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Intro Chords: C(major with added notes) Arpeggios on piano
VERSE 1:
DO MIm/SI LAm
Now believe me when I tell you that my song is really true
REm MIm FAm SOL
I want everyone to listen and believe
DO MIm/SI LAm
It's about some little people from a long time ago
SIb MIb SOL# SOL
And all the things the neighbors didn't know
DO MIm/SI LAm
Early in the morning Daddy Dinky went to work
REm MIm FAm SOL
Selling lamps and chairs to San Ber'dino Squares
DO MIm/SI LAm
And I still remember mama with her apron and her pad
SIb LAm RE
Feeding all the boys in Ed's Cafe
CHORUS
SOL FA SOL LAm
Whizzing and pasting and pooting through the day
SOL LAm SIm RE
Ronnie helping Kenny helping burn his poots away
SOL FA MIb RE
And all the while on a shelf in a shed
DO SOL# SOL
Kenny's little creature's on display
VERSE 2:
DO MIm/SI LAm
Ronnie saves his numies on a window in his room
REm MIm FAm SOL
A marvel to be seen; dysentery green
DO MIm/SI LAm
While Kenny and his buddies had a game out in the back
FA SOL LAm
LET'S MAKE THE WATER TURN BLACK!
BRIDGE:
MIm LA
We see them after school in a world of their own
MIm LA
To some it might seem creepy what they do...
MIm DO SI
The neighbors on the right sat and watched them every night
MIm RE
I bet you'd do the same if they was you
(CHORUS)
VERSE 3:
DO MIm/SI LAm
Ronnie's in the Army now and Kenny's taking pills
REm MIm FAm SOL
Oh! How they yearn to see a bomber burn!
DO MIm/SI LAm
Color flashing, thunder crashing, dynamite machine!
FA SOL LAm
Wait till the fire turns green...
FA SOL LAm
Wait till the fire turns green...
F G A(major)
WAIT TILL THE FIRE TURNS GREEN!
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