- Votes:
- Composer:
- Vivian Anthony Stanshall
- Tags:
- 4 or five guys
- beatlesque
- cosmopolitan
- de construction
- rebel music
- See also:
Bonzo Dog Band - Tent lyrics
(spoken)
So, you've no rejection, shall we say... with the ladies...
Well, uh, sometimes I want to...
All right, all right, ah ah ah ah ah
nc C
I'm gonna get you in my tent tent tent tent tent
G
Where we can both experiment ment ment ment ment
A C
Yeah yay, it's so convenient ent ent ent ent
nc G C7 G
Let's take a taxi through my tent
nc C
Oh, yay, my love is so inscrutable
G
In a stoic sort of way
A C
But, by baby, it's as beautiful
nc D
As a tourniquet
nc
I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna
C
I'm gonna get you in my tent tent tent tent tent
G
Whoa whoa, it's only common sense sense sense
A C
I know that you won't mind the stench stench stench
nc
Of the sacrament
(Instr: C7 G7 C7 G7 D7 C7 G C7 G)
nc C
I won't let this love destroy her
G
I can't control this paranoia
Bonzo Dog Band - Tent - http://motolyrics.com/bonzo-dog-band/tent-lyrics.html
A C
I'll have to get a show biz lawyer
nc
To stop me
G C7 G C7 G C7
Kill smash smash thrill spill drive fight bite trap scream tear
G
scritch shout
nc
Tent! Tent! Tent! Tent!
nc C
You'll be laughing like a lunatic
G
That just got away
A C
Howling like a hypocrite
nc D
At an auto-da-fe
nc C
I'm gonna get you in my tent tent tent tent tent
G
We'll find out where the woozle went went went went went
A C
We'll fill his footprints with cement ment ment ment
nc
We'll dance the tango in my tent
(Ending: C7 G7 C7 G7)
[Repeat many times and fade]
NB:
*"nc" indicates no chord is to be played.
**Seventh chords can be substituted for
the C and G chords throughout the song,
since the song generally has a very "seventh"
feel about it. Experiment for yourself!