Standard (EADGBE)

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Intro

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Come to the din-ner gong

The ta-ble is lad-en high

Fat bel-lies and hun-gry little ones

Tuck your napkins in and take your share

Some get the gra-vy

And some get the gris-tle

Some get the mar-row bone

And some get noth- ing

Though there’s plen-ty to spare

I took my share down by the sea

Pa-per plates and Ja- -vex bottles on the tide

Seagulls come down and they squawk at me

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Down where the wa- - - ter ski- ers glide

Some turn to Je-sus

And some turn to her-o-in

Some turn to ramb-ling ‘round

Looking for a clean sky

And a drink-ing stream

Some watch the paint peel off

Some watch their kids grow up

Some watch their stocks and bonds

Waiting for that big deal A-mer-i- -can dream

I took my dream down by the sea

Yan-kee yachts and lob- ster pots

And sunshine and logs and sails

And Shell Oil pails

Dogs and tugs and sum- mer-time

Back in the ban-quet line

An- - -gry young people cry- ing

“Who let the greed-y in

And who left the need-y out?

Who made this salt-y

Tell ‘em we’re very hungry now

For a sweet-er fare”

In the cookie I read,

“Some get the gra-vy

And some get the gris-tle

Some get the mar-row bone

And some get noth- ing

Though there’s plen-ty to spare”