[Convention: each chord is two beats/half a measure. A dash indicates that the chord is held for another two beats; two chords with a slash between them are held for one beat/a quarter of a measure each.
The chords preceding the verses (the ones followed by colons) are lead-ins to the verses and are held for the usual two beats.]
I've been leaving on my things
so in the morning when the morning bird sings
- there's still dinner on my dinner jacket till the dinner bell rings
F:
- - - - Experimental dog
- - - - salivating dog
- - good dog
waiting for the dinner bell
dinner bell dinner bell ring
D: I've been leaving on my things so in the morning when the morning bird sings there's still dinner on my dinner jacket till the dinner bell rings
F: I don't want a pizza I don't want a piece of peanut brittle I don't want a pear I don't want a bagel I don't want a bean I wouldn't like a bag of beef or a beer or a cup of chowder corn cake or creamed cauliflower 'cause I'm waiting for the dinner bell to do the bell thing dinner bell ring
B:
shoulder bicep elbow arm
forearm thumb wrist knuckle palm
middle pinky index ring
dinner bell dinner bell ding
F: I don't know whether I'd rather be having a bottle of vinegar I don't know whether I'd rather be having an egg I don't know whether I'd rather be having an order of bacon or whether I'd rather be having a basket of garlic bread I don't know whether I'd rather be having some pie or saving my appetite
'cause I'm waiting for the dinner bell to do the bell thing dinner bell dinner bell ring
