The Language Police (Joe Crone)
Em G A
Well how do you do, I’m the language police. (Language Police)
Em G A
I’m here to tell ya, I’m looking for a gang of thieves. (Gang of thieves)
Em G A
There’s four of them, let me describe them to you. (Describe them to you)
Em A
So if they come this way, you’ll know just what to do.
CHORUS:
A
Well I’m the Language Police. (I’m the Language Police).
Em G A
And I’m looking for a gang of thieves (Gang of bad thieves).
B A
Every noun, adverb, adjective and verb (Knows who)
Em
Knows who I am, I give you my word.
Em G A
The first one of this gang of whom I’m gonna sing, (Gonna sing)
Em G A
Is called a noun, that’s a person, place or thing. (Person, place or thing)
Em G A
The next one of these guys goes by the name of verb. (Name of verb)
Em A
I’m sure you know that he’s the action word.
CHORUS:
A
Well I’m the Language Police. (I’m the Language Police).
Em G A
And I’m looking for a gang of thieves (Gang of bad thieves).
B A
Every noun, adverb, adjective and verb (Knows who)
Em
Knows who I am, I give you my word.
Em G A
The next one on my list of whom I will describe, (Will describe)
Em G A
Is the adverb, and it’s the verb he modifies. (Modifies)
Em G A
He tells us more about that action word. (Action word)
Em A
He’s very creative and he spices up the verb.
CHORUS:
A
Well I’m the Language Police. (I’m the Language Police).
Em G A
And I’m looking for a gang of thieves (Gang of bad thieves).
B A
Every noun, adverb, adjective and verb (Knows who)
Em
Knows who I am, I give you my word.
Em G A
The last one of this gang is smart and kind of wise. (Kind of wise)
Em G A
It’s the adjective and it’s the noun he modifies. (Modifies)
Em G A
He adds detail, that little adjective. (Adjective)
Em A
Size, colour, quality, are things he likes to give.
CHORUS:
A
Well I’m the Language Police. (I’m the Language Police).
Em G A
And I’m looking for a gang of thieves (Gang of bad thieves).
B A
Every noun, adverb, adjective and verb (Knows who)
Em
Knows who I am, I give you my word.
(Through megaphone)
Em G A
Well I suppose you’re wondering just what this gang has done.
Em G A
They stole the dot from the “i” and now it looks like a one.
Em G A
Well I know, it’s trivial to you,
Em A
But change an “i” to a “1” and you won’t know what to do.
CHORUS:
A
Well I’m the Language Police. (I’m the Language Police).
Em G A
And I’m looking for a gang of thieves (Gang of bad thieves).
B A
Every noun, adverb, adjective and verb (Knows who)
Em
Knows who I am, I give you my word.
(Through megaphone):
Gtr. Vamp: Em G A
Attention! This is the Language Police! You are completely surrounded! Come out with the dot! I repeat, come out with the dot! Noun, verb, adjective, adverb, we know you’re in there. There is no chance of escape. You are to come out with the dot! I repeat, come out with the dot now!
Fraction Rock (Joe Crone)
E D A
The teacher walks in, you’re sitting in your place.
E D A
There’s a menacing look growing on his face.
E D A
He grabs a piece of chalk and he gives you the look.
E
He says, “Everybody now, take out your math books.”
A G
Your stomach’s in knots as he demands action.
A B
You’ve got to demonstrate equivalent fractions.
CHORUS:
E B7
You got to be like a rabbit and multiply!
E B7
Be like a rabbit and multiply!
E D A
You walk up to the board, your hands are sweating.
E D A
Don’t know it you can do it, you start fretting.
E D A
There’s a fraction on the board right in front of you.
E
The fraction is a half (1/2). What ‘cha gonna do?
A G
There’s a little voice calling from deep inside your brain.
A B
Listen really close, this is what it’s saying.
CHORUS:
E B7
You got to be like a rabbit and multiply!
E B7
Be like a rabbit and multiply!
E D A
Multiply the top, it’s called the numerator.
E D A
Multiply the bottom, the denominator.
E D A
If you use the same digit, you’ll see the numbers change.
E
But the fraction that’s a half will still remain the same.
A G
A half is two-quarters (2/4), A half is three-sixths (3/6)
A B
A half is four-eighths (4/8), Feel confusion fade?
A G
A half is five-tenths (5/10), A half is ten-twentieths (10/20)
A B
A half is fifty-hundredths (50/100), Isn’t that amazing?
CHORUS:
E B7
You got to be like a rabbit and multiply!
E B7
Be like a rabbit and multiply!
E D A
The lesson has been learned, you just multiply.
E D A
If you want the numbers smaller, go ahead divide.
E D A
If you use the same digit for the bottom and the top,
E
You’ll keep on getting smaller, ‘til you’ve got to stop.
A G
Ten over twenty (10/20) is equal to a half.
A B
Although the numbers change, the value stays the same.
A G
Six over twelve’s (6/12) just another way to name it,
A B
‘Cause a half is a half, no matter how you say it.
CHORUS:
E B7
You got to be like an amoeba and divide!
E B7
Be like an amoeba and divide!
GUITAR SOLO
E D A
The teacher walks in, your sitting in your place.
E D A
There’s a smile of pride, building on your face.
E D A
He grabs a piece of chalk and he tosses it to you.
E
You walk up to the board, you know what to do.
A G
You’re feeling really good as you spring into action.
A B
You get to demonstrate equivalent fractions.
CHORUS:
E B7
You got to be like a rabbit and multiply!
E B7
Be like a rabbit and multiply!
E B7
Be like a rabbit and multiply!
E B7
Be like a rabbit and multiply!
E
Be like a rabbit, Be like a rabbit, Be like a rabbit, yeah!
Slip to the Side (Joe Crone)
Gtr. Vamp (Cm)
Yo! Yo Yo! Say Yo! Come on, Yo Yo!
Well there’s a rule that you need when you’re learning how to round.
It will help you decide to go up or down.
CHORUS:
You just slip to the side, and you look for a five.
You just slip to the side, and you look for a five.
Yo! Yo Yo! Say Yo! Come on, Yo Yo!
Well if the number that you see is a five or more,
You gotta round up now, that’s for sure.
If the number that you see is a four or less,
You gotta round down to avoid a mess.
CHORUS:
You just slip to the side, and you look for a five.
You just slip to the side, and you look for a five.
Yo! Yo Yo! Say Yo! Come on, Yo Yo
If you remember this rule and you don’t forget.
You’ll know how to round, it’s a sure bet.
CHORUS:
You just slip to the side, and you look for a five.
You just slip to the side, and you look for a five.
You just slip to the side, and you look for a five.
You just slip to the side, and you look for a five.
Look for a five,
Look for a five,
Look for a five.
Yo
Producers/Consumers (Joe Crone and Darryl Lahteenmaa)
E
All living things need energy.
A
Just to survive, it’s plain to see.
E F#
But where they get it is not the same,
B A B
There are three different groups with three different names.
CHORUS:
E A B
Producers, Consumers and Decomposers,
Bsus4 B
They like to snack and munch!
E A B
Producers, Consumers and Decomposers,
Bsus4 B
They eat each other for lunch!
A B
Bacteria and plants and animals abound,
E G#m
Keep the energy cycle turning round and around.
A/F# B E
Producers, Consumers and Decomposers!
E
Producers get light from the sun
A
It’s photosynthesis, energy fun
E F#
Green plants and algae, of different kinds
B A B
Are eating sunlight at dinnertime, yeah!
E
You and I, now we’re Consumers. (Consumers)
A
Cause we eat meat and some producers, yeah!
E F#
Consumers come in different types,
B A B
Depending on the food they like.
E
There’s herbivores….they eat things that are green
A
There’s carnivores…. eating meat is their scene
E
There’s omnivores…. eat anything that they please
B
There’s scavengers….they eat dead things, oh gross!
CHORUS:
E A B
Producers, Consumers and Decomposers,
Bsus4 B
They like to snack and munch!
E A B
Producers, Consumers and Decomposers,
Bsus4 B
They eat each other for lunch!
A B
Bacteria and plants and animals abound,
E G#m
Keep the energy cycle turning round and around.
A/F# B E
Producers, Consumers and decomposers!
E
Fungi and bacteria are part of the crew. (Part of the crew)
A
Breaking down the old stuff and making it new, yeah!
E F#
Decomposing things right under your feet.
B A B
Feeding the producers and the cycle’s complete.
CHORUS:
E A B
Producers, Consumers and Decomposers,
Bsus4 B
They like to snack and munch!
E A B
Producers, Consumers and Decomposers,
Bsus4 B
They eat each other for lunch!
A B
Bacteria and plants and animals abound,
E G#m
Keep the energy cycle turning round and around.
A/F# B E
Producers, Consumers and Decomposers! (Repeat Chorus)
The Beat Goes On (Joe Crone)
Em
You’re a tired little blood cell and you’re feeling blue.
G
No nutrients or oxygen inside of you.
A
You’ve just come back from the body and your work is done.
Em
The first place you go is called the Right Atrium.
A Em
You look around and see it’s just a waiting room.
A B7
Other blood cells pile in until no one can move.
A Em
The trap door opens up and you fall down below.
A B7
You’re in the part of the heart that’s known as the Right Ventricle
CHORUS:
Em A7
And the Beat Goes On. (The Beat Goes On).
Em A7
And the Beat Goes On. (The Beat Goes On).
Em
There’s a mighty squeeze, a mighty push, your trip begins.
G
To the lungs and the Pulmonary Artery for oxygen.
A
It branches off into arteries and capillaries.
Em
They take you to the Alveoli, your destiny.
A Em
You say, “Bye-Bye” to your load of good old carbon dioxide.
A B7
The O2 bonds with you and you start feeling fine.
A E7
You’re hanging on to the Hemoglobin and off you go.
A B7
To the Pulmonary Vein and the Heart with your precious load.
CHORUS:
Em A7
And the Beat Goes On. (The Beat Goes On).
Em A7
And the Beat Goes On. (The Beat Goes On).
Em A7
And the Beat Goes On.
Em A7
Yeah the beat goes on. (The Beat Goes On).
ORGAN SOLO (Chorus Chord Progression)
(The Beat, The Beat, The Beat, Goes on and on)
Em
You pile into the Left Atrium. (Yeah)
G
With all the other red blood cells rich in oxygen. (Uh-huh)
A
The valve opens up into the Left Ventricle. (Yeah)
Em
With one mighty squeeze you leave, it’s off you go.
A Em
You flow into the Aorta, a huge artery.
A B7
This super highway branches off into Capillaries.
A E7
You find the living cells and give them oxygen.
A B7
You pick up carbon dioxide and start all over again.
CHORUS:
Em A7
And the Beat Goes On. (The Beat Goes On).
Em A7
And the Beat Goes On. (The Beat Goes On).
Em A7
And the Beat Goes On.
Em A7
Yeah the beat goes on. (The Beat Goes On).
(Repeat
Digestion Blues (Joe Crone)
E7
Digestion starts in the mouth,
A7
Where the food’s chewed up before it heads South.
B7
The salivary glands make it all wet,
E7
And it’s there that the food starts to digest.
CHORUS:
G D
Chew it up and swallow those itty-bitty pieces,
E7
Take out all the good stuff, in the end it turns to feces.
G D
Churn it up and swallow it, turn it into goo.
E7 B7
Now you get to sing those digestion blues.
E7
The esophagus squeezes the food on down,
A7
And into the stomach, that’s where it’s found.
B7
The gastric juices break down the food,
E7
And the stomach muscles churn it up, so it can be used.
CHORUS:
G D
Chew it up and swallow those itty-bitty pieces,
E7
Take out all the good stuff, in the end it turns to feces.
G D
Churn it up and swallow it, turn it into goo.
E7 B7
Now you get to sing those digestion blues.
E7
The pancreas and liver add insulin and bile.
A7
It’s in the duodenum for just a little while.
B7
This gooey, gooey muck is now called chyme,
E7
It’s nutrients are taken in the small intestine.
CHORUS:
G D
Chew it up and swallow those itty-bitty pieces,
E7
Take out all the good stuff, in the end it turns to feces.
G D
Churn it up and swallow it, turn it into goo.
E7 B7
Now you get to sing those digestion blues.
E7
It’s in the large intestine where the water’s taken out,
A7
The chyme’s compacted nicely, of this there is no doubt.
B7
It passes through the rectum, the anus is at the end,
E7
The sphincter muscle contracts, your bowel movement begins.
CHORUS:
G D
Chew it up and swallow those itty-bitty pieces,
E7
Take out all the good stuff, in the end it turns to feces.
G D
Churn it up and swallow it, turn it into goo.
E7 B7
Now you get to sing those digestion blues.
(Repeat Chorus)
Geometry Park (Joe Crone)
C G Dm7 F
Three boy triangles are sitting on the lawn.
C G Dm7 F
They didn’t know each other, would they get along?
C F C F
One says, “Hi, Scalene’s my name, I’ve got three sides, but none of the same,
C Em F G C
And I hope we can be friends at Geometry Park!” (Geometry Park)
C G Dm7 F
The next triangle says he’s Isosceles.
C G
He’s got two sides the same, not bad –
Dm7 F
That’s two out of three.
C F
The last triangle is Equilateral.
C F
“Got three sides the same”, he says rather factual.
C Em F G C
“I’ve gotta get my vertices home before it gets dark.
C
Oooo Feeling good. (Feel Good)
F
Having fun. (Having fun)
C
Staying cool. (Stay cool)
F
And being young. (young)
C Em F G C
Hanging with their friends in Geometry Park! (Geometry Park!)
C G Dm7 F
They see three girl angles, oooh, they’re walking into view.
C G Dm7 F
Ya know they’re feeling kind of nervous, they’re not quite sure what to do.
C F
They say, “Hey girls, what’s your angle?
C F
Do you wanna come and hang out with us triangles?
C Em F G C
We’ll create our own little world at Geometry Park!” (Geometry Park!)
C G Dm7 F
The first girl angle, hooo, she’s looking pretty square. (Pretty square, yeah yeah, uh-huh)
C G Dm7 F
She’s 90 degrees and right all the time, it isn’t fair. (Isn’t fair, no no, uh-uh)
C F
But the smaller one is looking pretty Acute.
C F
And the bigger one is looking mighty Obtuse.
C Em F G C
And they’ve got a couple hours to go before it gets dark. (Before it gets dark)
Am Em
Clouds on the horizon.
Em Am
The polygon gang is here.
Am Em
They are many-sided objects.
Em
The angles quake with fear.
(Spoken Word)
Hexagon has six sides, Pentagon has five.
Quadrilaterals have four sides, these boys are mean and wild.
Octagon has eight sides, Square’s got four the same.
Rectangle has right angles, these boys ain’t playing games!
C G Dm7 F
Lying by a tree, Scalene spots a sphere.
C G Dm7 F
He glances at the basketball court and sees that it’s clear.
C F
He says, “Hey boys, lets go settle this.
C F
A game of hoops can put all this to rest.”
C Em F G C
And they start to play B-ball at Geometry Park. (Geometry Park!)
C G Dm7 F
Half way through the game, Isosceles says, “You guys are great!”
C G Dm7 F
Hexagon says, “So are you, but it’s getting kind of late.”
C F C
Let’s meet here tomorrow and we can resume our game.
F
I feel like we are friends.
C Em F G C
Shouts of laughter coming from Geometry Park.
C Em F G C
Shouts of laughter coming from Geometry Park.
C Em F G C
Shouts of laughter coming from Geometry Park.
Capitals are a Strange Thing (Joe Crone)
D Em7
Capitals, I don’t know why you use a capital, “I”.
Em7 A7
You use them on the first word of a quote, a monument, a ship or a boat.
Em7 D
You use them when you make a title, on the first and important words, that’s vital.
CHORUS:
Em7
Hum along if you can’t sing,
D
Uh-huh, Capitals are a strange thing.
D
Uh-huh, Capitals are a strange thing.
D
Capitals are used in many ways,
Em7
On historical events and holidays,
Em7
Nationalities, religions and races,
A7
You use them on geographical places,
Em7
On, “North, East, West and South”,
D
When they’re used as places, well shut my mouth.
CHORUS:
Em7
Hum along if you can’t sing,
D
Uh-huh, Capitals are a strange thing.
D
Uh-huh, Capitals are a strange thing. Yeah!
D Em A D Em A D Em A Em A
Mmmm, Mmmm, Mmmm, Oh!
D
The first word of a sentence is capitalized,
Em7
Listen up ‘cause I’m not telling lies. (I’m not telling lies)
Em7
Days, months and all the world’s nations,
A7
Businesses, schools and organizations.
Em7
Initials, and the brand names of products,
D
And only on certain cool school subjects.
CHORUS:
Em7
Hum along if you can’t sing,
D
Uh-huh, Capitals are a strange thing.
D
Uh-huh, Capitals are a strange thing. Yeah! (Yeah, Oooo)
D
Capitals are used on everyone’s name,
Em7
And on the title, in front of that name.
Em7
On Mother, Father and all the rest,
A7
When they’re used as names, now here’s the best
Em7
Capitals are used on the names of God,
D
Now you know the rules and you’re out of the fog.
CHORUS:
Em7
Hum along if you can’t sing,
D
Uh-huh, Capitals are a strange thing.
D
Uh-huh, Capitals are a strange thing.
(Repeat and fade)
Water and Land (Joe Crone)
C F G
The world is made up of water and land.
C F G
These places have names so you’ll understand
C F G
Just where in the world we’re talking about.
Dm7 G
Get a map and a pointer, now you get to shout,
C Em7 F G
“Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Arctic!
C Em7 F G
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Arctic!”
C F G
These are the names of the bodies of water
C
That we call the oceans,
F G
Now you’re getting smarter.
C F G
The land is divided into continents,
Dm7 G
Some are in the East, but these are in the West:
C F G C F G