Biography:
Greg Brown is a folk musician from Iowa, USA. His "Iowa Waltz" has been (unsuccessfully) proposed to replace the state song of Iowa.
During the 1980s, his reputation was established through frequent touring and recurring performances on A Prairie Home Companion. Subsequently, his work has been nominated for Grammy awards. He also founded his own record label and named it Red House Records after a home he lived in in Iowa. Red House Records is an independent record label specializing in folk music, based in St.
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- Bucket
- Canned Goods
- Cept You And Me Babe
- Early
- Heart Of My Country
- Here In The Going Going Gone
- If I Ever Do See You Again
- In The Dark With You
- Like A Dog
- Nice When It Rains
- Rooty Toot Toot For The Moon
- Spring Wind
- The Poet Game
- The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home
- Trump Cant Have That
- Who Woulda Thunk It
- Worrisome Years
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ROOTY TOOT TOOT FOR THE MOON
Greg Brown
[Verse 1]
G
The whole kit'in caboodle is in disrepair
C
There's nowhere to go that's not here
D
All the captains and cuckoos from here to Timbuktu
G C D
Are counting their dough in the mirror
D G
Are counting their dough in the mirror
[Chorus]
G
Singing rooty toot toot for the moon
C
It’s the biggest star I've ever seen
D
It's a pearl of wisdom, a slice of green cheese
G C D G
And it's Burning just like Kerosene, and it's burning just like Kerosene
[Verse 2]
G
He was just a young white kid trying to sing black and tough
C
with gravel and spit on his voice
D
He laughed at the songs we sang, the radio laughed too
G C D
And we lift up our arms and rejoiced
D G
And we lift up our arms and rejoiced
[Chorus]
G
Singing rooty toot toot for the moon
C
It’s the biggest star I've ever seen
D
It's a pearl of wisdom, a slice of green cheese
G C D G
And it's Burning just like Kerosene, and it's burning just like Kerosene
[Verse 3]
G
So God bless motorcycles and all those far out trifles
C
You know you can't memorize Zen
D
Hang your hat on your nose don't hide in your clothes
G C D
Smile at someone, begin to begin
D G
Smile at someone, begin to begin
[Chorus]
G
Singing rooty toot toot for the moon
C
It’s the biggest star I've ever seen
D
It's a pearl of wisdom, a slice of green cheese
G C D G
And it's Burning just like Kerosene, and it's burning just like Kerosene
Greg Brown
[Verse 1]
G
The whole kit'in caboodle is in disrepair
C
There's nowhere to go that's not here
D
All the captains and cuckoos from here to Timbuktu
G C D
Are counting their dough in the mirror
D G
Are counting their dough in the mirror
[Chorus]
G
Singing rooty toot toot for the moon
C
It’s the biggest star I've ever seen
D
It's a pearl of wisdom, a slice of green cheese
G C D G
And it's Burning just like Kerosene, and it's burning just like Kerosene
[Verse 2]
G
He was just a young white kid trying to sing black and tough
C
with gravel and spit on his voice
D
He laughed at the songs we sang, the radio laughed too
G C D
And we lift up our arms and rejoiced
D G
And we lift up our arms and rejoiced
[Chorus]
G
Singing rooty toot toot for the moon
C
It’s the biggest star I've ever seen
D
It's a pearl of wisdom, a slice of green cheese
G C D G
And it's Burning just like Kerosene, and it's burning just like Kerosene
[Verse 3]
G
So God bless motorcycles and all those far out trifles
C
You know you can't memorize Zen
D
Hang your hat on your nose don't hide in your clothes
G C D
Smile at someone, begin to begin
D G
Smile at someone, begin to begin
[Chorus]
G
Singing rooty toot toot for the moon
C
It’s the biggest star I've ever seen
D
It's a pearl of wisdom, a slice of green cheese
G C D G
And it's Burning just like Kerosene, and it's burning just like Kerosene
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