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D Am7 D Am7 Cdim I was born on a farm out in I - o - way G Am7 G Am7 Cdim A flamin' youth, I was bound I would fly a - way D Am7 D Cdim Am7 G E7 Am7 Cdim I packed my grip and I grabbed my sax - o - phone. D Am7 D Am7 Cdim Can't read a note, but I play an y - thing by ear G Am7 G Am7 Cdim I made up tunes on the sounds that I used to hear E7 A7 Em7 A When I'd start to play, folks used to say, D7 Am7 D7/9 Cdim G 'Sounds a lit - tle 'Goof - us' to me.' Bridge: G Am7 D Am7 G Corn - fed chords ap - peal to me -- F# G#m7 C# G#m7 F# I like rus - tic har - mo - ny. F Gm7 C Gm7 F Hold a note and change the key -- E7 A7 Hey, that's 'Goof - us' G Am7 D Am7 G Not ac - cor - ding to the rules F# G#m7 C# G#m7 F# That you learn in mu - sic schools, F Gm7 C Gm7 F But the folks just dance like fools -- E B7 A7 They sure go for 'Goof - us.' D Am7 D Am7 Cdim Got a job, but I just could - n't keep it long G Am7 G Am7 Cdim The lead - er said that I played all the mu - sic wrong D Am7 D Cdim Am7 G E7 Am7 Cdim So I stepped out with an out - fit of my own. D Am7 D Am7 Cdim Got to - geth - er a new kind of or - ches - tree, G Am7 G Am7 Cdim And we all played just the same 'Goof - us' har - mo - ny, E7 A7 Em7 A And I must ad - mit we made a hit -- D Am7 D Cdim G 'Goof - us' has been luck - y for me Coda: D Am7 D Cdim G 'Goof - us' has been luck - y for me D Am7 D Am7 Fdim D7 D+ Cdim G 'Goof - us' has been luck - y for me
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