Chords for Library Song, by Tom Chapin

[C] _ Saturday morning and the rain is pouring. _
[E] _ [Bb] Dad worked late last night, he's in there snoring.
_ [A] Same old stuff on TV, [B] [A] boring.
_ _ So [G] what if I can't go out and play?
I know what I'll do today.
[Bm] _ [C] I'm going [Fm] down to the [C] library, picking out a [G] book, check it [C] in, check it out.
Gonna say [F] hi to the [C] dictionary, picking out a [G] book, check [C] it in, check it out.
[Am] _
[C] _ Now I like books and they like [F] me, so [C] when I [Dm] go to the [G] library,
[C] I sit down [F] in my [C] favorite [D] chair and check to [G] see who's there.
[C] Maybe one book, maybe [F] two.
[C] Take me [Dm] home, says [G] Winnie the [C] Pooh,
and if we [F] have to [Em] travel [G] far, I'll bring my [C] hugging [G] jar.
Oh, [C] I'm going [F] down to [C] the library, picking out [G] a book, check it in, check [C] it out.
Gonna say [F] hi to [C] the dictionary, picking [G] out a book, [C] check it in, check it out.
[Am] _ [F] _ [C] _ Sleeping Beauty yawned and said, [C] I'll come [Dm] for you when I [G] get out of [C] bed.
But Madeline [F] says, let her [D] nap, and jumps [Em] into my lap.
[C] The cat in the hat says, hey, I'll [F] go.
Don't [C] take him, [Dm] cries [G] Pinocchio.
[C] Don't take that [F] cat to your [G] address, he always [C] makes a [G] mess.
[C] Oh, I'm going [F] down to [C] the library, picking out [G] a book, check [C] it in, check it out.
Gonna say [F] hi to [C] the dictionary, picking out [G] a book, check [C] it in, check it out. _
[C] _ _ [Am] Mrs.
[Em] Parker's back [Dm] behind the checkout desk [C] today.
The [Dm] Cheshire Cat jumps [C] on her [D] head and says, [G] let's play.
[Am] But Mrs.
[Em] P says, goodness, [Dm] are you sure you [F] want all [C] these?
Oh yes, we [F] shout together, she says, shh.
[G] _ _ [B] _ [C] Going down to the library, picking out a book, check it in, check it out.
Gonna say hi to the dictionary, picking out a book, check it in, check it out.
[Am] _ [F] _ [C] _ [D] The seven dwarfs begin [G] to shout, say, take us [D] with you, [A] check us [D] out.
Then [G] Cinderella [Bm] gets her [E] gown, and Bavar [A] grabs his crown.
[D] And then Curious George swings from the [G] shelf, along comes Mother Goose [D] herself.
Out the [G] door we danced and [A] sang, the whole [D] library [A] rang.
[D] Oh, I'm going [G] down to the [D] library, picking out a [A] book, check it [D] in, check it out.
Gonna say [G] hi to the [D] dictionary, picking out a book, check it in, check it out.
I'm going [G] down to the library, shh. _ _ _ _ _