...MY PINK HALF OF THE DRAINPIPE... ----------------------------------- by Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band ......................... *from 'The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse' (1968)* *CAPO 3rd FRET* (Original Key: ) Intro: , (x2) Verse 1: You who speak to me, across the fence, , Of common sense. /maj How your tomato plant will win a prize; Won't that be nice? and by the way... How's your wife? + Your holidays, were spent in Spain, You went by train; you'll go again. Verse 2: Have you seen me bullfight poster on the wall? Do you know the 'appy memory it re-calls? /maj Here's a photograph of me with my son, Ted; That's me cousin, with his hanky on his head! + We booked in at our 'otel just after two, And met a family from Bradford that we knew. Interlude: Oooh, what melo-dy-a! (Burp!) Chorus 1: My pink half of the drainpipe, Separates next door from me. /maj My pink half of the drainpipe, (n.) Oh, Mama! () Belongs to me. Interlude: , (x2) Sax Solo: , , /maj, , +, Chorus 2: My pink half of the drainpipe, Semi-de-tach-ed, ah! /maj My pink half of the drainpipe, (n.) Oh, Mama! () Belongs to moi. Interlude: , (x2) Verse 3: I have a sister in To-ronto who's a nurse, And I've had a bit of bother laying turf. /maj It's life, not books that taught me all I've learned, Woop, in the b'oven, my rice pudding's getting burned! + 'Ere, have you seen the new attachment on me drill? I must have the cat put down, 'cos he's ill. Break: (n.) Hey, neighbour! Chorus 3: My pink half of the drainpipe, I may paint it blue. /maj My pink half of the drainpipe, (n.) Keeps me safe from, (n.) You...! Interlude: (Glockenspeil): I'm a wobbly jelly, you're a pink blanc-mange, I'm a sherry trifle, you're a chocolate sponge. Your dad wears a paper hat, mine inflates bal-loons, (n.) Whoops! Boodly boop! (Pop!) Here comes a spoon! Coda: My pink half of the drainpipe, Separates me from, The in-credibly fascinating story of your life, /maj And every day to day event, in all it's minute, And tedious at-tention to detail... And was it a Thursday or a Wednesday? Or, oh, no, it wasn't though. + Oh, who cares anyway, because I do not. So Norman if you're normal, I intend to be a freak for the rest of my life. And I shall baffle you, With cabbages and rhinoceroses in the kitchen, Incessant quotations from "Now We Are Six", Through the mouthpiece of Lord Snooty's, Giant poisoned e-lectric head. So there...... Outro: , (x6) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- /maj EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 320003 224432 022000 x02210 022100 x02110 x02013 + EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x02212 xx0212 x32010 x32110 323000 x02223