Biography:
The Fugs were a band formed in New York City in 1965 by Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg, with Ken Weaver on drums. Later that year they were joined by Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber of the Holy Modal Rounders.
The band was named by Kupferberg who borrowed it from the euphemistic substitute for the word "fuck" famously used in Norman Mailer's novel, The Naked and the Dead. Incidentally, the band is featured in a chapter of Mailer's book, Armies of
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'When patterns are broken, new worlds can emerge'
-- Tuli Kupferberg, as quoted in _Reader's Digest_ (4/87)
I don't know what was more of a sign that the 60s were over... Lawrence
Welk owning the Country Joe and the Fish catalog (Welk Music Group bought
Vanguard) or one of the Fugs being quoted in _Reader's Digest_...
"Dirty Old Man"
(E. Sanders - L. Goldbart)
Intro [6X]:
E (E7) A (G) E
/ / / / / / / . / /
Verse 1 (chorus echoes each line except as noted):
E A E
Hangin' out by the schoolyard gate
E A E
Lookin' up every dress I can
A
Suckin' wind through my upper plate
E A E
I'm a dirty old man (dirty old man, dirty old man)
([1] you f*ckin' dirty old man [2] disgusting!)
Verse 2:
Handin' out joints to the kids at school
Givin' out pictures and porn and pills
Fillin' the front of my shirt with drool
I'm a dirty old man (dirty old man, dirty old man)
([2] ya prevert!)
Verse 3:
Nervously wiggling my toes in my boots
Communist literature in my hands
Pinchin' all the bosoms I can
I'm a dirty old man (dirty old man, dirty old man)
([2] you!)
[instrumental break over verse chords]
Recitation (over two repeats of verse chords)
[cackle] Hello, kiddies, here I am again on the ol' schoolyard! I
got *thrill pills* for all the little chickies, and I got *funny
cigarettes* for all you boys [sniff], and I got *dirty pictures* for
all of you together! Well, I guess I better go, I see the campus
cop's coming... I better split now. Remember Leon Trotsky! [cackle]
[repeat verses 1-3]
Coda:
A B E
I'm a dirty old man
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
'When patterns are broken, new worlds can emerge'
-- Tuli Kupferberg, as quoted in _Reader's Digest_ (4/87)
I don't know what was more of a sign that the 60s were over... Lawrence
Welk owning the Country Joe and the Fish catalog (Welk Music Group bought
Vanguard) or one of the Fugs being quoted in _Reader's Digest_...
"Dirty Old Man"
(E. Sanders - L. Goldbart)
Intro [6X]:
E (E7) A (G) E
/ / / / / / / . / /
Verse 1 (chorus echoes each line except as noted):
E A E
Hangin' out by the schoolyard gate
E A E
Lookin' up every dress I can
A
Suckin' wind through my upper plate
E A E
I'm a dirty old man (dirty old man, dirty old man)
([1] you f*ckin' dirty old man [2] disgusting!)
Verse 2:
Handin' out joints to the kids at school
Givin' out pictures and porn and pills
Fillin' the front of my shirt with drool
I'm a dirty old man (dirty old man, dirty old man)
([2] ya prevert!)
Verse 3:
Nervously wiggling my toes in my boots
Communist literature in my hands
Pinchin' all the bosoms I can
I'm a dirty old man (dirty old man, dirty old man)
([2] you!)
[instrumental break over verse chords]
Recitation (over two repeats of verse chords)
[cackle] Hello, kiddies, here I am again on the ol' schoolyard! I
got *thrill pills* for all the little chickies, and I got *funny
cigarettes* for all you boys [sniff], and I got *dirty pictures* for
all of you together! Well, I guess I better go, I see the campus
cop's coming... I better split now. Remember Leon Trotsky! [cackle]
[repeat verses 1-3]
Coda:
A B E
I'm a dirty old man
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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