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CREEQUE ALLEY
The Mamas & the Papas
[C] John and Mitchie were gettin' kind of itchy
Just to leave the folk music be-[C7]-hind
[F] Zal and Denny workin' for a penny
[C] Tryin' to get a fish on the line
In a [G7] coffee house Sebastian sat
And [F] after every number they'd pass the hat
[C] McGuinn and McGuire just a-gettin' higher
In [F] L.A., you know where that's at
And [E] no-one's gettin' fat except Mama [C] Cass
[C] Zally said "Denny, you know there aren't many
Who can sing a song the way that you [C7] do, let's go south"
[F] Denny said "Zally, golly, don't you think that I wish
[C] I could play guitar like you"
Zal, [G7] Denny and Sebastian sat (at the Night Owl)
And [F] after every number they'd pass the hat
[C] McGuinn and McGuire still a-gettin higher
In [F] L.A., you know where that's at
And [E] no one's gettin' fat except Mama [C] Cass
[C] When Cass was a sophomore, planned to go to Swarthmore
But she changed her mind one [C7] day
[F] Standin' on the turnpike, thumb out to hitchhike
[C] "Take me to New York right away"
When [G7] Denny met Cass he gave her love bumps
[F] Called John and Zal and that was the Mugwumps
[C] McGuinn and McGuire couldn't get no higher
But [F] that's what they were aimin' at
And [E] no one's gettin' fat except Mama [C] Cass
[C] Mugwumps, high jumps, slow slumps, big bumps
Don't you work as hard as you [C7] play
[F] Make up, break up, everything is shake up
[C] Guess it had to be that way
[G7] Sebastian and Zal formed the Spoonful
[F] Michelle, John, and Denny gettin' very tuneful
[C] McGuinn and McGuire just a-catchin' fire
In [F] L.A., you know where that's at
And [E] everybody's gettin' fat except Mama [C] Cass
[C] Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can't be trusted
And Mitchie wants to go to the [C7] sea
[F] Cass can't make it, she says we'll have to fake it
[C] We knew she'd come eventually
[G7] Greasin' on American Express cards
[F] Tent's low rent, but keeping out the heat's hard
[C] Duffy's good vibrations and our imaginations
[F] Can't go on indefinitely
And [E] California dreamin' is becomin' a reali-[C]-ty
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