
Red Toupee
Al Stewart
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DD TOUPEE - Al Stewart
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D E Dbm D
To Catalina on a fishing boat
D E Dbm D
We call it Henry Cisneros
D E Dbm D
We got no money but we stay afloat
D E Dbm D
The jellyfishes don't scare us
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D E Dbm D
You're telling everybody life's a ball
D E Dbm D
Too many pleasures to mention
D E Dbm D
You do a cartwheel in the shopping mall
D E Dbm D
You seem to get their attention
D E
In your red toupee
Dbm D
In a red toupee
D E
Oh you got your red toupee
Dbm D
In a red toupee
D E Dbm D
You take your mother to a broadway play
D E Dbm D
It keeps her well out of danger
D E Dbm D
You're blowing bubbles in the matinee
D E Dbm D
You never looked any stranger
D E
In your red toupee
Dbm D
In a red toupee
D E
Oh you got your red toupee
Dbm D
In a red toupee
F
People say that you're unusual
Esus4
You just tell them they're confused
F
If only they were more like you
Esus4 E
They'd brighten up their day
D E
In your red toupee
Dbm D
In your red toupee
D E
Oh they need a red toupee
Dbm D
In your red toupee
F
Promenades in furs and laces
Esus4
People put on airs and graces
F
Bedroom eyes in boardroom faces
Esus4 E
Oh where will it lead
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[Próxima Parte]
D E
In your red toupee
Dbm D
In a red toupee
D E
Oh they need a red toupee
Dbm D
In a red toupee
D E
In your mauve toupee
Dbm D
In a red toupee
D E
Turquoise toupee
Dbm D
Turquoise toupee
D E
You got your green toupee
Dbm D
In a red
Dbm D
In a red toupee
D E
Cerise toupee
Dbm D
In a red
Dbm D
In a red toupee
D E Dbm D
Why are you wearing that strange toupee
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