Wasnt That A Party

WASN'T THAT A PARTY Time: 2/2 Tenor: E Bass: C - D

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Could've been the whiskey

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Might've been the gin

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Could've been the three or four six-packs, I don't know

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But look at the mess I'm in

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My head is like a football

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I think I'm going to die

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Tell me, me oh, me oh my

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Wasn't that a party

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Someone took a grapefruit

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Wore it like a hat

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I saw someone under my kitchen table

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Talking to my old tom cat

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They were talking about hockey

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The cat was talking back

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Long about then every-thing went black

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Wasn't that a party (CHORUS)

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I'm sure it's just my memory

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Playing tricks on me

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But I think I saw my buddy

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Cutting down my neighbour's tree (CHORUS)

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NOTES:

- Chords change on each verse - no pattern

- Last verse can be raised a whole tone

WASN'T THAT A PARTY (PAGE TWO)

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Billy Joe and Tommy

* 1 * *

Well they went a little far

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They were sitting in the back yard, blowing on a sireen

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>From somebody's police car

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So you see, Your Honour

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It was all in fun

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The little bitty track meet down on main street

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Was just to see if the cops could run

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Well they run us in to see you

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In an alcoholic haze

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I sure can use those thirty days

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To re-cover from the party (CHORUS)

ENDING: CHORUS, REPEATING "wasn't that a party"

SYMBOLS:

- Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord

- Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure

- Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure

CHORDS (Number System):

- Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

- Key of C: C D E F G A B

- Detailed description: /pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt

- Submitted by: Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)