Tom: D
D A
Now I know a little ditty it's as crazy as can be
D
The guy who wrote it said he wanted it and handed it to me
G
I found I couldn't use it because it sounded blue
D A D
And that's the very reason why I'm handing it to you
D A
It's a song the alligators sing while coming through the rye
D
As they serenade the elephants up in the trees so high
G
The iceman hums this ditty as he shovels in the coal
D A D
And the monkeys join the chorus up around the northern pole
D A
Ain't we crazy ain't we crazy
D
This is the way we pass the time away
A
Ain't we crazy ain't we crazy
D
We're going to sing this song all night today
D A
It was midnight on the ocean not a streetcar was in sight
D
And the sun was shining brightly for it rained all day that night
G
Twas a summer night in winter and the rain was snowing fast
D A D
And a barefoot boy with shoes on stood a-sitting in the grass
D A
It was evening and the rising sun was setting in the west
D
The little fishes in the trees were huddled in their nests
G
The rain was pouring down and the moon was shining bright
D A D
And everything that you could see was hidden out of sight
D A
While the organ peeled potatoes lard was rendered by the choir
D
The sexton rung the dishrag someone set the church on fire
G
Holy smoke The preacher shouted in the rain he lost his hair
D A D
Now his head resembles heaven for there is no parting there
D A
The cows were making cowslips and the bells were ringing wet
D
And the bumblebees were making bums and smoking cigarettes
G
And a man slept in a stable and came out a little hoarse
D A D
So he hopped upon his golf sticks and drove all around the course
D A
Ain't we crazy ain't we crazy
D
This is the way we pass the time away
D A
Ain't we crazy ain't we crazy
D
We're goin' to sing this song all night today
D A
It was midnight on the ocean not a horsecar was in sight
D
As I stepped into the drugstore to get myself a light
G
The man behind the counter was a woman old and gray
D A D
Who used to peddle shoestrings on the road to Mandalay
D A
Good evening sir the woman said and her eyes were bright with tears
D
As she put her head beneath her feet and stood that way for years
G
Her children six were orphans except one tiny tot
D A D
Who lived in a house across the street above a vacant lot
D A
Ain't we crazy ain't we crazy
D
But this is the way we pass the time away
D A
Ain't we crazy ain't we crazy
D
We're going to sing this song all night today
