The little old lady from Pasadena    (video)    (midi)

 

                 D#                           G

    It's the little old lady from Pasadena !

 

             C

1. The little old lady from Pasadena

      C                                      F               C

    (Go, Granny, go, Granny, go Granny go !),

                   C

    has a pretty little flower bed of white gardenias

      G                                     D7              G

    (Go, Granny, go, Granny, go Granny go !)

              C              Am        F

    But parked in a rickety old garage,

              Dm             Bb            G

    is a brand new, shiny red Super Stock Dodge !

 

           C

And everybody's sayin' that there's nobody meaner

 

than the little old lady from Pasadena.

            F

She drives real fast and she drives real hard,

                  C

she's the terror of Colorado Boulevard,

             D#                           G

it's the little old lady from Pasadena.

 

                C

2. If you see her on the street don't try to choose her,

      C                                      F               C

    (Go, Granny, go, Granny, go Granny go !),

                C

    You might drive a goer but you'll never lose her,

      G                                     D7              G

    (Go, Granny, go, Granny, go Granny go !).

                          C               Am               F

    Well, she's gonna get a ticket now sooner or later,

                         Dm                  Bb                  G

    'cause she can't keep her foot off the accelerator.

 

+  CHORUS      +  F#

 

                 D                                     G               D

3. D     + (Go, Granny, go, Granny, go Granny go !),

                 A                                      E               A

    D     + (Go, Granny, go, Granny, go Granny go !).

 

               D                  Bm                G

    The guys come to race her for miles around,

                     Em             C                                   A

    but she'll give 'em a length and then she'll shut 'em down.

 

           D

And everybody's sayin' that there's nobody meaner

 

than the little old lady from Pasadena.

            G

She drives real fast and she drives real hard,

                  D

she's the terror of Colorado Boulevard,

              F

it's the little old lady from ....

                                                                                A

(orig. moves up half a note to capo 4th here)  .... Pasadena !

 

     A                                      D                 A

+  Go, Granny, go, Granny, go, Granny, go !

      E                                    B7                E

    Go, Granny, go, Granny, go, Granny, go !

 

+  repeat last two lines (3x)  .....

 

(orig. = capo 3rd; midi = capo 4th)    (Jan & Dean)