Chords for Ray Stevens - The Camping Trip (Original)
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Last summer I thought for a little [C] diversion I'd take my family on a camping [D] excursion.
We were tired of vacations with air [G]-conditioned rooms and [D] such.
Swim poo.
[G] I thought two weeks way back in the [C] woods would do us all a whole world of good,
[D] especially the kids.
They don't appreciate [G] nature much.
Rather watch TV, eat out of twinkies.
Well, my wife wasn't sure, but I said, look here, honey.
[C] We'll have a lot of fun and save a lot of [D] money.
Now right there's where I made my first [G] mistake, friend.
I [D] figured a tent, a few cans of beans, marshmallows, what could it cost?
[G] What with the sleeping bags and the hiking [C] shoes and all the other paraphernalia
that you [D] use, it came to $6,947 [G].22.
But like the man said, he'd use it all again.
Well, we packed a new Land Rover with a maximum [C] load drove.
We were plumb out of [D] road and in the backpack.
Six hours straight up [G] a steep [D] incline.
[G] Then we saw the perfect [C] sight.
There were trees on the left and a creek on the [D] right of a clearing to pitch the tent.
Just what we [G] had in mind.
Now pitching the tent took four hours or [C] so.
And by then the sun was sinking low [D] and the kids were whining and crying for [G] something to eat.
Whereupon [D] my wife said, where's the restroom?
I told her, she grins, yeah, where is it?
[Dm] So we broke out the [G] soda crackers and [C] sardines, the beans, the sausages and pork and [D] beans
and sat around the fire to enjoy a [G] well-earned treat.
Mmm, good, now that's city-fied junk food for us.
God remind me or not!
Let's all go camping, [C] you'll never [G] have it so good.
It's great getting back to nature [A] out here [D] in the woods.
[G] Amongst the birds and the [Bm] bees and the flowers and the [C] trees where the animals [A] are offering.
[D] Once you get hooked [Em] on camping, [A] you'll never like the [G] city again.
[Ab] Well, we just weren't ready for what happened then [Db] when sparks from the campfire
carried by the [Eb] wind set a pile of leaves and two eighty-nine ninety [Ab]-five sleeping bags [Eb] aflame.
Little Elvis going for the marshmallows, thought his fire was the dearest.
[Ab] Yeah, it spread from the bags and the leaves to the [Db] trees,
raging out of control and fanned by the [Eb] breeze.
I thought all was lost and then thank God [Ab] it started to rain.
I don't mean shower, friends, we're talking paramount Noah one whole time.
Well, the fire was out and huddled in the [Db] tent.
War slap out from the days of [Eb] events,
floating on our iron mattresses in [Ab] mud, ankle deep.
[Eb] Whereupon my wife said, I really need to know now, where is the restaurant?
[Ab] And when it finally stopped raining, it was cold and late.
[Db] But those mysterious noises kept us awake [Eb] and we all knew we'd be mauled or axe murdered [Ab] in our sleep.
At this point, I knew the ghost stories earlier had been a bad idea.
I was dozing off just about to dream [Db] about a holiday.
And when a blood curdling [Eb] scream announced the presence of something in the [Ab] tent
covered with [Eb] hair.
That's when I said, leap up there son, light the coal and think there's something in here [Ab] with us.
We lift the lantern and there he was, [Db] a little beady eyed fuzzy looking at us.
[Eb] And we chased him out of the tent and ran head on into [Ab] a bear.
He just finished off the groceries and was frothing at the mouth.
Ain't no gentle bend here, friend.
He reared back on his haunches and he let out a growl [Db] and we all turned white
and let out a howl, [Eb] went tearing through the woods in hysterics without a [Ab] flashlight or a lamp.
[Eb] It's amazing what adrenaline can do.
I mean I was a track star in high school but my chubby little wife just taken a Sunday stroll
yelling, never mind me.
[Ab] Well somehow we all made it to the [Db] car and I had to crank it with a quick hot wire
[Eb] cause I'd left the keys in my backpack [Ab] back at the camp.
Long shoes, wallet, Rolex and $6,947.20 worth of camping [A] equipment.
We went flying down that dark muddy [D] trail, slipping and sliding like a bat out of hell.
Till we drove through a [E] stream that we crossed on [A] our way in.
Lord [E] knows how we missed all the trees at 90 miles an hour sideways.
[A] Now the rain made it deeper than it was before [D] and the water started pouring in around the doors
[E] and we had to swim to the shore.
Never saw that Land [A] Rover again.
Just floated off.
Well we finally stumbled into civilization.
[D] Called a friend of mine from a taxi co-station.
[E] He drove out and picked us up and took us all [A] on home.
Wet, [E] cold, tired, talking to ourselves.
They [A] say take only pictures and leave only footprints.
[D] Well we left eight sleeping bags, two trail master [E] tents, a Coleman stove,
$400 worth of groceries, [A] a Land Rover, a Rolex and every stitch of clothing my wife ever owned.
Oh yeah, I had to take it all.
Me, she said, let's all go camping.
[D] You've never had it [A] so good.
It's great getting back to nature [B] out here [E] in the woods.
[A] Amongst the birds and the [Dbm] bees and the flowers and the trees [D] where the animals are [B] our friends.
[E] Once you get hooked [Gbm] on camping, you'll never like the city [A] again.
I'll tell you one thing, next summer we're going to Daytona Beach.
For what this trip cost, we could have gone to Hawaii.
Twice!
First class!
I'm talking cooler girls and them little pink fizzy drinks with them little parasols sticking out of.
Nature?
Huh.
Give me some concrete.
I love traffic.
[D] Let me have some of that smog too.
[E] I'd rather be mugged [A] once a week than go back out there, friend.
Just call me Irvine from now [G]
Last summer I thought for a little [C] diversion I'd take my family on a camping [D] excursion.
We were tired of vacations with air [G]-conditioned rooms and [D] such.
Swim poo.
[G] I thought two weeks way back in the [C] woods would do us all a whole world of good,
[D] especially the kids.
They don't appreciate [G] nature much.
Rather watch TV, eat out of twinkies.
Well, my wife wasn't sure, but I said, look here, honey.
[C] We'll have a lot of fun and save a lot of [D] money.
Now right there's where I made my first [G] mistake, friend.
I [D] figured a tent, a few cans of beans, marshmallows, what could it cost?
[G] What with the sleeping bags and the hiking [C] shoes and all the other paraphernalia
that you [D] use, it came to $6,947 [G].22.
But like the man said, he'd use it all again.
Well, we packed a new Land Rover with a maximum [C] load drove.
We were plumb out of [D] road and in the backpack.
Six hours straight up [G] a steep [D] incline.
[G] Then we saw the perfect [C] sight.
There were trees on the left and a creek on the [D] right of a clearing to pitch the tent.
Just what we [G] had in mind.
Now pitching the tent took four hours or [C] so.
And by then the sun was sinking low [D] and the kids were whining and crying for [G] something to eat.
Whereupon [D] my wife said, where's the restroom?
I told her, she grins, yeah, where is it?
[Dm] So we broke out the [G] soda crackers and [C] sardines, the beans, the sausages and pork and [D] beans
and sat around the fire to enjoy a [G] well-earned treat.
Mmm, good, now that's city-fied junk food for us.
God remind me or not!
Let's all go camping, [C] you'll never [G] have it so good.
It's great getting back to nature [A] out here [D] in the woods.
[G] Amongst the birds and the [Bm] bees and the flowers and the [C] trees where the animals [A] are offering.
[D] Once you get hooked [Em] on camping, [A] you'll never like the [G] city again.
[Ab] Well, we just weren't ready for what happened then [Db] when sparks from the campfire
carried by the [Eb] wind set a pile of leaves and two eighty-nine ninety [Ab]-five sleeping bags [Eb] aflame.
Little Elvis going for the marshmallows, thought his fire was the dearest.
[Ab] Yeah, it spread from the bags and the leaves to the [Db] trees,
raging out of control and fanned by the [Eb] breeze.
I thought all was lost and then thank God [Ab] it started to rain.
I don't mean shower, friends, we're talking paramount Noah one whole time.
Well, the fire was out and huddled in the [Db] tent.
War slap out from the days of [Eb] events,
floating on our iron mattresses in [Ab] mud, ankle deep.
[Eb] Whereupon my wife said, I really need to know now, where is the restaurant?
[Ab] And when it finally stopped raining, it was cold and late.
[Db] But those mysterious noises kept us awake [Eb] and we all knew we'd be mauled or axe murdered [Ab] in our sleep.
At this point, I knew the ghost stories earlier had been a bad idea.
I was dozing off just about to dream [Db] about a holiday.
And when a blood curdling [Eb] scream announced the presence of something in the [Ab] tent
covered with [Eb] hair.
That's when I said, leap up there son, light the coal and think there's something in here [Ab] with us.
We lift the lantern and there he was, [Db] a little beady eyed fuzzy looking at us.
[Eb] And we chased him out of the tent and ran head on into [Ab] a bear.
He just finished off the groceries and was frothing at the mouth.
Ain't no gentle bend here, friend.
He reared back on his haunches and he let out a growl [Db] and we all turned white
and let out a howl, [Eb] went tearing through the woods in hysterics without a [Ab] flashlight or a lamp.
[Eb] It's amazing what adrenaline can do.
I mean I was a track star in high school but my chubby little wife just taken a Sunday stroll
yelling, never mind me.
[Ab] Well somehow we all made it to the [Db] car and I had to crank it with a quick hot wire
[Eb] cause I'd left the keys in my backpack [Ab] back at the camp.
Long shoes, wallet, Rolex and $6,947.20 worth of camping [A] equipment.
We went flying down that dark muddy [D] trail, slipping and sliding like a bat out of hell.
Till we drove through a [E] stream that we crossed on [A] our way in.
Lord [E] knows how we missed all the trees at 90 miles an hour sideways.
[A] Now the rain made it deeper than it was before [D] and the water started pouring in around the doors
[E] and we had to swim to the shore.
Never saw that Land [A] Rover again.
Just floated off.
Well we finally stumbled into civilization.
[D] Called a friend of mine from a taxi co-station.
[E] He drove out and picked us up and took us all [A] on home.
Wet, [E] cold, tired, talking to ourselves.
They [A] say take only pictures and leave only footprints.
[D] Well we left eight sleeping bags, two trail master [E] tents, a Coleman stove,
$400 worth of groceries, [A] a Land Rover, a Rolex and every stitch of clothing my wife ever owned.
Oh yeah, I had to take it all.
Me, she said, let's all go camping.
[D] You've never had it [A] so good.
It's great getting back to nature [B] out here [E] in the woods.
[A] Amongst the birds and the [Dbm] bees and the flowers and the trees [D] where the animals are [B] our friends.
[E] Once you get hooked [Gbm] on camping, you'll never like the city [A] again.
I'll tell you one thing, next summer we're going to Daytona Beach.
For what this trip cost, we could have gone to Hawaii.
Twice!
First class!
I'm talking cooler girls and them little pink fizzy drinks with them little parasols sticking out of.
Nature?
Huh.
Give me some concrete.
I love traffic.
[D] Let me have some of that smog too.
[E] I'd rather be mugged [A] once a week than go back out there, friend.
Just call me Irvine from now [G]
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Last summer I thought for a little [C] diversion I'd take my family on a camping [D] excursion.
We were tired of vacations with air [G]-conditioned rooms and [D] such.
Swim poo. _
_ [G] I thought two weeks way back in the [C] woods would do us all a whole world of good,
[D] especially the kids.
They don't appreciate [G] nature much.
Rather watch TV, eat out of twinkies.
Well, my wife wasn't sure, but I said, look here, honey.
[C] We'll have a lot of fun and save a lot of [D] money.
Now right there's where I made my first [G] mistake, friend.
I [D] figured a tent, a few cans of beans, marshmallows, what could it cost?
[G] What with the sleeping bags and the hiking [C] shoes and all the other paraphernalia
that you [D] use, it came to $6,947 [G].22.
But like the man said, he'd use it all again.
Well, we packed a new Land Rover with a maximum [C] load drove.
We were plumb out of [D] road and in the backpack.
Six hours straight up [G] a steep [D] incline.
_ _ [G] Then we saw the perfect [C] sight.
There were trees on the left and a creek on the [D] right of a clearing to pitch the tent.
Just what we [G] had in mind. _ _ _
Now pitching the tent took four hours or [C] so.
And by then the sun was sinking low [D] and the kids were whining and crying for [G] something to eat.
Whereupon [D] my wife said, where's the restroom?
I told her, she grins, yeah, where is it?
[Dm] So we broke out the [G] soda crackers and [C] sardines, the beans, the sausages and pork and [D] beans
and sat around the fire to enjoy a [G] well-earned treat.
Mmm, good, now that's city-fied junk food for us.
God remind me or not!
Let's all go camping, [C] you'll never [G] have it so good.
It's great getting back to nature [A] out here [D] in the woods.
[G] Amongst the birds and the [Bm] bees and the flowers and the [C] trees where the animals [A] are offering.
[D] Once you get hooked [Em] on camping, [A] you'll never like the [G] city again.
[Ab] _ _ _ Well, we just weren't ready for what happened then [Db] when sparks from the campfire
carried by the [Eb] wind set a pile of leaves and two eighty-nine ninety [Ab]-five sleeping bags [Eb] aflame.
Little Elvis going for the marshmallows, thought his fire was the dearest.
[Ab] Yeah, it spread from the bags and the leaves to the [Db] trees,
raging out of control and fanned by the [Eb] breeze.
I thought all was lost and then thank God [Ab] it started to rain.
I don't mean shower, friends, we're talking paramount Noah one whole time.
Well, the fire was out and huddled in the [Db] tent.
War slap out from the days of [Eb] events,
floating on our iron mattresses in [Ab] mud, ankle deep.
[Eb] Whereupon my wife said, I really need to know now, where is the restaurant?
[Ab] And when it finally stopped raining, it was cold and late.
[Db] But those mysterious noises kept us awake [Eb] and we all knew we'd be mauled or axe murdered [Ab] in our sleep.
At this point, I knew the ghost stories earlier had been a bad idea.
I was dozing off just about to dream [Db] about a holiday.
And when a blood curdling [Eb] scream announced the presence of something in the [Ab] tent
covered with [Eb] hair.
That's when I said, leap up there son, light the coal and think there's something in here [Ab] with us.
We lift the lantern and there he was, [Db] a little beady eyed fuzzy looking at us.
[Eb] And we chased him out of the tent and ran head on into [Ab] a bear.
He just finished off the groceries and was frothing at the mouth.
Ain't no gentle bend here, friend.
He reared back on his haunches and he let out a growl [Db] and we all turned white
and let out a howl, [Eb] went tearing through the woods in hysterics without a [Ab] flashlight or a lamp.
[Eb] It's amazing what adrenaline can do.
I mean I was a track star in high school but my chubby little wife just _ _ _ taken a Sunday stroll
yelling, never mind me.
[Ab] Well somehow we all made it to the [Db] car and I had to crank it with a quick hot wire
[Eb] cause I'd left the keys in my backpack [Ab] back at the camp.
Long shoes, wallet, Rolex and $6,947.20 worth of camping [A] equipment.
_ We went flying down that dark muddy [D] trail, slipping and sliding like a bat out of hell.
Till we drove through a [E] stream that we crossed on [A] our way in.
Lord [E] knows how we missed all the trees at 90 miles an hour sideways.
[A] Now the rain made it deeper than it was before [D] and the water started pouring in around the doors
[E] and we had to swim to the shore.
Never saw that Land [A] Rover again.
Just floated off. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Well we finally stumbled into civilization.
[D] Called a friend of mine from a taxi co-station.
[E] He drove out and picked us up and took us all [A] on home.
Wet, [E] cold, tired, talking to ourselves.
They [A] say take only pictures and leave only footprints.
[D] Well we left eight sleeping bags, two trail master [E] tents, a Coleman stove,
$400 worth of groceries, [A] a Land Rover, a Rolex and every stitch of clothing my wife ever owned.
Oh yeah, I had to take it all. _ _ _ _
_ Me, she said, let's all go camping.
[D] You've never had it [A] so good.
It's great getting back to nature [B] out here [E] in the woods.
[A] Amongst the birds and the [Dbm] bees and the flowers and the trees [D] where the animals are [B] our friends.
[E] Once you get hooked [Gbm] on camping, you'll never like the city [A] again.
_ _ I'll tell you one thing, next summer we're going to Daytona Beach.
For what this trip cost, we could have gone to Hawaii.
_ Twice!
First class!
I'm talking cooler girls and them little pink fizzy drinks with them little parasols sticking out of.
_ Nature?
Huh.
Give me some concrete.
I love traffic.
[D] Let me have some of that smog too.
[E] I'd rather be mugged [A] once a week than go back out there, friend.
Just call me Irvine from now _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Last summer I thought for a little [C] diversion I'd take my family on a camping [D] excursion.
We were tired of vacations with air [G]-conditioned rooms and [D] such.
Swim poo. _
_ [G] I thought two weeks way back in the [C] woods would do us all a whole world of good,
[D] especially the kids.
They don't appreciate [G] nature much.
Rather watch TV, eat out of twinkies.
Well, my wife wasn't sure, but I said, look here, honey.
[C] We'll have a lot of fun and save a lot of [D] money.
Now right there's where I made my first [G] mistake, friend.
I [D] figured a tent, a few cans of beans, marshmallows, what could it cost?
[G] What with the sleeping bags and the hiking [C] shoes and all the other paraphernalia
that you [D] use, it came to $6,947 [G].22.
But like the man said, he'd use it all again.
Well, we packed a new Land Rover with a maximum [C] load drove.
We were plumb out of [D] road and in the backpack.
Six hours straight up [G] a steep [D] incline.
_ _ [G] Then we saw the perfect [C] sight.
There were trees on the left and a creek on the [D] right of a clearing to pitch the tent.
Just what we [G] had in mind. _ _ _
Now pitching the tent took four hours or [C] so.
And by then the sun was sinking low [D] and the kids were whining and crying for [G] something to eat.
Whereupon [D] my wife said, where's the restroom?
I told her, she grins, yeah, where is it?
[Dm] So we broke out the [G] soda crackers and [C] sardines, the beans, the sausages and pork and [D] beans
and sat around the fire to enjoy a [G] well-earned treat.
Mmm, good, now that's city-fied junk food for us.
God remind me or not!
Let's all go camping, [C] you'll never [G] have it so good.
It's great getting back to nature [A] out here [D] in the woods.
[G] Amongst the birds and the [Bm] bees and the flowers and the [C] trees where the animals [A] are offering.
[D] Once you get hooked [Em] on camping, [A] you'll never like the [G] city again.
[Ab] _ _ _ Well, we just weren't ready for what happened then [Db] when sparks from the campfire
carried by the [Eb] wind set a pile of leaves and two eighty-nine ninety [Ab]-five sleeping bags [Eb] aflame.
Little Elvis going for the marshmallows, thought his fire was the dearest.
[Ab] Yeah, it spread from the bags and the leaves to the [Db] trees,
raging out of control and fanned by the [Eb] breeze.
I thought all was lost and then thank God [Ab] it started to rain.
I don't mean shower, friends, we're talking paramount Noah one whole time.
Well, the fire was out and huddled in the [Db] tent.
War slap out from the days of [Eb] events,
floating on our iron mattresses in [Ab] mud, ankle deep.
[Eb] Whereupon my wife said, I really need to know now, where is the restaurant?
[Ab] And when it finally stopped raining, it was cold and late.
[Db] But those mysterious noises kept us awake [Eb] and we all knew we'd be mauled or axe murdered [Ab] in our sleep.
At this point, I knew the ghost stories earlier had been a bad idea.
I was dozing off just about to dream [Db] about a holiday.
And when a blood curdling [Eb] scream announced the presence of something in the [Ab] tent
covered with [Eb] hair.
That's when I said, leap up there son, light the coal and think there's something in here [Ab] with us.
We lift the lantern and there he was, [Db] a little beady eyed fuzzy looking at us.
[Eb] And we chased him out of the tent and ran head on into [Ab] a bear.
He just finished off the groceries and was frothing at the mouth.
Ain't no gentle bend here, friend.
He reared back on his haunches and he let out a growl [Db] and we all turned white
and let out a howl, [Eb] went tearing through the woods in hysterics without a [Ab] flashlight or a lamp.
[Eb] It's amazing what adrenaline can do.
I mean I was a track star in high school but my chubby little wife just _ _ _ taken a Sunday stroll
yelling, never mind me.
[Ab] Well somehow we all made it to the [Db] car and I had to crank it with a quick hot wire
[Eb] cause I'd left the keys in my backpack [Ab] back at the camp.
Long shoes, wallet, Rolex and $6,947.20 worth of camping [A] equipment.
_ We went flying down that dark muddy [D] trail, slipping and sliding like a bat out of hell.
Till we drove through a [E] stream that we crossed on [A] our way in.
Lord [E] knows how we missed all the trees at 90 miles an hour sideways.
[A] Now the rain made it deeper than it was before [D] and the water started pouring in around the doors
[E] and we had to swim to the shore.
Never saw that Land [A] Rover again.
Just floated off. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Well we finally stumbled into civilization.
[D] Called a friend of mine from a taxi co-station.
[E] He drove out and picked us up and took us all [A] on home.
Wet, [E] cold, tired, talking to ourselves.
They [A] say take only pictures and leave only footprints.
[D] Well we left eight sleeping bags, two trail master [E] tents, a Coleman stove,
$400 worth of groceries, [A] a Land Rover, a Rolex and every stitch of clothing my wife ever owned.
Oh yeah, I had to take it all. _ _ _ _
_ Me, she said, let's all go camping.
[D] You've never had it [A] so good.
It's great getting back to nature [B] out here [E] in the woods.
[A] Amongst the birds and the [Dbm] bees and the flowers and the trees [D] where the animals are [B] our friends.
[E] Once you get hooked [Gbm] on camping, you'll never like the city [A] again.
_ _ I'll tell you one thing, next summer we're going to Daytona Beach.
For what this trip cost, we could have gone to Hawaii.
_ Twice!
First class!
I'm talking cooler girls and them little pink fizzy drinks with them little parasols sticking out of.
_ Nature?
Huh.
Give me some concrete.
I love traffic.
[D] Let me have some of that smog too.
[E] I'd rather be mugged [A] once a week than go back out there, friend.
Just call me Irvine from now _ _ _ [G] _ _