CREEQUE ALLEY
Mamas and The Papas

INTRO:
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VERSE 1:
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John and Michi were gettin' kind of itchy
B7
Just to leave the folk music behind
E7
Zal and Denny workin' for a penny
B7
Tryin' to get a fish on the line
     F#7
In a coffee house Sebastian sat
    E7
And after every number they'd pass the hat
B7
McGuinn and McGuire just a-gettin' higher
                                 E7
In L.A., you know where that's at
                     D7                  B7
And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass

VERSE 2:
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Zally said "Denny, you know there aren't many
B7
Who can sing a song the way that you do, let's go south"
E7
Denny said "Zally, golly, don't you think that I wish
B7
I could play guitar like you"
     F#7
Zal, Denny and Sebastian sat (at the Night Owl)
    E7
And after every number they'd pass the hat
B7
McGuinn and McGuire still a-gettin higher
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In L.A., you know where that's at
                     D7                  B7
And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass

VERSE 3:
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When Cass was a sophomore, planned to go to Swarthmore
B7
But she changed her mind one day
E7
Standin' on the turnpike, thumb out to hitchhike
B7
"Take me to New York right away"
     F#7
When Denny met Cass he gave her love bumps
E7
Called John and Zal and that was the Mugwumps
B7
McGuinn and McGuire couldn't get no higher
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But that's what they were aimin' at
                     D7                  B7
And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass

VERSE 4:
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Mugwumps, high jumps, slow slumps, big bumps
B7
Don't you work as hard as you play
E7
Make up, break up, everything is shake up
B7
Guess it had to be that way
  F#7
Sebastian and Zal formed the Spoonful
E7
Michelle, John, and Denny gettin' very tuneful
B7
McGuinn and McGuire just a-catchin' fire
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In L.A., you know where that's at
                        D7                  B7
And everybody's gettin' fat except Mama Cass
B7
Di di di dit dit dit di di di dit, whoa

INSTRUMENTAL:
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F#7   E7    B7    B7
E7 D7 B7    B7

VERSE 5:
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Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can't be trusted
B7
And Michi wants to go to the sea
E7
Cass can't make it, she says we'll have to fake it
B7
We knew she'd come eventually
F#7
Greasin' on American Express cards
E7
Tent's low rent, but keeping out the heat's hard
B7
Duffy's good vibrations and our imaginations
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Can't go on indefinitely
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And California dreamin' is becomin' a reality

OUTRO:
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  ..becomin' a reality
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