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{title:Going to the Zoo}
{st:Tom Paxton}
[D]Daddy's taking us to the zoo tomorrow,
Z[A7]oo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow;
D[D]addy's taking us to the zoo tomorrow,
And [A7]we can stay all d[D]ay.

{c:Chorus:}
     W[D]e're going to the z[G]oo, zoo, zoo;
     How about y[D]ou, you, you?
     You can come [A7]too, too, too;
     We're going to the z[D]oo, [A7]zoo, z[D]oo.

See the elephnat with the long trunk swingin'
Great big ears and a long trunk swingin'
Snuffin' up peanuts with the long trunk swingin'
And we can stay all day.

     {c:Chorus.}

See all the monkeys, they're a scritch-scritch-scratchin'
Jumping around and scritch-scritch-scratchin'
Hangin' by their long tails (scritch-scritch-scratchin')
And we can stay all day.

     {c:Chorus.}

There's a big black bear, he's a huff-huff-puffin'
Coat's too heavy, he's a-huff-huff-puffin'
Don't get too near the huff-huff-puffin'
Or You won't stay all day.

     {c:Chorus.}

Well the seals in the pool all honk honk honkin'
Catchin' the fish and honk honk honkin'
Little tiny seals all (high pitched) honk honk honkin'
And we can stay all day.

     {c:Chorus.}

(slower) Well we stayed all day and I'm gettin' sleepy,
Sittin' in the car gettin' sleep sleep sleepy,
Home already and I'm sleep sleep sleepy,
And we have stayed all day.

     We've been to the zoo, zoo, zoo;
     How about you, you, you?
     You came too, too, too;
     We're been to the zoo, zoo, zoo.

Mommy's taking us to the zoo tomorrow,
Zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow;
Mommy's taking us to the zoo tomorrow,
And we can stay all day.

     {c:Chorus.}

     {c:Chorus.}
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# Submitted to the ftp.nevada.edu:/pub/guitar archives
# by Steve Putz 
# 7 September 1992

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Date: Tue, 8 Oct 1996 17:40:10 +0100 (BST)
From: Rev Linda Slug 
Subject: Jimmy Newman crd

		Jimmy Newman - Tom Paxton
    E			A	   E
Get up Jimmy Newman the morning is come
			      F		   E
The engine's are rumbling the coffee's all brewed
			    A	       E
Get up Jimmy Newman there's work to be done
    F			       B
And why do you lie there still sleeping
	  E 			  A
There's a waiting line forming to use the latrine
	E			B
And the sun is just opening the sky
    E				   A	     E
The breakfast they're serving just has to be seen
	   F		     E
And you've only to open your eyes
		       A       E
Get up Jimmy Newman my radio's on
			     F		E
The news is all bad but it's good for a laugh
			       A	   E
The tent flap is loose and the peg must be gone
F			   B
Why do you lie there still sleeping
    E				A
The night nurse is gone and the sexy one's here
	E			B
And she tells us such beautiful lies
    E			   A	      E
Her uniform's tight on her marvellous rear
	   F		     E
And you've only to open your eyes
			   A	       E
Get up Jimmy Newman you're missing the fun
				 F	    E
We're loading the plane Jim it's time to go home
			    A	       E
It's over for us there's no more to be done
    F			       B
And why do you lie there still sleeping
     E			      A
It's stateside for us Jim the folks may not know
      E			  B
We'll let it be such a surprise
	E			  A	   E
They're loading us next Jim we're ready to go
	   F		     E
And you've only to open your eyes
			 A	       E
Get up Jimmy Newman they won't take my word
				  F		E
I said you sleep hard but they're shaking their heads
			A	      E
Get up Jimmy Newman and show them you heard
F			    B
Jimmy just show them you're sleeping
  E			     A
A joke is a joke but there's nothing to gain
	E			     B
Jim I'd slap you but I'm too weak to rise
    E			    A		E
Get up damn it Jimmy you're missing the plane
	   F
And you've only to open your eyes

Transcribed 2nd March 1996 by David Linley
dal23@hermes.cam.ac.uk

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To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu
Subject: CRD: Tom Paxton- Last Thing On My Mind


	Last Thing on My Mind
	by Tom Paxton

4/4 time

Verse 1:
       |D         |G           |D      |D
It's a lesson too late for the learning,
        |A  |A        |D   |D
made of sand, made of sand.
       |D         |G             |D     |D
In the wink of an eye my soul is turning
        |A  |A        |D   |D
In your hand, in your hand.

Refrain:
        |A     |A          |G          |G
Are you going away with no word of farewell,
           |D       |D           |A   |A
Will there be not a trace left behind?
  |D                   |G               |A           |F#m
I could have loved you better, I didn't mean to be unkind
|G           |G               |D
That was the last thing on my mind.

Verse 2:
You've got reasons aplenty for going.
This I know, this I know.
For the weeds have been steadily growing.
Please don't go, please don't go.

Repeat Refrain

Verse 3:
As I lie here in bed in the morning
without you, without you.
Every song in my breast dies a borning
without you, without you.

Repeat Refrain twice


submitted by payerle@wam.umd.edu

hey every1 this is a really pretty song and i like to play it in C or G sorry
if you dont. email me @ Tootsieroll813@aol.com with any suggestions or
other good stuff like that.

v1:    G (C)                 C (F)
    theres a lesson to late for the learning
    C(F)     G(C)   D(G)   G(C)
    made of sand, made of sand
       G(C)           C(F)
    in the wink of an eye my soul is turning
    C(F)     G(C) D(G)     G(C)
    in your hand, in your hand

refrain/chorus/whatever you want to call it:
               D(G)               C(F)    G(C)
      are you going away with no word of farewell?
                 C(F)      G(C)       D(G)
      will there be not a trace left behind?
               G(C)                 C(F)
      well i could have loved you better,
              G(C)
      i didnt mean to be unkind
       D/Dmaj7(G)                            G(C)
      you know that was the last thing on my mind

v2: youve got reasons a plenty for going
    this i know, this i know
    for the weeds have been steadily growing
    please dont go, please dont go

repeat refrain/chorus/thing

v3: as i lie [here] in my bed in the morning
    without you, without you
    every song in my breast dies a borning
    without you, without you

     repeat refrain

     and are you going away with no word of farewell?
     will there be not a trace left behind?
     well i could have loved you better,
     i didnt mean to be unkind
     you know that be the last thing on my mind
     well you know that was the last thing on my mind
          ending part:    G(C)   C(F)  D/Dmaj7(G)  C(F)   G(C)

     there you go hope my chords werent to confusing for everyone
email me with all your complaints  bye!!
          ~luv sarah

[Verse 1]
Am
I got a letter from L.b.J 
   Dm
It said, "This is your lucky day" 
     Am                E7            Am    E7
It's time to put your khaki trousers on
Am
Though it may seem very queer 
      Dm
We've got no jobs to give you here 
   Am             E7          Am
So we are sending you to Vietnam 
 
   [Chorus]
          F              C
     And Lyndon Johnson told the nation 
      Dm               Am
     Have no fear of escalation 
                  E7           Am
     I am trying everyone to please 
     F                C
     Though it isn't really war 
      Dm                 Am
     We're sending fifty thousand more
              E7                 Am    E7
     To help save Vietnam from Vietnamese 
 
 
[Verse 2]
Am
I jumped off the old troop ship 
   Dm
And sank in mud up to my hips 
     Am                E7            Am    E7
I cussed until the captain called me down 
Am
Never mind how hard it's raining 
      Dm
Think of all the ground we're gaining 
   Am             E7          Am
Just don't take one step outside of town 
 
   [Chorus]
          F              C
     And Lyndon Johnson told the nation 
      Dm               Am
     Have no fear of escalation 
                  E7           Am
     I am trying everyone to please 
     F                C
     Though it isn't really war 
      Dm                 Am
     We're sending sixty thousand more
              E7                 Am    E7
     To help save Vietnam from Vietnamese 
 
[Verse 3]
Am
Every night the local gentry 
   Dm
Slip out past the sleeping sentry 
     Am                E7            Am    E7
They go to join the old V.C. 
Am
In their nightly little dramas 
      Dm
They put on their black pajamas 
   Am             E7          Am
And come lobbing mortar shells at me 
 
   [Chorus]
          F              C
     And Lyndon Johnson told the nation 
      Dm               Am
     Have no fear of escalation 
                  E7           Am
     I am trying everyone to please 
     F                C
     Though it isn't really war 
      Dm                   Am
     We're sending seventy thousand more
              E7                 Am    E7
     To help save Vietnam from Vietnamese 
 
[Verse 4]
Am
We go round in helicopters 
   Dm
Like a bunch of big grasshoppers 
     Am                E7            Am    E7
Searching for the Viet Cong in vain 
Am
They left a note that they had gone 
      Dm
They had to get down to Saigon 
   Am             E7          Am
Their government positions to maintain 
 
   [Chorus]
          F              C
     And Lyndon Johnson told the nation 
      Dm               Am
     Have no fear of escalation 
                  E7           Am
     I am trying everyone to please 
     F                C
     Though it isn't really war 
      Dm                     Am
     We're sending eighty thousand more
              E7                 Am    E7
     To help save Vietnam from Vietnamese 
 
[Verse 5]
Am
Well, here I sit in this rice paddy 
   Dm
Wondering about Big Daddy 
     Am                E7            Am    E7
And I know that Lyndon loves me so 
Am
Yet how sadly I remember 
      Dm
Way back yonder in November 
   Am             E7          Am
When
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From: gocek@eso.mc.xerox.com (Gary Gocek)

I couldn't find a Paxton recording, so this is from what I got from this newsgroup
as well as the Peter, Paul and Mary recording.


{title:The Marvelous Toy}
{st:Tom Paxton}

When [D]I was just a [A7]wee little lad, [D]full of health and [A7]joy,
My [G]father homeward [D]came one night and [E]gave to me a [A7]toy.
A [D]wonder to be[A7]hold it was, with [D]many colors [G]bright,
And the moment I lay [D]eyes on it, it be[E]came my [A7]heart's delight.

{start_of_chorus}
It went [D]zip when it moved and [A7]pop when it stopped,
And [D]whirrrrrr when it stood [G]still.
I never knew just [D]what it was and I [A7]guess I never [D]will.
{end_of_chorus}

The [D]first time that I [A7]picked it up, I [D]had a big [A7]surprise,
'Cause [G]right on the bottom were [D]two big buttons that [E]looked like big green [A7]eyes.
I [D]first pushed one and [A7]then the other, [D]then I twisted its [G]lid,
And when I set it [D]down again, [E]here is what it [A7]did.

{c: chorus}

It [D]first marched left and [A7]then marched straight, [D]then marched under a [A7]chair,
And [G]when I looked where [D]it had gone it [E]wasn't even [A7]there.
I [D]started to cry but my [A7]daddy laughted 'cause he [D]knew that I would [G]find,
When I turned around my [D]marvelous toy would be [E]chugging on be[A7]hind.

{c: chorus}

The [D]years have gone by too [A7]quickly it seems, now [D]I have my own little [A7]boy,
And [G]yesterday I [D]gave to him my [E]marvelous little [A7]toy.
His [D]eyes nearly popped right [A7]out of his head and he [D]gave a squeal of [G]glee,
Neither one of us knows just [D]what it is but he [E]loves it just like [A7]me.

{c: chorus}

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From: armstron@rhea.trl.OZ.AU (Martin Armstrong )

Originally sent in by John Schuster ages ago (not sure if it was
archived at Nevada).  Great little song called Marvelous Toy.
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Marvelous Toy - Tom Paxton
=============

    D            A7               D                      G
When I was just a wee little lad  Full of health and joy
   G               D                  E            A7
My father homeward came one night And gave to me a toy
     D        A7                 D            G
A wonder to behold it was with many colors bright
        G             D                E7               A7
And the moment I laid eyes on it. It became my hearts delight


Chorus:
        D           A7                        D                   G
It went zip when it moved, bop when it stopped and whir when it stood still
   G              D                 A7            D
I never knew just what it was and I guess I never will


The first time that I picked it up I got a big surprise
For right on the bottom were two big buttons that looked like big green
eyes.
I first pushed one, then the other, then I twisted its lid
And when I put it down again, here is what it did.

    Chorus

It first marched left, then marched right, then marched under a chair.
And when I looked where it had gone, it wasn't even there
I started to cry, but my daddy laughed for he knew that I would find
When I looked around, my marvellous toy, just a'chugging from behind.

    Chorus

Well, the years have gone by too swiftly it seems, I now have my own
  little boy
And yesterday, I gave to him my marvelous little toy.
His eyes nearly popped right out of his head, he gave a squeal of glee
Neither one of us knows just what it is, but he loves it just like me

    Chorus


I've been doing this song for MANY years and (if I remember correctly
without my guitar in hand) generally play it in C but the chord progression
is simple enough to allow it to be played in whatever key fits your vocal
range.

Regards,
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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 03:24:22 -0500 (EST)
From: EJL 
Subject: Marvelous Toy by Tom Paxton..third try..first two no good


    The Marvelous Toy--Tom Paxton

         C............G7.............C..................G7
    When I was just a wee little lad full of health and joy
       F................C..................D7...........G7
    My father home-ward came one night and gave to me a toy
        C............G7...............C.........F.........
    A wonder to behold it was, with many colors bright
    ..................F...............D7.................G7.
    The moment I laid eyes on it, it became my hearts delight

    CH:
            C.......................G7...............
    It went ZIP when it moved, and BOP when it stopped
         C...
↓

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Date: Fri, 1 May 98 00:11:34 -0600
From: mrtom@telusplanet.net
Subject: p/paxton_tom/my_dogs_bigger_than_your_dog.crd

p/paxton_tom/my_dogs_bigger_than_your_dog.tab
transcribed by tom watson
this song is from the dog songs album
mrtom@bigfoot.com

My Dog?s Bigger Than Your Dog    Tom Paxton

G
My Dog?s Bigger Than Your Dog
G                                D
My Dog?s Bigger Than Your?s
G                             C
My Dog?s Bigger and he chases Mailmen
G            D                 G
My Dog?s Bigger Than Your?s
--------------
G
My Dad?s Thougher Than Your Dad
G                                   D
My Dad?s Thougher Than Your?s
G                            C
My Dad?s Thougher and he can yell louder
G             D                    G
My Dad?s Thougher Than Your?s.
--------------
C                     G
I?m not afraid of the dark anymore
D                 G
I can tie my shoe
C                          G
I have been to the country
C            D          G
and I am goin to school.....NA!
--------------
instrumental
GG  D G C G   D   G G
G
Our Car?s Faster Than Your Car
G                               D
Our Car?s Faster Than Your?s
G                              C
It has a louder horn, It bumps other cars
G             D                G
Our Car?s Faster Than Your?s
G            D               G
NA NA - NA NA NA - NA.........
--------------
G
My Mom?s older Than Your Mom
G                              D
My Mom?s older Than Your?s
G                                     C
She takes smelly baths, She hides the grey hairs
G             D                G
My Mom?s older Than Your?s.
--------------
C                     G
I?m not afraid of the dark anymore
D                 G
I can tie my shoe
C                          G
I have been to the country
C            D          G
and I am goin to school
G           D                G
NA NA - NA NA NA - NA.........

This is only part of the tab.. There is a very fast flat picked arrangement in the background.  It is a 
song and this part is a fairly easy finger picked arrangement.  It is very popular with the kids.
      G
e|--------------------------------|
b|--0---0-------------------------|
g|-----------2^0-----------0------|
d|------0----------2--0-----------|
a|--------------------------------|
E|--3-----------------------------|
      My Dog?s Bigger Than Your Dog
      G                     D
e|------------------------------|
b|--0---0-----------------------|
g|-----------2^0--------2-------|
d|------0----------2---0--------|
a|------------------------------|
E|--3---------------------------|
      My Dog?s Bigger Than Your?s
      G                   C
e|--------------------------------------|
b|--0--0---------------1--1-------------|
g|-----------2^0---------------2^0------|
d|-----0-----------2------2--------2----|
a|---------------------3-----------3----|
E|--3-----------------------------------|
      My Dog?s Bigger and he chases Mailmen
      G        D           G
e|-------------------------------------------|
b|--0---0------------------------------------|
g|-----------2^0--------0--------------------|
d|------0----------4--------2--0-------------|
a|---------------------------------2---------|
E|--3-------------------3--------------------|
      My Dog?s Bigger Than Your?s

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From: wmuhrw@gemini.ldc.lu.se (Hugh R. Williamson, World Maritime University, Malmo, SWEDEN)
Subject: TAB: Wasn't that a party by Tom Paxton

You might remember this one from the Pop Charts
a few years back, done by a group called the
(Irish) Rovers.


The Party
by Tom Paxton


(C)Could have been the whisky,
Might have been the gin.
Could have the three or four six packs
I don't know, but (C7)look at the mess I'm in
My head is like a (F)football, I think I'm going
to die
Tell me , (G) me oh me oh my
(C)Wasn't that a Party

Someone took a grapefruit
wore it like a hat
I saw someone under my kitchen table
talking to an old tomcat
They were talking about football
the cat was talking back
Round about then everything went black.
Wasn't that a party

BREAK:
(F)It might have been my memory
Playing tricks on me
but I (G7)think I saw my buddy
cutting down my neighbours tree.

Could have been the whisky,
Might have been the gin.
Could have the three or four six packs
I don't know, but look at the mess I'm in
My head is like a football, I think I'm going
to die
Tell me , me oh me oh my
Wasn't that a Party

BREAK (Instrumental)


Could have been the whisky,
Might have been the gin.
Could have the three or four six packs
I don't know, but look at the mess I'm in
My head is like a football, I think I'm going
to die
Tell me , me oh me oh my
Wasn't that a Party

BREAK (2):
and  Bill, and Joe and Tommy
well, they went a little far
They were sitting in the front yard
blowing on the siren
of somebody's police car.

So you see ,  your Honour
it was all in fun
That little bitty track meet down on main
street
was just to see if the cops could run
Well they run us down to see you
in an alcoholic haze
Sure could use those thirty days
to recover from the party

Well they run us down to see you
in an alcoholic haze
Sure could use those thirty days
to recover from the party

Could have been the whisky,
Might have been the gin.
Could have the three or four six packs
I don't know, but look at the mess I'm in
My head is like a football, got to get better
to die
Tell me , me oh me oh my
Wasn't that a Party

This World Goes Round - Tom Paxton

G                     C   G
This world goes round and round.
                       D7 G
Green leaves will turn to brown.
D7
What goes up must come down.
C                    G
It all comes back to you.

And you find whatever you feel.

You lose whatever you steal.
D7
Just like a spinning wheel,
C                        G
the world goes round and round.

(Guitar solo)
G
People knocking on the golden door.
D7
They got plenty but they all want more.
C
They don't know what they're looking for.
G                  D7        G
And the world goes round and round.

(Repeat first verse.)

We keep fightin' but we just can't win.

Looks like we're going to do it again.

That's just where I came in,

And the world goes round and round.

(Repeat first verse.)

Rain water runs down to sea.

Evaporation makes the clouds fly free.

Then it comes and it rains on me.

And the world goes round and round.

(Repeat first verse.)