#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## # Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 14:25:51 -0400 (EDT) From: "Mathew L. Needleman" Poisoning Pigeons in the Park music and lyrics by Tom Lehrer from the album, An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer Arranged for the guitar by Mathew Needleman ([email protected]). If you make improvements to this arrangement, please e-mail them to me. If there is interest, I think there a couple more Tom Lehrer songs that could work on the guitar. The rhythm changes at different points during the song. Sometimes it better to strum a chord only once when indicated. [C] Spring is [A7] here, a-suh-puh-[D7]ring is [G7] here. [C] Life is [A7] skittles and [D7] life is [G7] beer. [C] I think the [G7] loveliest [C] time of the [G7] year is the [C] spring. Dont [A7] you? [D7] Course you [G7] do. But theres [Dm] one thing that makes spring [C] complete for me, And [D7] makes every Sunday a [G] treat for [G7] me. All the [C] world seems in tune On a spring afternoon, When were poisoning pigeons in the [G7] park. Every [Dm] Sunday youll see My sweetheart and me, As we [G7] poison the pigeons in the [C] park. When [F] they see us coming, the [C] birdies all try anhide, But they [D7] still go for peanuts when [G7] coated with cyanide. The [C] suns shining bright, Everything seems all right, When were [D7] poisoning [G7] pigeons in the [C] park. Weve [G7] gained notoriety, And [C] caused much anxiety In the [G7] Audubon Society With our [C] games. They [A7] call it impiety, And lack of propriety, And quite a variety Of unpleasant [D] names. But its [D7] not against any re[G]ligion To [D7] want to dispose of a [G7] pigeon. [G7] So if [C] Sunday youre free, Why dont you come with me, And well poison the pigeons in the [G7] park. And [Dm] maybe well do In a squirrel or two, While were [G7] poisoning pigeons in the [C] park. Well [F] murder them all amid [C] laughter and merriment, Ex[D7] cept for the few we take [G7] home to experiment. My [C] pulse will be quikenin With each drop of strychnine We [D7] feed to a [G7] pigeon. It [D7] just takes a [G7] smidgen! To [D7] poison A [G7] pigeon in the [C] park. [G7] [C]
