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	A	D	E	C#	F#m	B
	(	W/	T	alk	Box	) E A B E

Verse 1:

	G	C	G
	I remember the year	I went to c	amp

	C	G	A	D
he	ard about some l	ady named Se	lma and some bl	acks

	G	-	C	G
s	omebody put their f	ingers in the pr	esident's e	ars

	C	G	D	G
and it w	asn't too much l	ater they came o	ut with John	son's Wax

Pre Chorus 1:

	D	-	G	-
	I rem	ember the b	ook reposit	ory

	D	-	G	-
where they	crowned the k	ing of Cu	ba

	G	-	C	G
Th	at's all I can th	ink of but I'm s	ure there's something e	lse

	C	G	D	E
w	ay down ins	ide me I can f	eel it coming b	ack

Chorus:

	A	D	E	C#	F#m	B
Pur	ple tou	pee will sh	ow the	way when s	ummer br	ings you down

E A B E :|

(purple toupee when summer brings you down)

	A	D	E	C#	F#	B
pur	ple tou	pee and go	ld la	me will t	urn your br	ain around

	E	A	E	C#
	(purple to	upee and g	old la	me)

Verse 2:

Chinese people were fighting in the park

we tried to help them fight no one appreciated that

Martin X was mad when they outlawed bell bottoms

ten years later they were sharing the same cell

Pre Chorus 2:

I shouted out "Free the Expo '67"

till they stepped on my hair and they told me I was fat

Now I'm very big I'm a big important man

and the only thing that's different is underneath my hat

Chorus:

Purple toupee will show the way when summer brings you down

(purple toupee when summer brings you down)

purple toupee and gold lame will turn your brain around

(purple toupee and gold lame)

Bridge Outro:

	F#m	B	E	C#
P	urple tou	pee is h	ere to s	tay

	F#m	B	E	D
a	fter the h	air has g	one	away

	A	-	B	-	E
the pu	rple brig	ade is m	arching fr	om the gr	ave

(Same Chords for the La La Part)

	Bb
	We're on some kind of mission

	F
	we have an obligation

	Eb
	we have to wear toupees

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Purple Toupee

They Might Be Giants

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