The Mamas & The Papas - Creeque alley

^A7John and Mitchie were gettin' kind of itchy ^A7Just to leave the folk music behind ^D7Zal and Denny workin' for a penny ^A7Tryin' to get a fish on the line In a ^E7coffee house Sebastian sat And a^D7fter every number they'd pass the hat ^A7McGuinn and McGuire just a-gettin' higher In L.A., you know where that's^D7 at And no one's gettin' ^C7fat except Mama ^A7Cass

^A7Zally said "Denny, you know there aren't many ^A7Who can sing a song the way that you do, let's go south" ^D7Denny said "Zally, golly, don't you think that I wish ^A7I could play guitar like you" ^E7Zal, Denny and Sebastian sat (at the Night Owl) ^D7And after every number they'd pass the hat ^A7McGuinn and McGuire still a-gettin higher ^A7In L.A., you know where that's ^D7at And no one's gettin' ^C7fat except Mama ^A7Cass

^A7When Cass was a sophomore, planned to go to Swarthmore ^A7But she changed her mind one day ^D7Standin' on the turnpike, thumb out to hitchhike ^A7"Take me to New York right away" ^E7When Denny met Cass he gave her love bumps ^D7Called John and Zal and that was the Mugwumps ^A7McGuinn and McGuire couldn't get no higher ^A7But that's what they were aimin' ^D7at And no one's gettin' ^C7fat except Mama ^A7Cass

^A7Mugwumps, high jumps, slow slumps, big bumps ^A7Don't you work as hard as you play ^D7Make up, break up, everything is shake up ^A7Guess it had to be that way ^E7Sebastian and Zal formed the Spoonful ^D7Michelle, John, and Denny gettin' very tuneful ^A7McGuinn and McGuire just a-catchin' fire ^A7In L.A., you know where that's ^D7at And everybody's gettin' ^C7fat except Mama ^A7Cass

^A7Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can't be trusted ^A7And Mitchie wants to go to the sea ^D7Cass can't make it, she says we'll have to fake it ^A7We knew she'd come eventually ^E7Greasin' on American Express cards ^D7Tent's low rent, but keeping out the heat's hard ^A7Duffy's good vibrations and our imaginations ^A7Can't go on indefinite^D7ly And California dreamin' ^C7is becomin' a ^A7reality