Bob Dorough - Hey little twelve toes
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From School House Rock
Intro:Dm7,E7/D,Cm7/D,Dm7
E7/DNow if mCm9/Dan had been born with Dm76 fingers on each hand,
E7/DHe'd also have
Cm9/D12 toes or so the Dm7theory goes. Well, E7/Dwith twelve
Digits, D/Cm9I mean
Fingers, Dm7he probably would have invented two more
Digits when he
InventedD/E7 his number system.D/Cm9 Then, if he Dm7saved the zero
For the end,
E7/DHe could count and Cm9/Dmultiply by twelve Dm7just as easily as
D/E7You and I do
By ten.
E7/DNow if man had been born D/Cm9with 6 fingers on each hand,
Dm7He'd probably
Count: oE7/Dne, two, three, four, Cm9/Dfive, six, seven, eight,
Dm7Nine, dek, el,
Doh. "E7/DDek" and &Cm9/Dquot;el" being two entirely new signs
Dm7Meaning ten and
Eleven. E7/DSingle digits! Cm9/DAnd his twelve, &Dm7quot;doh", would be
Written 1-0.
E7/DGet it? That'd be Cm7/Dswell, for multiplying Dm7by 12. C7sus4
Verse 1
Gm9Hey little Gm6twelvetoes, I hope you're FM7well.
Fm9Must be Fm6some far-flung planet EbM7where you dwell.
Em7b5If we were together, A7you could be Dm7my cousin,
Down here we call it a BbMaj7dozen.
A7Hey little twelvetoes, please come back home.
Interlude Same as Intro
Now if man had been born with 6 fingers on each hand,
His children
Would have 'em too. And when they played hide-and-go-
Seek they'd
Count by sixes fast. And when they studied piano,
They'd do their
Six-finger exercises. And when they went to school,
They'd learn the
Golden rule, and how to multiply by twelve easy: just
Put down a
Zero. But me, I have to learn it the hard way.
Lemme see now:
Bridge
F7One times 12 is twelve, two times 12 is Bb724.
Three times 12 is 36, four times 12 is C748, five times
12 is F760.
Six times 12 is 72, seven times 12 is 84.
Bb7Eight times 12 is 96, nine times 12 is 108, C7ten times
12 is 120.
F7Eleven times 12 is 132, and 12 times 12 is 144. WOWD7!
Verse 2
Gm9Hey little twelvetoes,Gm6 I hope you're FM7thriving.
Fm9Some of us ten-Fm6toed folks are still surEbMaj7viving.
Em7b5If you help me with my A7twelves, Dm7I'll help you with your
Tens.
And we could all be BbMaj7friends.
A7Little twelvetoes, please Dm7come back home.
Corrections are welcomed. Hope you enjoyed.