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The Sooty Show
© Jay Foreman, 2011 The Sooty Show Music and lyrics by Jay Foreman Story by Mandy Dassa (it happened to her!) (Capo 4th fret) NB: The three fingers on the right hand play crotchets (a steady beat) throughout the entire song. The thumb does everything else. I must have been about five years old when 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-- 1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-- 2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-- ------------------------ 0-----------0--------3-- -----3--03-------3--0--- I went to see The Sooty Show 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-- 1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-- 2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-- ------------------------ 0-----------0--------0-- -----3--03-------0--3--- My parents took me nearly every Christmas 1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-- 1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-- 2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-- 0-----------0----------- -----3--03-------3--03-- ------------------------ We'd been coming three years in a row 1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-- 1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-- 2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-- 0-----------0-------0--- -----3--03-------0------ ------------------------ But this time was different, cos something happened 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-- 1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-- 2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-- ------------------------ 0-----------0--------3-- -----3--03-------3--0--- That made me never go again 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-- 1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-- 2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-- ------------------------ 0-----------0--------0-- -----3--03-------0--3--- In the interval they ran a competition 1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-- 1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-- 2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-- 0-----------0----------- -----3--03-------3--03-- ------------------------ And somebody read out my name 1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3-- 1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3-- 2--2--2--2--4--4--4--4-- 0-----------0-------0--- -----3--03-------0------ ------------------------ I was going on stage to meet my 0--0--0--0--1--1--1--1-- 1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3-- 2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-- ------------------------ 0--0--0--0-------------- ------------1--1--1--1-- favourite bear 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-- 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-- 1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-- ------------2--2----2--- ------2--2--------2--2-- 0--0-------------------- Sooty, Sweep and Soo and Matthew 0--0--0--0--1--1--1--1-- 1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3-- 2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-- ------------------------ 0--0--0--0-------------- ------------1--1--1--1-- Corbett were there. 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-- 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-- 1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-- ------------2--0-------- ------2--2--------3--2-- 0--0-------------------- I remember clearly standing with my parents On stage and waiting in a queue Not quite believing how cool it was to Meet the real Sooty, Sweep and Soo I reached the front and he was waving at me So yellow, cute and loveable Poor Matthew Corbett. He tried to stop me But Sooty looked so huggable I ran out and grabbed and squeezed my favourite bear. How was I to know that I'd feel fingers in there? Sooty's not a real bear he's just a human hand 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-- 1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-- 2-----0-----2-----0----- -----3-----3-----3-----3 ------------------------ ------------------------ A human hand, a human hand, a human hand, AAAAAAARGH!!!!! 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-- 1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0-- 2-----0-----2-----0--0-- -----3-----3-----3------ ------------------------ ------------------------ ... 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-- 1--1--1--1--1--1--3--3-- 2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-- ------------------------ 0--0-------------------- ------3--3--2--2--1--1-- … AAAAAARGH 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-- 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-- 1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-- ------------2--2-------- ------2--2--------2--2-- 0--0-------------------- … 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-- 1--1--1--1--1--1--3--3-- 2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-- ------------------------ 0--0-------------------- ------3--3--2--2--1--1-- 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-- 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-- 1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-- ------------2--0-------- ------2--2--------3--2-- 0--0-------------------- 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-- 1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-- 2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-- -----3--2--------3--2--- 0--------3--0--------3-- ------------------------ 0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-- 1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-- 2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-- -----3--2--------3--2--- 0--------3--0--------3-- ------------------------ 0----------------------- 1----------------------- 0----------------------- ------------------------ 0----------------------- ------------------------