| n | Harper Valley PTA | n | Kaw-liga - Hank Williams |
| Jeannie C Reilly | | |
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| n | Intro: | n | |
| G7 G7 G7 G7 | | |
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| Versre 1: | | [Verse 1] |
| [G7] I want to tell you all a story 'bout a Harper Valley widowed wife | | [Am] Kaw-liga was a wooden Indian standing by the door. |
| Who had a [C7] teenage daughter who attended Harper Valley Junior High | | He fell in love with an Indian maiden over in the antique store. |
| Well her [G7] daughter came home one afternoon and didn't even stop to play | | Kaw-liga……., just stood there and never let it [E7] show, |
| She said [C7] Mom I got a note here from the [D7] Harper Valley P.T.[G7]A. | | So she could never answer yes or [Am] no. |
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| Verse 2: | | Verse 2: |
| n | The [G7] note said Misses Johnson, you're wearing your dresses way too high | n | [Am] He always wore his Sunday feathers and held a tommy hawk. |
| It's re[C7]ported you've been drinking and a runnin' round with men and going wild | | The maiden wore her beads and braids and hoped someday he'd talk. |
| And we [G7] don't believe you ought to be a bringing up your little girl this way | | Kaw liga, too stubborn to ever show a [E7] sign, |
| And it was [C7] signed by the secretary, [D7] Harper Valley P.T [G7].A. | | Because his heart was made of knotty [Am] pine. |
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| n | Verse 3: | n | |[Chorus] |
| Well, it [G7] happened that the P.T.A. was gonna meet that very afternoon | | |[A] Poor ol' Kaw liga, he never got a kiss. |
| And they were [C7] sure surprised when Misses Johnson wore her miniskirt into the room | | |[D] Poor ol' Kaw liga, he don't know what he missed. |
| And as she [G7] walked up to the blackboard I still recall the words she had to say | | |[A] Is it any wonder that his face is red… |
| She said, I'd [C7] like to address this meeting [D7] of the Harper Valley P.T [G7].A. | | |[E7] Kaw-liga, that poor ol' wooden [Am] head. |
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| n | [Key change] [A7] | n | [Verse 3] |
| | | [Am] Kaw-liga was a lonely Indian, never went nowhere. |
| | | His heart was set on the Indian maid with the coal black hair. |
| | | Kaw-liga, just stood there and never let it [E7] show, |
| | | So she could never answer yes or [Am] no. |
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| Verse 4: | | Verse 4: |
| n | Well there's [A7] Bobby Taylor, sitting there and seven times he's asked me for a date | n | [Am] And then one day a wealthy customer bought the Indian maid, |
| And Misses [D7]Taylor sure seems to use a lot of ice whenever he's away | | And took her, oh, so far away, but ol' Kaw liga stayed. |
| And Mister [A7] Baker can you tell us why your secretary had to leave this town | | Kaw liga, just stands there as lonely as can [E7] be, |
| And shouldn't [D7] Widow Jones be told to keep her [E7] window shades all pulled completely | | And wishes he was still an old pine tree [Am]. |
| [A7] down? | | |
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| t | Verse 5: | t | |[Chorus] |
| Well [A7] Mister Harper couldn't be here 'cause he stayed too long at Kelly's Bar again | | |[A] Poor ol' Kaw liga, he never got a kiss. |
| And if you [D7] smell Shirley Tompson's breath you'll find she's had a little nip of gin | | |[D] Poor ol' Kaw liga, he don't know what he missed. |
| Then you [A7] have the nerve to tell me you think that as a mother I'm not fit | | |[A] Is it any wonder that his face is red… |
| Well this is [D7] just a little Peyton Place and [E7] you're all Harper Valley [A7] hypocrites. | | |[E7] Kaw-liga, that poor ol' wooden [A] head. |
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| Outro: | | |
| No, I [A7] wouldn't put you on because it really did , it happened just this way | | |
| The day my [D7] momma socked it to the [E7] Harper Valley P.T.[A7]A. | | |
| The day my [D7] momma socked it to the [E7] Harper Valley P.T.[A7]A. | | |
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| Cha cha cha | | |