Good Old Desk Chords by Harry Nilsson
Tempo:
113.75 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
C
C#
D#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] Ha!
[A]
[D] Ha ha!
[D#] [E] [B]
[A]
[E]
[Em] [D#] Ha [G] ha!
[C] Ha ha!
[B] [E] Ha ha! Ha ha! Ha ha!
My old desk
[B] Does an arabesque
[D] In the morning
When I [C#] first arrived
[A] It's a pleasure to see
[G#] It's waiting there for me
To [C#m] keep my hopes alive
[E] [A] Such a comfort to know
[C] It's got no place to go
[E] It's always [C#] there
[A] It's the one thing I've got
[C] A huge success
[E] My good old desk
My old desk
[D#] Never needs a rest
[D] I've never once heard [C#] it cry
[A] Never seen it tease
[G#] It's always there to please me
[C#m] From nine to five
[E] Such [A] a comfort to know
[C] It's dependable and slow
[E] But it's always [C#] there
It's [A] the one friend I've got
[C] A giant alarm clock
Sometimes [E] a good old desk
[Em] Oo-ah, oo [G]-ah
Ha ha ha
[C] Oo [B]-ah, oo [E]-ah Ha ha
My old desk [D#] Isn't victorious
[A] But it's happy as a desk [C#] bee
[A] We never say a word
[G#] But it's perfectly alright [C#m] with me
[E] So [A] when my heart's on the floor
I [C] just open the drawer
[E] Of my favorite guest
[C#] And [A] what do I see
[C] But a picture of me working
[E] At my good old desk
[Em]
Oo [D#]-ah, oo [G]-ah
Ha ha ha
[C] Oo [B]-ah, oo [E]-ah Ha ha
[A]
[D] Ha ha!
[D#] [E] [B]
[A]
[E]
[Em] [D#] Ha [G] ha!
[C] Ha ha!
[B] [E] Ha ha! Ha ha! Ha ha!
My old desk
[B] Does an arabesque
[D] In the morning
When I [C#] first arrived
[A] It's a pleasure to see
[G#] It's waiting there for me
To [C#m] keep my hopes alive
[E] [A] Such a comfort to know
[C] It's got no place to go
[E] It's always [C#] there
[A] It's the one thing I've got
[C] A huge success
[E] My good old desk
My old desk
[D#] Never needs a rest
[D] I've never once heard [C#] it cry
[A] Never seen it tease
[G#] It's always there to please me
[C#m] From nine to five
[E] Such [A] a comfort to know
[C] It's dependable and slow
[E] But it's always [C#] there
It's [A] the one friend I've got
[C] A giant alarm clock
Sometimes [E] a good old desk
[Em] Oo-ah, oo [G]-ah
Ha ha ha
[C] Oo [B]-ah, oo [E]-ah Ha ha
My old desk [D#] Isn't victorious
[A] But it's happy as a desk [C#] bee
[A] We never say a word
[G#] But it's perfectly alright [C#m] with me
[E] So [A] when my heart's on the floor
I [C] just open the drawer
[E] Of my favorite guest
[C#] And [A] what do I see
[C] But a picture of me working
[E] At my good old desk
[Em]
Oo [D#]-ah, oo [G]-ah
Ha ha ha
[C] Oo [B]-ah, oo [E]-ah Ha ha
Key:
E
A
C
C#
D#
E
A
C
_ _ _ _ [F] _ Ha! _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ Ha ha! _ _ _ _ _
[D#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [D#] Ha [G] ha! _ _
[C] Ha ha!
[B] _ [E] Ha ha! Ha _ _ _ ha! Ha ha!
My old desk
[B] Does an _ arabesque
[D] In the morning
When I [C#] first arrived
[A] It's a pleasure to see
[G#] It's waiting there for me
To [C#m] keep my hopes alive _
[E] _ _ _ [A] Such a comfort to know
[C] It's got no place to go
[E] It's always [C#] there
_ _ [A] It's the one thing I've got
[C] A huge success
[E] My good old desk
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ My old desk
[D#] Never needs a rest
[D] I've never once heard [C#] it cry
_ [A] Never seen it tease
[G#] It's always there to please me
[C#m] From nine to five
[E] _ Such [A] a comfort to know
[C] It's dependable and slow
[E] But it's always [C#] there
_ It's [A] the one friend I've got
[C] A giant alarm clock
Sometimes [E] a good old _ _ desk
_ [Em] Oo-ah, oo [G]-ah
Ha ha ha
[C] Oo [B]-ah, oo [E]-ah Ha ha _ _ _
My old desk [D#] Isn't _ victorious
[A] But it's happy as a desk [C#] bee _
[A] We never say a word
[G#] But it's perfectly alright [C#m] with me
_ _ [E] _ _ So [A] when my heart's on the floor
I [C] just open the drawer
[E] Of my favorite guest
[C#] _ _ And [A] what do I see
[C] But a picture of me working
[E] At my good old desk
_ _ _ [Em] _
Oo [D#]-ah, oo [G]-ah
Ha ha ha
[C] Oo [B]-ah, oo [E]-ah Ha ha _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ Ha ha! _ _ _ _ _
[D#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [D#] Ha [G] ha! _ _
[C] Ha ha!
[B] _ [E] Ha ha! Ha _ _ _ ha! Ha ha!
My old desk
[B] Does an _ arabesque
[D] In the morning
When I [C#] first arrived
[A] It's a pleasure to see
[G#] It's waiting there for me
To [C#m] keep my hopes alive _
[E] _ _ _ [A] Such a comfort to know
[C] It's got no place to go
[E] It's always [C#] there
_ _ [A] It's the one thing I've got
[C] A huge success
[E] My good old desk
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ My old desk
[D#] Never needs a rest
[D] I've never once heard [C#] it cry
_ [A] Never seen it tease
[G#] It's always there to please me
[C#m] From nine to five
[E] _ Such [A] a comfort to know
[C] It's dependable and slow
[E] But it's always [C#] there
_ It's [A] the one friend I've got
[C] A giant alarm clock
Sometimes [E] a good old _ _ desk
_ [Em] Oo-ah, oo [G]-ah
Ha ha ha
[C] Oo [B]-ah, oo [E]-ah Ha ha _ _ _
My old desk [D#] Isn't _ victorious
[A] But it's happy as a desk [C#] bee _
[A] We never say a word
[G#] But it's perfectly alright [C#m] with me
_ _ [E] _ _ So [A] when my heart's on the floor
I [C] just open the drawer
[E] Of my favorite guest
[C#] _ _ And [A] what do I see
[C] But a picture of me working
[E] At my good old desk
_ _ _ [Em] _
Oo [D#]-ah, oo [G]-ah
Ha ha ha
[C] Oo [B]-ah, oo [E]-ah Ha ha _ _