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Houseplant Song, The - Chords

"Hi, this is Smooth Steve from K-Jazz.  Welcome to Java the Hut.
Tonight we have a special guest.  A young man from....uh.
He's playing a new song.  Here we go..."

"Thanks Smooth Steve.  Hey, this is a song about a book I read
once about the so-called inherit evils of rock & roll, and I wrote
this little song about it.  I guess I'd just like to thank you all
for letting me come out and sing this song tonight.  Here goes.."

E       
Once I read a book 
G
And this is what it said 
A                    E
If your music has a beat 
                             E
Then you're gonna wind up dead 
     E                      	    G
It doesn't really matter if it's Christian or not
        A                                     E
If it's syncopated rhythm then your soul is gonna rot 
		   E		 	 G
And this book was called      "Ha! You're Gonna Burn" 
             A 				E
And in the second chapter      I went on to learn 

E       G
Take two houseplants 
    A              E
And put them to the test 
         E                    G
Set them both in front of speakers 
              A            E
And let the music do the rest
    E                  G
The first one you play Mozart
         A                E
Or something lovely like that 
    E                          G                    A           E
The second one you play that Petra Or that MegaDeth.
                                                   E
Doesn't really matter what kind of rock it is. 

      E		       G
So I took my two houseplants
           A		E
And I put them to the test 
	   E		     G
Set them both in front of speakers 
	     A		  E
To let the music do the rest 
    E	  	  G
I powered up my Pioneers 
    A		  E
To let the music roar 
      E		    G
But twenty minutes later 
	    A		  E
Someone's knocking at my door 

E
I opened up my door 
G
And there my neighbor stood 
    A
He said, "Man I'd like to get some sleep
E
If you think I could"

	  E		 G
I said, "Man, can't you see here 
		A		    E
I've got this moral dilemma that I got to get clear." 
    	    E
He said, "What kind of moral dilemma 
	    G			
Could you have at this time of night 
	    A
That could make me so angry 
		      E -------
That I just want to fight!?" 


	E			       G
So I pointed to the page in that open book 
	     A
That had a picture of a potted plant 
			E
And I said, "Go have a look."

And he read 

E       G
Take two houseplants 
    A              E
And put them to the test 
         E                    G
Set them both in front of speakers 
              A            E
And let the music do the rest
    E                  G
The first one you play Mozart
         A                E
Or something lovely like that 
    E                          G                    A           E
The second one you play that Petra Or that MegaDeth.

Doesn't really matter what kind of rock it is. 

LONE RANGER

  E
First of all he said, 
	  G
"That's Vagner that you're playing 
       A
I've never heard of Petra 
	     E
And isn't MegaDeth all dead." 

	E	   G		  A
And secondly, emphatically, He asked me, 
	      E		 E		  G
"What's the sense of hanging out with houseplants when, hey,
	 A		  E
I live right across the fence." 
(mute)
And I thought to myself 
You know, that's a good point 

      E		     G
So I took my two houseplants, and 
   A			E
I put them both back outside 
    E		G
And me and my neighbor 
	  A		  E
Well, we went out for a drive 

     E		 G
We talked about all the things 
	A	     E
That really matter most 
       E		G
Like life and love and happiness 
     A		    E
And then the Holy Ghost 

E	G	A	E

     E		 G
And now my two houseplants 
      A		     E
They sit out in the sun 
    E		G
But as for my neighbor 
	   A		  E
Well our friendship has become 
    E		  G
A meaningful relationship 
	 A		    E
That's headed straight to heaven 
    E
But as for now
    G				       A
We like to sit around and listen to Audio Adrenaline 
	     E
Cranked to eleven!
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