Key: C
Introduction:
C Am F G
Where you been where you been it's the same old question again
C Am F G
What's the use baby what's the use they ain't never gonna turn us loose
Am C Am
You got dirt all over your face and your lipstick is way out of place
F G
Oh we gonna tell 'em what we tell 'em every time before
C F
They won't leave us alone they want us to come home
G C
We been busy makin' merries and pickin' wild mountain berries
C F
We're pickin' wild mountain berries that's our excuse every time
G C
We've been busy makin' merries and pickin' wild mountain berries
C Am F G
I don't know, I don't know, If I can keep honey from lettin' it show
C Am F G
What's our plan tell me what's our plan, Now you know they won't understand
Am C Am
If my hair is a drippin' wet and my clothes are soakin' wet
F G
And we didn't go skinny dippin' in a cement pond
C Am
You're my baby and you're my man,
F G
And though your hair is sure gettin' to be a mess
Am
And there ain't no berries in your bucket
F G
Now we'll explain it honey as best as we can
C F
They won't leave us alone they want us to come home
G C
We been busy makin' merries and pickin' wild mountain berries
C F
We're pickin' wild mountain berries that's our excuse every time
G C
We've been busy makin' merries and pickin' wild mountain berries