Biography:
Jeannie C. Riley (born Jeanne Carolyn Stephenson on October 19, 1945) is an American country and gospel music singer.
She is known for her major 1968 hit Harper Valley PTA that made her the first ever female singer to have a song reach #1 on both the country and pop music charts. The record quickly became one of the most legendary country music songs of all time. Written by Tom T. Hall, the song was released on the Plantation Records label. At the time
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You'll need a capo on the second to play along w/h the song or play it in A but
remember it goes a a step throughout.
[Verse 1]
G7
I want to tell you all a story 'bout a Harper Valley widowed wife
C7
Who had a teenage daughter who attended Harper Valley Junior High
G7
Well her daughter came home one afternoon and didn't even stop to play
C7 D7 G7
She said Mom I got a note here from the Harper Valley P.T.A.
G7
The note said Misses Johnson, you're wearing your dresses way too high
C7
It's reported you've been drinking and a runnin' round with men and going wild
G7
And we don't believe you ought to be a bringing up your little girl this way
C7 D7 G7
It was signed by the secretary, Harper Valley P.T.A.
[Verse 2]
G7
Well, it happened that the P.T.A. was gonna meet that very afternoon
C7
They were sure surprised when Misses Johnson wore her miniskirt into the room
G7
And as she walked up to the blackboard I still recall the words she had to say
C7 D7 G7
She said, I'd like to address this meeting of the Harper Valley P.T.A.
Ab7
Well there's Bobby Taylor, sitting there and seven times he's asked me for a
date
Db7
Misses Taylor sure seems to use a lot of ice whenever he's away
Ab7
And Mister Baker can you tell us why your secretary had to leave this town
Db7 Eb7
And shouldn't Widow Jones be told to keep her window shades all pulled
Ab7
completely down?
[Verse 3]
A7
Well Mister Harper couldn't be here 'cause he stayed to long at Kelly's Bar
again
D7
And if you smell Shirley Tompson's breath you'll find she's had a little nip
of gin
A7
Then you have the nerve to tell me you think that as a mother I'm not fit
D7 E7
Well this is just a little Peyton Place and you're all Harper Valley
A7
hypocrites.
[Outro]
A7
No, I wouldn't put you on because it really did , it happend just this way
D7 E7 A7
The day my Mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.t.A.
Ab7 Bb7 Eb7
The day my Mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A.
remember it goes a a step throughout.
[Verse 1]
G7
I want to tell you all a story 'bout a Harper Valley widowed wife
C7
Who had a teenage daughter who attended Harper Valley Junior High
G7
Well her daughter came home one afternoon and didn't even stop to play
C7 D7 G7
She said Mom I got a note here from the Harper Valley P.T.A.
G7
The note said Misses Johnson, you're wearing your dresses way too high
C7
It's reported you've been drinking and a runnin' round with men and going wild
G7
And we don't believe you ought to be a bringing up your little girl this way
C7 D7 G7
It was signed by the secretary, Harper Valley P.T.A.
[Verse 2]
G7
Well, it happened that the P.T.A. was gonna meet that very afternoon
C7
They were sure surprised when Misses Johnson wore her miniskirt into the room
G7
And as she walked up to the blackboard I still recall the words she had to say
C7 D7 G7
She said, I'd like to address this meeting of the Harper Valley P.T.A.
Ab7
Well there's Bobby Taylor, sitting there and seven times he's asked me for a
date
Db7
Misses Taylor sure seems to use a lot of ice whenever he's away
Ab7
And Mister Baker can you tell us why your secretary had to leave this town
Db7 Eb7
And shouldn't Widow Jones be told to keep her window shades all pulled
Ab7
completely down?
[Verse 3]
A7
Well Mister Harper couldn't be here 'cause he stayed to long at Kelly's Bar
again
D7
And if you smell Shirley Tompson's breath you'll find she's had a little nip
of gin
A7
Then you have the nerve to tell me you think that as a mother I'm not fit
D7 E7
Well this is just a little Peyton Place and you're all Harper Valley
A7
hypocrites.
[Outro]
A7
No, I wouldn't put you on because it really did , it happend just this way
D7 E7 A7
The day my Mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.t.A.
Ab7 Bb7 Eb7
The day my Mama socked it to the Harper Valley P.T.A.
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