Artist: The Mamas & The Papas
[VERSE]
[A7]John and Mitchie were gettin' kind of itchy
[A7]Just to leave the folk music behind
[D7]Zal and Denny workin' for a penny
[A7]Tryin' to get a fish on the line
In a [E7]coffee house Sebastian sat
And a[D7]fter every number they'd pass the hat
[A7]McGuinn and McGuire just a-gettin' higher
In L.A., you know where that's[D7] at
And no one's gettin' [C7]fat except Mama [A7]Cass
[VERSE]
[A7]Zally said "Denny, you know there aren't many
[A7]Who can sing a song the way that you do, let's go south"
[D7]Denny said "Zally, golly, don't you think that I wish
[A7]I could play guitar like you"
[E7]Zal, Denny and Sebastian sat (at the Night Owl)
[D7]And after every number they'd pass the hat
[A7]McGuinn and McGuire still a-gettin higher
[A7]In L.A., you know where that's [D7]at
And no one's gettin' [C7]fat except Mama [A7]Cass
[VERSE]
[A7]When Cass was a sophomore, planned to go to Swarthmore
[A7]But she changed her mind one day
[D7]Standin' on the turnpike, thumb out to hitchhike
[A7]"Take me to New York right away"
[E7]When Denny met Cass he gave her love bumps
[D7]Called John and Zal and that was the Mugwumps
[A7]McGuinn and McGuire couldn't get no higher
[A7]But that's what they were aimin' [D7]at
And no one's gettin' [C7]fat except Mama [A7]Cass
[VERSE]
[A7]Mugwumps, high jumps, slow slumps, big bumps
[A7]Don't you work as hard as you play
[D7]Make up, break up, everything is shake up
[A7]Guess it had to be that way
[E7]Sebastian and Zal formed the Spoonful
[D7]Michelle, John, and Denny gettin' very tuneful
[A7]McGuinn and McGuire just a-catchin' fire
[A7]In L.A., you know where that's [D7]at
And everybody's gettin' [C7]fat except Mama [A7]Cass
[VERSE]
[A7]Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can't be trusted
[A7]And Mitchie wants to go to the sea
[D7]Cass can't make it, she says we'll have to fake it
[A7]We knew she'd come eventually
[E7]Greasin' on American Express cards
[D7]Tent's low rent, but keeping out the heat's hard
[A7]Duffy's good vibrations and our imaginations
[A7]Can't go on indefinite[D7]ly
And California dreamin' [C7]is becomin' a [A7]reality
[OUTRO]
[D7] [C7] [A7]
[D7] [C7] [A7]
[A7]John and Mitchie were gettin' kind of itchy
[A7]Just to leave the folk music behind
[D7]Zal and Denny workin' for a penny
[A7]Tryin' to get a fish on the line
In a [E7]coffee house Sebastian sat
And a[D7]fter every number they'd pass the hat
[A7]McGuinn and McGuire just a-gettin' higher
In L.A., you know where that's[D7] at
And no one's gettin' [C7]fat except Mama [A7]Cass
[VERSE]
[A7]Zally said "Denny, you know there aren't many
[A7]Who can sing a song the way that you do, let's go south"
[D7]Denny said "Zally, golly, don't you think that I wish
[A7]I could play guitar like you"
[E7]Zal, Denny and Sebastian sat (at the Night Owl)
[D7]And after every number they'd pass the hat
[A7]McGuinn and McGuire still a-gettin higher
[A7]In L.A., you know where that's [D7]at
And no one's gettin' [C7]fat except Mama [A7]Cass
[VERSE]
[A7]When Cass was a sophomore, planned to go to Swarthmore
[A7]But she changed her mind one day
[D7]Standin' on the turnpike, thumb out to hitchhike
[A7]"Take me to New York right away"
[E7]When Denny met Cass he gave her love bumps
[D7]Called John and Zal and that was the Mugwumps
[A7]McGuinn and McGuire couldn't get no higher
[A7]But that's what they were aimin' [D7]at
And no one's gettin' [C7]fat except Mama [A7]Cass
[VERSE]
[A7]Mugwumps, high jumps, slow slumps, big bumps
[A7]Don't you work as hard as you play
[D7]Make up, break up, everything is shake up
[A7]Guess it had to be that way
[E7]Sebastian and Zal formed the Spoonful
[D7]Michelle, John, and Denny gettin' very tuneful
[A7]McGuinn and McGuire just a-catchin' fire
[A7]In L.A., you know where that's [D7]at
And everybody's gettin' [C7]fat except Mama [A7]Cass
[VERSE]
[A7]Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can't be trusted
[A7]And Mitchie wants to go to the sea
[D7]Cass can't make it, she says we'll have to fake it
[A7]We knew she'd come eventually
[E7]Greasin' on American Express cards
[D7]Tent's low rent, but keeping out the heat's hard
[A7]Duffy's good vibrations and our imaginations
[A7]Can't go on indefinite[D7]ly
And California dreamin' [C7]is becomin' a [A7]reality
[OUTRO]
[D7] [C7] [A7]
[D7] [C7] [A7]
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