5 Poofs And 2 Pianos
Tim MinchinVersion1
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Obviously I don't want to infer that being invited onto Friday Night with Wossy
isn't wonderfully affirming, and I know I oughta
appreciate the risk you took, the bookers who agreed to book
a chap who tends to talk about the kinda things that get the BBC in hot water.
And I don't want to seem greedy, I'm just saying
I'd like to be here every week if that's OK.
Fo7(or E7b9/F)
And, if you'll hear me out, I think I've got a way
in which we could do it pretty easily.
You can leave all the boring details to me.
It's a brilliant idea, a truly original concept.
No one in Britain has ever done anything like it yet.
Picture this - imagine if we had
five poofs and two pianos - yeah, it's a wicked idea.
Why settle for a quartet of queers
When there's a possibility of a penta-poofter-piano-posse here?
Five poofs and two pianos - yeah, it'll be ace:
a hundred percent more pianos and twenty five percent more gays.
Pickup:
I know, I know, I've seen the problem too.
There's a rumour I am straight, it's true.
It hurts to admit it, but I'm about as bent
as Wossy himself or Fiddy Cent.
But I've already thought it through.
D'you know there's preachers in America who reckon they can do
sexuality conversions. I've heard them assert
they can cure a man of trouser love and turn him onto skirt.
Well I don't see why they couldn't pull the same trick in reverse, and we'd have -
five poofs and two pianos - yeah, it's a revolution
and probably the best solution
to the problem you're inevitably having with an even number of homosexuals.
Pickup:
Yes I know your producers might suspect
that the licence-paying public will object
to the Corporation having yet
another homosexual to pay.
The Daily Mail will bring the big guns out.
Jan Moir will be frothing at the mouth,
writing further brilliant stuff about
the myth about being both happy and gay.
But all that moral indignation
will disappear when they see
those four lovely guys and me
singing in perfect harmony.
And all those angry letter writers,
like 'Disgusted' from the Isle of Wight
and 'Mad' from Hull and 'Outraged' from Leeds
and 'Slightly Annoyed' from Berwick on Tweed,
will instantly change their tune.
They'll be bleeding-heart liberals by Saturday noon.
They'll be giving their grandchildren up for adoption
in the hope that a gay married couple will adopt 'em.
They'll be putting rainbow stickers on their cars,
(Bass line -
)
and cutting holes in the arse of their leather strides.
And watching 2 pianos and 5 guys
Watching 2 pianos and 5 guys
G (picks up on the G in the bass line)
Watching 2 pianos and five ..1, 2 ,3, 4,
5 poofs and 2 pianos - yeah, it'll be grand.
You can never have too many pianos or too much man.
5 poofs and 2 pianos - maybe we could out Jamie Cullum.
Make it a trio of pianos and a big gay half dozen.
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Readable chord sheet for 5 Poofs And 2 Pianos by Tim Minchin
O[A]bviously I don't want to infer that being in[E/G#]vited onto Friday Night with Wossy
isn't wonderfully affirming,[F#m] and I know I [E]oughta
[A]appreciate the risk you took, the bookers who agreed to book
[E/G#] [F#m]
a[E] chap who tends to talk about the kinda things that get the BBC in hot water.
And I [A6]don't want to seem greedy, I'm just saying
I[E]'d like to be here every week if that's OK.
Fo7(or E7b9/F)
And, if you'll hear me out, I think I've got a way
in which [F#m]we could do it [E]pretty easi[D]ly.
You can leave all the boring details to [E]me.
It's a [A6]brilliant idea, a [Eadd2]truly [A]original [F#m]conc[A]ept.
[A6]No one in Britain has [Eadd2]ever d[A]one anything like it [E/B]yet.
Picture this - imagine if we had
f[A]ive poofs and [E/G#]two pianos [F#m]- yeah, it's a [E]wicked i[D]dea.
Why [A]settle for a quartet of [E/G#]queers
When there's a [D/F#]possibility of a [E]penta-poofter-piano-posse here?
F[A]ive poofs and [E/G#]two pianos [F#m]- yeah, [E]it'll be [D]ace:
a [A]hundred percent more pia[E/G#]nos and twenty five per[D]cent more [A]gays.
Pickup: [E] [F#] [Ab]
I[A] know, I know, I've seen the problem too.
T[E/A]here's a rumour I am straight, it's true.
I[D/A]t hurts to admit it, but I'm about as [Dm]bent
as Wossy himself or [Dm]Fiddy Cent.
B[A]ut I've already thought it through.
D[E/A]'you know there's preachers in America who reckon they can do
sexu[D]ality conversions. I've heard them assert
they can [D7]cure a man of trouser love and turn him onto skirt.
Well I [E7]don't see why they couldn't pull the same trick in reverse, and we'd have -
f[A]ive poofs and [E/G#]two pianos [F#m]- yeah, it's a [E]revo[D]lution
and [A]probably the best so[E/G#]lution
to the problem you're [D]inevitably having with an [E]even number of homosexuals.
Pickup: [E] [F#] [Ab]
Y[A]es I know your producers might suspect
t[E/A]hat the licence-paying public will object
t[D/A]o the Corporation having [D]yet
another homo[Dm]sexual to pay.
T[A]he Daily Mail will bring the big guns out.
J[E/A]an Moir will be frothing at the mouth,
w[D/A]riting further brilliant stuff about
t[Dm]he myth about being both happy and g[E]ay.
But [F#m]all that moral [F#m]indi[A]gn[F#m]atio[C#]n
will [D/F#]disappear when they see[A/E]
those [D]four lovely guys and [A]me
[Bm]singing in perfect har[E]mony.
And [F#m]all [A]those angry letter writers,
like[D/A] 'Disgusted' from the Isle of Wight
and [F#m]'Mad[A]' from Hull and 'Outraged' from Leeds
and '[E]Slightly Annoyed' from [E7]Berwick on [Fo7]Tweed,
will [F#m]instantly [E]change their [D]tune.
They'll be [A]bleeding-heart liberals by [E]Saturday noon.
They'll be [D]giving their grandchildren up for adoption
in the [E]hope that a gay married [E7]couple will a[Fo7]dopt 'em.
They'll be [F]putting rainbow stickers on their cars,
[G] [E] (Bass line - [A]
[E] [F] [E] [G] [A])
and cutting holes in the arse of their leather strides.
And watching 2 pianos and 5 guys
Watching 2 pianos and 5 guys
G (picks up on the G in the bass line)
Watching 2 pianos and five ..1, 2 ,3, 4,
5[C] poofs and [G/B]2 pianos [Am]- yeah, [G]it'll be [F]grand.
You can [C]never have too many [G/B]pianos or [F]too much [C]man.
5[C] poofs and [G/B]2 pianos - [Am]maybe we could out Jamie [F]Cullum.
[G]Make it a trio of pianos and a [F]big gay half [C]dozen.