Conjunction Junction - Bob Dorough
From Schoolhouse Rock: 1973
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODGA7ssL-6g
Chords EADGBe
G 320003
Em7 020000
C x32010
Eb7 xx1023
C#dim7 x45353
D7 xx0212
G7/B x20001
C7 x32310
Bb7 x13131
D xx0232
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[Intro]
G Em7 C D
[Chorus]
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
Hooking up words and phases and clauses
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
G C#dim7 C D7
I got three favorite cars that get most of my job done
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's their function?
G C#dim7 C D7
I got "and", "but", and "or" they'll get you pretty far
[Verse – Spoken]
G
"And", That's an additive, like "this and that"
C7
"But", That's sort of the opposite, "Not this but that"
Bb7
And then there's "or" O-R, when you have a choice like "This or that"
D
"And", "but", and "or", Get you pretty far
[Chorus]
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
Hooking up two boxcars and making them run right
[Bridge]
G
Milk and honey, bread and butter,
C7
Peas and rice, Hey, that's nice!
G
Dirty but happy, digging and scratching
C7
Losing your shoe and a button or two
G
He's poor but honest, sad but true
C7
Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
[Chorus]
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
Hooking up two cars to one when you say something like this choice:
[Verse]
G C7 Eb7
"Either now or later" Or no choice:
G C7 Eb7
"Neither now nor ever" Hey that's clever!
G
Eat this or that, grow thin or fat
C7 Eb7
Never mind, I wouldn't do that. I'm fat enough now!
[Chorus]
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
Hooking up phrases and clauses that balance, like:
[Verse]
G G7 C Eb7
Out of the frying pan and into the fire
G G7 C Eb7
He cut loose the sandbags but the balloon wouldn't go any higher
G G7 C Eb7
Let's go up to the mountains or down to the sea
G G7 C Eb7
You should always say "thank you", or at least say "please"
[Chorus]
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses in complex sentences like:
[Verse – Spoken]
G
"In the mornings, when I am usually wide awake
C7
I love to take a walk through the gardens and down by the lake
Where I often see a duck and a drake
Bb7
And I wonder as I walk by
Just what they'd say if they could speak
D
Although I know that's an absurd thought"
[Chorus]
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
Hooking up cars and making 'em function
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
G C#dim7 C D7
I like tying up words and phrases and clauses
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, watch that function
G C#dim7 C D7
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful
