Goofus Chords by Carpenters

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_ [F] _ I was born [Bb] on a farm out in Iowa,
A flame in the youth I was bound [F] I would fly away.
I pipe my grip [Bb] and I grab my saxophone. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ [Ab] Can't read notes but [Bb] I'll play anything they hear.
I'm getting on [G] _ the sounds that I used to hear when I used to play.
[C] _
Folks used [F] to say, sounds a little goof [Bb]-less to me.
_ Cornbread chords appeal to [A] me.
_ _ Agorastic harmony.
_ _ [Ab] Hold a note and change the key.
[G] _ _ Hey, hey, [F] that's goof _ [Cm] [Bb]-less.
Not according to the rules [A] that you learned in music [Ab] schools.
But the folks just danced like fools.
[Dm] They [G] should go [C] [F] all ghouls.
[C] _ _
Got a [F] job but I just keep it [Bb] long.
The leader said that I played all the music [F] wrong.
So I stepped out with an [A] outfit of [Bb] my own. _ _ _ _ _
[F] Got [C] _ [F] together a [Dm] new kind of [Bb] orchestry.
And we all [F] [Bb] played just the same [A] goof-less [Ab] harmony.
[G] And I'm a stud-bit.
[C] We made it.
[F] Goof-less has been lucky _ for me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] [Gm] Got _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
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[Cm] _ _ [Dm] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
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together a new kind of [C] orchestry.
And we all played just the same [Bm] goof-less [Bb] harmony.
[A] And I'm a stud-bit.
[D] We made [G] it.
Goof-less has been lucky [C] for [G] me.
Goof-less has been lucky [C] for [G] me.
Goof-less has been lucky [Db] _ _ [Cm] _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ for [C]
me.
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