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Six long hours and what do you get?
24 August 2010
To the tune of Sixteen Tons...*
Chorus:
Dm.........C..............Bb...............A7
Six long hours, and wadda ya you get?
Dm.........C..............Bb...............A7
A little more debenture and deeper in debt
Dm...............................Gm
Mayor dontcha call me in camera to go
Dm.................................................A7
Cause behind closed doors things move too slow!
Verse:
Some people think a councillor's about as smart as mud
Others say he's not as bright as ol' Elmer Fudd
After six long hours of meeting, I think they may be right
Cause we talk, talk, talked long into the night
Chorus
Six long hours, and wadda ya you get?
A little more debenture and deeper in debt
Mayor dontcha call me in camera to go
Cause behind closed doors things move too slow!
Verse:
We met one evening in the drizzlin' rain
Six hours later we were feelin no pain
Department heads were yawnin, staff was glassy-eyed
But we kept on talkin as it got dark outside
Chorus
Six long hours, and wadda ya you get?
A little more debenture and deeper in debt
Mayor dontcha call me in camera to go
Cause behind closed doors things move too slow!
Verse
We gotta go in camera, the mayor said to me
We can't talk about things while we're on the TV
We gotta go in camera cause if the public hears
How we're gonna spend their money, they'd toss us out, I fear
Chorus
Six long hours, and wadda ya you get?
A little more debenture and deeper in debt
Mayor dontcha call me in camera to go
Cause behind closed doors things move too slow!
Verse
Some councillors are tryin to spend your every dime
Others at the table are simply fillin in their time
Some get their heads around it, some are lost in space
We talked for six long hours but never cut to the chase!
Chorus
Six long hours, and wadda ya you get?
A little more debenture and deeper in debt
Mayor dontcha call me in camera to go
Cause behind closed doors things move too slow!
* Chords for soprano, concert and tenor ukulele. Baritone and guitar transpose to Am (e.g. Am, G, F, E7).
Chorus:
Dm.........C..............Bb...............A7
Six long hours, and wadda ya you get?
Dm.........C..............Bb...............A7
A little more debenture and deeper in debt
Dm...............................Gm
Mayor dontcha call me in camera to go
Dm.................................................A7
Cause behind closed doors things move too slow!
Verse:
Some people think a councillor's about as smart as mud
Others say he's not as bright as ol' Elmer Fudd
After six long hours of meeting, I think they may be right
Cause we talk, talk, talked long into the night
Chorus
Six long hours, and wadda ya you get?
A little more debenture and deeper in debt
Mayor dontcha call me in camera to go
Cause behind closed doors things move too slow!
Verse:
We met one evening in the drizzlin' rain
Six hours later we were feelin no pain
Department heads were yawnin, staff was glassy-eyed
But we kept on talkin as it got dark outside
Chorus
Six long hours, and wadda ya you get?
A little more debenture and deeper in debt
Mayor dontcha call me in camera to go
Cause behind closed doors things move too slow!
Verse
We gotta go in camera, the mayor said to me
We can't talk about things while we're on the TV
We gotta go in camera cause if the public hears
How we're gonna spend their money, they'd toss us out, I fear
Chorus
Six long hours, and wadda ya you get?
A little more debenture and deeper in debt
Mayor dontcha call me in camera to go
Cause behind closed doors things move too slow!
Verse
Some councillors are tryin to spend your every dime
Others at the table are simply fillin in their time
Some get their heads around it, some are lost in space
We talked for six long hours but never cut to the chase!
Chorus
Six long hours, and wadda ya you get?
A little more debenture and deeper in debt
Mayor dontcha call me in camera to go
Cause behind closed doors things move too slow!
* Chords for soprano, concert and tenor ukulele. Baritone and guitar transpose to Am (e.g. Am, G, F, E7).
