing, to fade

Chords:

: xx0231

: x02220

: x02020

: 133211

: 688766

Bdim

: xx3434

These are the chords as I hear them. An excellent song

from a wonderful debut by a brilliant songwriter.

- Aaron Fritschner

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