Chord Pierre by Carole King

Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 there once was a boy named pierre Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7 who only would say , "i don’t care!" Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 A#maj7 read his story by friend , for you’ll find Fmaj7 A#maj7 Dm7 G7 C7sus Gm7 C7 at the end that a suitable moral lies there F F/E A#maj7 F/C one day his mother said F F/E A#maj7 F/C when pierre climbed out of bed , Em7 A7 Dm7 "good morning , darling boy , G7 C7sus Gm7 you are my only joy . " C7 Fmaj7 pierre said , "i don’t care!" Dm "what would you like to eat?" A7/C# "i don’t care!" Dm "some lovely cream of wheat?" A7/C# "i don’t care!" A#maj7 ch C7sus/F /Ch F "don’t sit backwards on your chair . " "i don’t care!" A#maj7 ch C7sus/F /Ch F "or pour syrup on your hair . " Em7 A7 "i don’t care!" Dm A/C# "you are acting like a clown . " "i don’t care!" Dm7 G7 and we have to go to town . " "i don’t care!" Gm7 ch C7sus/F /Ch Fmaj7 "don’t you want to come , my dear?" "i don’t care!" A#maj7 ch C7sus/F /Ch F "would you rather stay right here?" "i don’t care!" Dm7 G7 Dm7 so his mother G7 C7sus Gm7 C7 left him there . Em7 A7 Em7 A7 his father said , "get off your head Dm G7 or i will march you up to bed!" Gm7 ch C7sus/F /Ch Fmaj7 pierre said , "i don’t care!" A#maj7 Fmaj7 Em7 A7 Dm A/C# "i would think that you could see . . . " "i don’t care!" Dm C7sus "your head is where your feet should be!" G7 "i don’t care!" Gm7 ch C7sus/F /Ch Fmaj7 "if you keep standing upside down . . . " "i don’t care!" A#maj7 ch C7sus/F /Ch Fmaj7 "we’ll never ever get to town . " Em7 A7 "i don’t care!" Dm A/C# "if only you would say i care . . . " "i don’t care!" Dm G7sus "i’d let you fold the folding chair . " "i don’t care!" Dm7 G7 Dm7 so his parents G7 Dm7 left him there . G7 Dm7 G7 C they didn’t take him anywhere . Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Am D7 now , as the night began to fall Am D7 a hungry lion paid a call . Dm7 G7 he looked pierre right in the eye Dm7 G7 and asked him - if he’d like to die . and pierre said , ch C7sus/F /Ch Fmaj7 "i don’t care!" A#maj7 Fmaj7 Em7 A7 Dm A/C# "i can eat you , don’t you see?" "i don’t care!" Dm G7sus "and you will be inside of me . " G7 "i don’t care!" Gm7 ch C7sus/F /Ch Fmaj7 "then you’ll never have to bother . . . " "i don’t care!" A#maj7 ch C7sus/F /Ch Fmaj7 "with a mother and a father . " Em7 A7 "i don’t care!" Dm A/C# "is that all you have to say?" "i don’t care!" Dm G7sus "then i’ll eat you if i may . " "i son’t care!" Dm7 G7 so the li - on G7 C ate pierre . C7sus C arriving home at six o’clock ch C7sus/F /Ch C his parents had a dreadful shock! Am7 D7 they found the lion sick in bed Am7 D7 and cried "pierre is surely dead!" Bm7 E7 they pulled the lion by the hair . C#m7 F#7 they hit him with the folding chair . Dm7 ch Dm7/F /Ch G7 his mother asked , "where is pierre?" Gm7 ch C7sus/F /Ch and the lion answered , Fmaj7 "i don’t care!" A#maj7 Fmaj7 Dm7 his father said , G7 ch C7sus/F /Ch Gm7 ch C7sus/F /Ch "pierre’s in there!" C7 F F/A A#maj7 they rushed the lion into town . F F/A A#maj7 the doctor shook him up and down . Em7 A7 Dm and when the lion gave a roar G7 Gm7 ch C7sus/F /Ch Fmaj7 Em7 A7 pierre fell out upon the floor . Dm A/C# he rubbed his eyes and scratched his head Dm G7 and laughed because he wasn’t dead . ch C7sus/F /Ch F his mother cried and held him tight . A#maj7 ch C7sus/F /Ch F Em7 A7 his father asked , "are you all right?" Dm A/C# pierre said "i amd feeling fine , F/C G7/B please take me home , it’s half past nine . " A#maj7 ch C7sus/F /Ch F the lion said , "if you would care A#maj7 ch C7sus/F /Ch to climb on me i’ll take you there . " Gm7 F/C Gm7 Fmaj7 then everyone looked at pierre who shouted , A#maj7 "yes indeed i care!" Gm7 ch C7sus/F /Ch the lion took them home to rest F Dm7 and stayed on as a weekend guest . Gm7 C7sus C7 Fmaj7 the moral of pierre is care! A#maj7 Fmaj7 A#maj7 Fmaj7 A#maj7 F