n patterns are broken, new worlds can emerge’
— Tuli Kupferberg, as quoted in _Reader’s Digest_ (4/87)
I don’t know what was more of a sign that the 60s were over… Lawrence
Welk owning the Country Joe and the Fish catalog (Welk Music Group bought
Vanguard) or one of the Fugs being quoted in _Reader’s Digest_…
«Dirty Old Man»
(E. Sanders — L. Goldbart)
Intro [6X]:
E (E7) A (G) E
/ / / / / / / . / /
Verse 1 (chorus echoes each line except as noted):
E A E
Hangin’ out by the schoolyard gate
E A E
Lookin’ up every dress I can
A
Suckin’ wind through my upper plate
E A E
I’m a dirty old man (dirty old man, dirty old man)
([1] you f*ckin’ dirty old man [2] disgusting!)
Verse 2:
Handin’ out joints to the kids at school
Givin’ out pictures and porn and pills
Fillin’ the front of my shirt with drool
I’m a dirty old man (dirty old man, dirty old man)
([2] ya prevert!)
Verse 3:
Nervously wiggling my toes in my boots
Communist literature in my hands
Pinchin’ all the bosoms I can
I’m a dirty old man (dirty old man, dirty old man)
([2] you!)
[instrumental break over verse chords]
Recitation (over two repeats of verse chords)
[cackle] Hello, kiddies, here I am again on the ol’ schoolyard! I
got *thrill pills* for all the little chickies, and I got *funny
cigarettes* for all you boys [sniff], and I got *dirty pictures* for
all of you together! Well, I guess I better go, I see the campus
cop’s coming… I better split now. Remember Leon Trotsky! [cackle]
[repeat verses 1-3]
Coda:
A B E
I’m a dirty old man
— another ace 60’s tab from Andrew Rogers
