Biography:
Bob Dorough (December 12, 1923 – April 23, 2018) was an American bebop and cool jazz pianist, singer, composer, songwriter, arranger and producer.
He is perhaps best known as composer and performer of songs from Schoolhouse Rock!, a series of TV cartoons that appeared on Saturday mornings in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He worked with Miles Davis and Blossom Dearie, and his adventurous style influenced Mose Allison.
Dorough was born in Cherry Hill, Arkansas, and grew up in Texas.
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Conjunction Junction - Bob Dorough
From Schoolhouse Rock: 1973
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODGA7ssL-6g
Chords EADGBe
G 320003
Em7 020000
C x32010
Eb7 xx1023
C#dim7 x45353
D7 xx0212
G7/B x20001
C7 x32310
Bb7 x13131
D xx0232
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
G Em7 C D
[Chorus]
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
Hooking up words and phases and clauses
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
G C#dim7 C D7
I got three favorite cars that get most of my job done
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's their function?
G C#dim7 C D7
I got "and", "but", and "or" they'll get you pretty far
[Verse – Spoken]
G
"And", That's an additive, like "this and that"
C7
"But", That's sort of the opposite, "Not this but that"
Bb7
And then there's "or" O-R, when you have a choice like "This or that"
D
"And", "but", and "or", Get you pretty far
[Chorus]
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
Hooking up two boxcars and making them run right
[Bridge]
G
Milk and honey, bread and butter,
C7
Peas and rice, Hey, that's nice!
G
Dirty but happy, digging and scratching
C7
Losing your shoe and a button or two
G
He's poor but honest, sad but true
C7
Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
[Chorus]
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
Hooking up two cars to one when you say something like this choice:
[Verse]
G C7 Eb7
"Either now or later" Or no choice:
G C7 Eb7
"Neither now nor ever" Hey that's clever!
G
Eat this or that, grow thin or fat
C7 Eb7
Never mind, I wouldn't do that. I'm fat enough now!
[Chorus]
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
Hooking up phrases and clauses that balance, like:
[Verse]
G G7 C Eb7
Out of the frying pan and into the fire
G G7 C Eb7
He cut loose the sandbags but the balloon wouldn't go any higher
G G7 C Eb7
Let's go up to the mountains or down to the sea
G G7 C Eb7
You should always say "thank you", or at least say "please"
[Chorus]
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses in complex sentences like:
[Verse – Spoken]
G
"In the mornings, when I am usually wide awake
C7
I love to take a walk through the gardens and down by the lake
Where I often see a duck and a drake
Bb7
And I wonder as I walk by
Just what they'd say if they could speak
D
Although I know that's an absurd thought"
[Chorus]
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
Hooking up cars and making 'em function
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
G C#dim7 C D7
I like tying up words and phrases and clauses
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, watch that function
G C#dim7 C D7
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful
From Schoolhouse Rock: 1973
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODGA7ssL-6g
Chords EADGBe
G 320003
Em7 020000
C x32010
Eb7 xx1023
C#dim7 x45353
D7 xx0212
G7/B x20001
C7 x32310
Bb7 x13131
D xx0232
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
G Em7 C D
[Chorus]
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
Hooking up words and phases and clauses
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
G C#dim7 C D7
I got three favorite cars that get most of my job done
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's their function?
G C#dim7 C D7
I got "and", "but", and "or" they'll get you pretty far
[Verse – Spoken]
G
"And", That's an additive, like "this and that"
C7
"But", That's sort of the opposite, "Not this but that"
Bb7
And then there's "or" O-R, when you have a choice like "This or that"
D
"And", "but", and "or", Get you pretty far
[Chorus]
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
Hooking up two boxcars and making them run right
[Bridge]
G
Milk and honey, bread and butter,
C7
Peas and rice, Hey, that's nice!
G
Dirty but happy, digging and scratching
C7
Losing your shoe and a button or two
G
He's poor but honest, sad but true
C7
Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
[Chorus]
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
Hooking up two cars to one when you say something like this choice:
[Verse]
G C7 Eb7
"Either now or later" Or no choice:
G C7 Eb7
"Neither now nor ever" Hey that's clever!
G
Eat this or that, grow thin or fat
C7 Eb7
Never mind, I wouldn't do that. I'm fat enough now!
[Chorus]
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
Hooking up phrases and clauses that balance, like:
[Verse]
G G7 C Eb7
Out of the frying pan and into the fire
G G7 C Eb7
He cut loose the sandbags but the balloon wouldn't go any higher
G G7 C Eb7
Let's go up to the mountains or down to the sea
G G7 C Eb7
You should always say "thank you", or at least say "please"
[Chorus]
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
Hooking up words and phrases and clauses in complex sentences like:
[Verse – Spoken]
G
"In the mornings, when I am usually wide awake
C7
I love to take a walk through the gardens and down by the lake
Where I often see a duck and a drake
Bb7
And I wonder as I walk by
Just what they'd say if they could speak
D
Although I know that's an absurd thought"
[Chorus]
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
Hooking up cars and making 'em function
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, how's that function?
G C#dim7 C D7
I like tying up words and phrases and clauses
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, watch that function
G C#dim7 C D7
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful
G G7 C Eb7
Conjunction Junction, what's your function?
G C#dim7 C D7
I'm going to get you there if you're very careful
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