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  Silas Stingy
  By The Who
  >From The Who Sell Out, 1967
  Written by John Entwistle
  
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  transcribed by
  litgo@aol.com
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  Dm          Dm/A                 C/G       C/E  
  Once upon a time, there lived an old miser man 
         Dm      F     G   Em
  By the name of Silas Stingy
     Dm              Am         G            C
  He carried all his money in a little black box,
            Dm         Bb          C      Am
  Which was heavy as a rock with a big padlock
          Bb                G          Am         F
  All the little kids would shout when Silas was about
  
  [chorus]
  Em          F           Gm          Am    
  Money money money bags, money money money bags
  Dm   (Dm)  C (Bb) Am  F   Bb   (Bb)  Am (G) Dm/F Dm
  There goes mingy  Stingy, there goes mingy  Stin-gy
  
  Em          F           Gm          Am    
  Money money money bags, money money money bags
  Dm   (Dm)  C (Bb) Am  F   Bb   (Bb)  Am (G) F/A  Dm/F
  There goes mingy  Stingy, there goes mingy  Stin-gy
  
  Silas didn't eat, which was just as well
  He would starve himself for a penny
  He wore old clothes and he never washed
  'Cause soap cost a lot
  And the dirt kept him hot
  All the little kids would shout
  When Silas was about
  
  [repeat chorus]
  
  D5 D5  C#5  D5 D5  C#5  D5  D5C#5   D5 D5 C#5
  In the back of his head was a voice that said, 
   G5  F#5 F5   E5 Eb5 D5  Bb5
  "Someone will steal  it  all
  D5    D5 C#5   D5 D5  C#5    D5   D5 C#5 D5 D5 C#5
  He'll be lying in the gutter with an empty  box,
      G5      F#5  F5 E5 Eb5 D5 C5
  The thieves will be having a  ball"
  
  [repeat chorus]
  
  Dm
  
              Dm              A            Bb               F
  He bought a safe to put the box in and a house to put the safe in
        Gm            Dm                  Am
  And a watchdog on a chain to make quite sure
          Bb            F             Gm             Dm
  And his face was very funny when he counted up his money
         Bb                     Am
  And he realized he hadn't any more
  
  [repeat chorus; final repeat:]
  
  Bb   (Bb)  Am (G) A   D
  There goes mingy  Stingy
  
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  litgo@aol.com

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