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Up On The Hill Where They Do The Boogie

John Hartford
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
Down  in the city it's a pity what's there.
 All the kids in the gutter runnin' really bare
 How much money do I have to get
 To get me set where the jet set gets
Up  on the hill where they  do the boogie
(dododododododo,  the boogie)
I  wonder what they're doin' when they  dodo the boogie
 And I wonder  what I'm doin' here
 Down in the city if a-you ain't dead
 You better watch that man, he gonna bust your head
 Throw you over and leave you aloone
 He's a-twenty minutes late, He's gotta be back home
 (Chorus)
 The rat's in the alley and a roach on the floor
 A businessman huntin' for a two-bit whore
 I thought I heard some housewife say
 I gotta go up the hill for the PTA
 (Chorus)
 A-Some folks say that a hippie won't steal
 But I caught three in my corn field
 One had a flag and the other had a bomb
 And the third ol' boy was a-gettin' on home
 (Chorus)
 Now all I know about is a-what I read
 A-see it comin' at me on the TV screen
 Every time they boogie well it gives me a thrill
 But they always seem to do it way up on the hill
 (Chorus)
 dodododododododododododododododododododdo do dodod dodo

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Readable chord sheet for Up On The Hill Where They Do The Boogie by John Hartford

[D]Down in the city it's a pity what's there.
All the kids in the gutter runnin' really bare
How much money do I have to get
To get me set where the jet set gets

[G]Up on the hill where [D]they do the boogie
[A](dododododo[D]dodo, the boogie)
[G]I wonder what they're doin' when [D]they dodo the boogie

And I [A]wonder what I'm doin' [D]here

Down in the city if a-you ain't dead
You better watch that man, he gonna bust your head
Throw you over and leave you aloone
He's a-twenty minutes late, He's gotta be back home

(Chorus)

The rat's in the alley and a roach on the floor
A businessman huntin' for a two-bit whore
I thought I heard some housewife say
I gotta go up the hill for the PTA

(Chorus)

A-Some folks say that a hippie won't steal
But I caught three in my corn field
One had a flag and the other had a bomb
And the third ol' boy was a-gettin' on home

(Chorus)

Now all I know about is a-what I read
A-see it comin' at me on the TV screen
Every time they boogie well it gives me a thrill
But they always seem to do it way up on the hill

(Chorus)

dodododododododododododododododododododdo do dodod dodo

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