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I was born on a farm out in I - o - way
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A flamin' youth, I was bound I would fly a - way
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I packed my grip and I grabbed my sax - o - phone.
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Can't read a note, but I play an y - thing by ear
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I made up tunes on the sounds that I used to hear
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When I'd start to play, folks used to say,
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"Sounds a lit - tle 'Goof - us' to me."
Bridge:
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Corn - fed chords ap - peal to me --
F# G#m7 C# G#m7 F#
I like rus - tic har - mo - ny.
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Hold a note and change the key --
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Hey, that's "Goof - us"
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Not ac - cor - ding to the rules
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That you learn in mu - sic schools,
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But the folks just dance like fools --
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They sure go for "Goof - us."
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Got a job, but I just could - n't keep it long
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The lead - er said that I played all the mu - sic wrong
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So I stepped out with an out - fit of my own.
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Got to - geth - er a new kind of or - ches - tree,
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And we all played just the same "Goof - us" har - mo - ny,
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And I must ad - mit we made a hit --
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"Goof - us" has been luck - y for me
Coda:
D Am7 D Cdim G
"Goof - us" has been luck - y for me
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"Goof - us" has been luck - y for me