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The Poor Old Prurient Interest Blues Chords

Music by: John Hartford
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[Verse 1]
[G]Napoleon is [C]standing[G] with
[C]his pants upon the floor
[Ab]Ther[C]e are [F]naked painted people
[Gm]in t[F]he poster on my door[G]
John
Lennon [C]and [G]his girlfriend couldn't
[C]show me any[G]more
[F]Lord, won't someone [D]please arouse
my prurient [G]interest?
There's [C]flesh throughout my [G]magazines,
it [C]ripples pink and smooth
Oh, [F]the door fell off the bath[Gm]room,
now I [F]see what all you [G]do
As I [C]grab my flannel fig [G]leaf,
just to [C]keep from being [F]rude
Have [D]mercy on my poor old
variant in[G]terest
Won't you [C]let me look [A]myself
Instead of [Dm]waving it at me
[G]Don't leave it han[Am]ging out
And sagging over [D]everything I see
[G]Don't take it off[C] until I'm rea[G]dy
Let me [C]have my little [Em]dreams[F]
Have [A]mercy on my poor
[D]old pru[G]rient int[C]erest
[Bb]Oh,[C]
there's something back [G]behind me
So I [C]quickly [Em]turn [C]around
The [F]muffled sound of [Gm]underwear
As [F]it comes tumbling [G]down
Someone [C]else is going natur[D]al
[G]Do [D]I hav[Em]e to [C]turn aro[F]und?
Have [D]mercy on my poor old
prurient in[G]terest
Won't you [C]let me look myself
[A]Instead of wav[D]ing it [Dm]at me[G]
Don't leave it [Am]hanging out and sagging
Over [D]everything I see
[G]Don't take it off[C] until I'm rea[G]dy
Let me [Em]have my little [F]dreams
Have [A]mercy on my poor
[D]old [G]prurient interest

[Outro 1]
the interest
[C][Bb][C][Bb][C][Bb][C][Bb]
[C][Bb][C][Bb][C][Bb][C]
[Bb][C][Bb]
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