Conjunction Junction

Conjunction Junction Bob Dorough Schoolhouse Rock, 1973 August 24, 2008 Intro: | G Em7 | C Am7 D9 | ----3-------3-------3---A|-----------5--h7----|-10---10--8---7---5------------|-3---2---3---2-----------0----3----|| E|--------------------|-7----------------0------------|-0-----------------------0----2----|| C|--------------------|-7----------------2--------0---|-0-------------------2---0----2----|| G|--------------------|-7--------------------0--------|-0---------------0-------0----0----||

G

G/F

C/E

E[7

Conjunction Junction, what’s your func–tion? G

C]dim7

C

D7

Hooking up words and phrases and claus–es. G

G/F

C/E

E[7

Conjunction Junction, how’s that func–tion? G

C]dim7

C

D7

I got three fav’rite cars that get most of my job done. G

G/F

C/E

E[7

Conjunction Junction, what’s their func–tion? G

C]dim7

C

D7

I got “and,” “but,” and “or,” they’ll get you pretty far. G

“And”. . . that’s an additive, like “this and that”. C7

“But”. . . that’s sort of the opposite, “Not this but that”. B[7

And then there’s “or”: O-R, when you have a choice like “this or that.” D

“And,” “but,” and “or,” get you pretty far! G

G/F

C/E

E[7

Conjunction Junction, what’s your func–tion? G

C]dim7

C

D7

Hooking up two boxcars and making ’em run right. G

C7

Milk and honey, bread and butter, peas and rice, hey that’s nice! G

Dirty but happy, diggin’ and scratchin’, C7

Losing your shoe and a button or two. G

He was poor but honest, sad but true, C7

Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

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G

G/F

C/E

E[7

Conjunction Junction, what’s your func–tion? G

C]dim7

C

D7

Hooking up two cars to one when you say something like this choice: G

“Either now or later.” G

C7

E[7

Or no choice: C7

E[7

“Neither now nor ever.” Hey, that’s clev–er! G

Eat this or that, grow thin or fat, C7

E[7

Never mind, I wouldn’t do that, I’m fat enough now! G

G/F

C/E

E[7

Conjunction Junction, what’s your func–tion? G

C]dim7

C

D7

Hooking up phrases and claus–es that bal–ance, like: G

G/F

C/E

Out of the frying pan and into the fire. G

G/F

E[7 C/E

E[7

He cut loose the sandbags, but the bal–loon wouldn’t go any higher. G

G/F

C/E

E[7

Let’s go up to the moun–tains, or down to the seas. G

G/F

C/E

E[7

You should always say “Thank you’,’ or at least say “please.” G

G/F

C/E

E[7

Conjunction Junction, what’s your func–tion? G

C]dim7

C

D7

Hooking up phrases and clauses in complex sen–tences like: G

In the mornings, when I’m usually wide awake, I love to take a walk through the gardens C7

And down by the lake, where I often see a duck and a drake, B[7

And I wonder, as I walk by, just what they’d say if they could speak, D

Although I know that’s an absurd thought. G

G/F

C/E

E[7

Conjunction Junction, what’s your func–tion? G

C]dim7

C

D7

Hooking up cars and mak–ing ’em func–tion. G

G/F

C/E

E[7

Conjunction Junction, how’s that func–tion? G

C]dim7

C

D7

I like tying up words and phras–es and claus–es. G

G/F

C/E

E[7

Conjunction Junction, what’s your func–tion? G

C]dim7

C

D7

I’m gonna get you there if you’re very careful. G

G/F

C/E

E[7

Conjunction Junction, what’s your func–tion? G

C]dim7

C

D7

I’m gonna get you there if you’re very careful.

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