Crazy ABC's chords and lyrics - BARENAKED LADIES

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[Verse 1]
[D]Hey[G] St[D]eve[G]![Em][A]
Hey Ed, that sounds nice, what is [D]it?
Thank [A]you, it's an alphabet
song I'm working on
Oh great, a whole new alphabet,
I just learned the [Em]old one.

[Verse 2]
[D]A is for a[G]isle
[A]B is for b[D]dellium
C [G]is for [D]czar
An[G]d if you see him, would
[Em]you mind t[A]elling him

[Verse 3]
OK, hang on [A]a second, yeah aisle?
Yeah, aisle like a, like a theatre.
Alright, OK, and bdellium?
Bdelli[Em]um, it's a gum l[A]ike tree resin,
it starts [Em]with a silent [A]B
And [Em]then czar?
[D]Yeah, it's [A]uh- like a Russian
czar.
You know, everyone knows
apple ball and cat,
[Em]I wanted to [A]get into some you know,
Some stranger words.
Right, I see what [D]you're doing.[G]
[D]D is for

[Verse 4]
[G]djinn
[A]E for Eup[D]hrates
F [G]is [D]for fohn, but not like [Em]when
I call the [A]ladies
I thought phone star[Em]ted with a

[Verse 5]
[A]
[Em]"p"...like a "ph"
No [A]its f-o-h-n,
it's [Em]it's it's it's [A]a kind of w[D]ind
[A]Yeah, [Em]I know what you mean by wind

[Verse 6]
[D]G for Gnarly,
[G]I for irk
[A]H is for h[D]our
J [G]for [D]jal[G]apeño
Good in [Em]either corn or [A]flour (tortillas)
Nice rhyme
[D]K is for k[G]nick-knack
L [A]L is for l[D]lama
Pramma, llama, ding

[Verse 7]
What's so strange about [D]llama?
Llama, its starts with two L's
What's the second one for?
No idea.
I know, loser.

[Verse 8]
M for mne[G]monic
[A]N is f[D]or ngomo
O [G]is for [D]ouija [G]board
[D]P for pneum[G]onia,
ptero[A]dactyl and psy[D]chosis
Q [G]is [D]for qat
[G]OK, [Em]Q,

[Verse 9]
[A]qat? What?
Yeah it's uh...q-a-t,
It's It's an evergreen shrub
It's a perfect scrabble word
because it's a q with no u,
There's not many of those
You have too much time on your hand[Em]s.
[D]R is for

[Verse 10]
[G]R-gyle
[A]No, it [D]isn't

[Verse 11]
OK, you're right; I [D]couldn't

[Verse 12]
find a good "r" word
[D]S is for S[G]aar, a l[A]ovely German r[D]iver
T [G]for [D]tsunami, a wav[Em]e that
makes me [A]quiver[Em][A][D]
U is for [G]urn, but [A]not like earning [D]money
V for [G]vraisemb[D]lance from French,
And [Em]therefore kind of [A]funny
[D]W for wre[G]n, wri[A]nkly, and who[D].
X is [G]for [D]Xian, an anc[G]ient Chi[Em]nese city,
[A]true!

[Verse 13]
[A]Ancient [Em]Chinese [A]city, huh?
[G]My gui[A]tar player, some hotshot.
[Em][A]

[Verse 14]
[D]Y is f[G]or yperite, a v[A]ery nasty g[D]as.
And zed's the final letter
An[G]d by fi[Em]nal, I mean [A]last.
OK, when you say [Em]zed,

[Verse 15]
[A]
For the benefit of our American
friend[Em]s
You really [A]mean Z, right?
No [Em]I mean [A]Zed, like, like Zed Zed Top.
Zed Zed Top?
Yeah, you [C]know the guys with
the big [A]long beards,
[Em]Well, except [A]the guy
whose name is [Em]Beard,
[A]He has a mustache
[Em]I always thought that was interestin[A]g
[Em]You done with [A]the alphabet?
No extra letters I haven't heard [G]of?
[A]I think so.[Em]
Well this was a [A]great help,
I [D]think, you know,
[A]The contribution you made
[Em]to world literacy
[A]Well, I'm just saying, kids
I'm just saying
[D]Think outside the[A] box a little bit[Em]
[A]Box with an "r"
[D]Yeah, well, [A]no, box with [Em]a a a b[A]-a-l-k-s,
like [D]like [A]like a pitcher.
Ahh, as op[D]posed to b-a-c-h-s,
[A]Right, Right, Right, Right, Right,
think [A]outside the "balks"

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