Thomas Jefferski Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
Here comes a [D]little girl
to sing the next [G]song.
What is [D]your name?
My name?
It doesn't [G]matter.
It's what I am that [D]counts.[G]
This song will [D]tell you what I mean.
[G]I have a little f[D]riend
whose name ends with a [G]ski
And yet my little [D]friend
looks just like you and [G]me
Last night I [D]asked my father
why a name like that should [G]be.
And this is what my [D]father said
as I sat on his [G]knee.
A skeowitz or a orkoo,
when [C]added to a [G]name,[D]
just [G]teaches us the family or town
[C]from whi[D]ch it cam[G]e.
A name like Thomas Jefferson
in [C]some lands [C#dim]or the sea[D]
Would [G]not be Thomas [E]Jefferson,
but [A]Thomas [D]Jeffer[G]ski
Or Jef[D]fer -wit or [G]Jeffer [Abdim]-ruff
[G]or [D]maybe Jeffer [G]-coo
So [A]do not let [F#m]a ski or r[D]uff or wit
[A]seem strange to you[D]
I [G]feel the same towards every name,
[C]no matter [C#dim]how it ends[D][G]
[D]For [G]people with the [E]strangest names
can [A]be the [D]best of [G]friends.
A T or W or R or Q when [C]added to a [G]name
[D]just [G]teaches us a [Em]family or
[G]tow[C]n fro[D]m which it cam[G]e.
A name like Thomas Jefferson
in [C]some land [C#dim]or the sea[D]
Could [G]not be Thomas Jefferson,
[Abdim]but Thoma[E]s Je[A]fferski[D]
[G]Or Jeffer[A] Whi[Ebdim]p,
or [G]Jeffer [Abdim]Oak,
or [A]maybe [D]Jeffer [G]Crew
[Abdim]So do not le[A]t a ski[F#m]
[A]or [D]oak or [Em]whip
seem [A]strange to [D]you
I [G]feel the same towards everything,
no [C]matter [C#dim]how it ends[D]
For [G]people with the strangest [E]names
can [A]be the [D]best of [G]friends.