Tabbed by Robin Young
Chords:
A: X02220
A7: X02020
Am: X02210
B: X24442
Bm7: X24232
C/D: XX0010
Cmaj7/F: 13300X
D: XX0232
D/A: X0423X
D/E: 0X423X
Dm7: XX0211
E: 022100
E/A: X02100
E/B: X22100
Esus4: 022200
Esus4/B: X22200
E7sus4: 02023X
Em/A: X02000
Em7: 022030
Em7sus4: 020200
F: 133211
F#m/B: X24222
Intro:
A ? E/A ? D/A ? A
F#m/B ? Bm7
Esus4EEm7Am
Come to the din-ner gong
Em/AA7Dm7
The ta-ble is lad-en high
DC/D
Fat bel-lies and hun-gry little ones
FAE/AE
Tuck your napkins in and take your share
Esus4EEm7
Some get the gra-vy
AmEm/AA7
And some get the gris-tle
Dm7DC/D
Some get the mar-row bone
F
And some get noth- ing
AE/AEEsus4
Though there?s plen-ty to spare
Em/AAmEm/AAmEm/A
I took my share down by the sea
AmEm/AAmEm/AEsus4
Pa-per plates and Ja- -vex bottles on the tide
EEm7sus4D/E
Seagulls come down and they squawk at me
E Esus4 E7sus4 D/E F (Cmaj7/F F ? 3x) F#m/B Bm7
Down where the wa- - - ter ski- ers glide
Esus4EEm7Am
Some turn to Je-sus
Em/AA7
And some turn to her-o-in
Dm7DC/D
Some turn to ramb-ling ?round
F
Looking for a clean sky
AE/AE
And a drink-ing stream
Esus4EEm7Am
Some watch the paint peel off
Em/AA7
Some watch their kids grow up
Dm7DC/D
Some watch their stocks and bonds
FAE/AEEsus4
Waiting for that big deal A-mer-i- -can dream
Em/AAmEm/AAmEm/A
I took my dream down by the sea
AmEm/AAmEm/A
Yan-kee yachts and lob- ster pots
Esus4E
And sunshine and logs and sails
Em7sus4D/E
And Shell Oil pails
EEsus4D/E
Dogs and tugs and sum- mer-time
F
Back in the ban-quet line
Cmaj7/FF#m/B
An- - -gry young people cry- ing
Esus4EEm7Am
?Who let the greed-y in
Em/AA7
And who left the need-y out?
Dm7DC/D
Who made this salt-y
F
Tell ?em we?re very hungry now
AE/AE
For a sweet-er fare?
In the cookie I read,
Esus4EEm7
?Some get the gra-vy
AmEm/AA7
And some get the gris-tle
Dm7DC/D
Some get the mar-row bone
Em/AAmF
And some get noth- ing
AE/ABBm7s4/B
Though there?s plen-ty to spare?