unpack your adjectives
daniel johnston
D# G# A#
got home from camping last spring .
D# G# A#
saw people , places and things .
D# G#
we barely had arrived ,
C# F#
friends asked us to describe
B A#
the people , places and every last thing .
D# G# A#
so we unpacked our adjectives .
i unpacked “frustrating” first .
reached in and found the word “worst” .
then i picked “soggy” and
next i picked “foggy” and
then i was ready to tell them my tale .
’cause i’d unpacked my adjectives .
A# A G# G
F#7 G7 ( four times )
adjectives are words you use to really describe things ,
handy words to carry around .
G#7 A7 ( four times )
days are sunny or they’re rainy
boys are dumb or else they’re brainy
adjectives can show you which way .
A#7 B7 ( four times )
adjectives are often used to help us compare things ,
to say how thin , how fat , how short , how tall .
C7 C#7 ( four times )
girls who are tall can get taller ,
boys who are small can get smaller ,
till one is the tallest
and the other’s the smallest of all .
we hiked along without care .
then we ran into a bear .
he was a hairy bear ,
he was a scary bear ,
we beat a hasty retreat from his lair .
and described him with adjectives .
[ spoken ] that was one big , ugly bear!
[ spoken ] you can even make adjectives out of the other parts of speech , like verbs or
all you have to do is tack on an ending like ” – ic” or ” – ish” or ” – ary” . for example , this
can grow up to be a beautiful woman but still have a girlish face . “girl” is a noun ,
the ending ” – ish” makes it an adjective – girlish . that describes the beautiful woman’s
get it?
next time you go on a trip ,
remember this little tip :
the minute you get back ,
they’ll ask you this and that ,
you can describe people , places and things . . .
simply unpack your adjectives .
you can do it with adjectives .
tell them ’bout it with adjectives .
you can shout it with adjectives .
unpack your adjectives
daniel johnston
D# G# A#
got home from camping last spring .
D# G# A#
saw people , places and things .
D# G#
we barely had arrived ,
C# F#
friends asked us to describe
B A#
the people , places and every last thing .
D# G# A#
so we unpacked our adjectives .
i unpacked “frustrating” first .
reached in and found the word “worst” .
then i picked “soggy” and
next i picked “foggy” and
then i was ready to tell them my tale .
’cause i’d unpacked my adjectives .
A# A G# G
F#7 G7 ( four times )
adjectives are words you use to really describe things ,
handy words to carry around .
G#7 A7 ( four times )
days are sunny or they’re rainy
boys are dumb or else they’re brainy
adjectives can show you which way .
A#7 B7 ( four times )
adjectives are often used to help us compare things ,
to say how thin , how fat , how short , how tall .
C7 C#7 ( four times )
girls who are tall can get taller ,
boys who are small can get smaller ,
till one is the tallest
and the other’s the smallest of all .
we hiked along without care .
then we ran into a bear .
he was a hairy bear ,
he was a scary bear ,
we beat a hasty retreat from his lair .
and described him with adjectives .
[ spoken ] that was one big , ugly bear!
[ spoken ] you can even make adjectives out of the other parts of speech , like verbs or
all you have to do is tack on an ending like ” – ic” or ” – ish” or ” – ary” . for example , this
can grow up to be a beautiful woman but still have a girlish face . “girl” is a noun ,
the ending ” – ish” makes it an adjective – girlish . that describes the beautiful woman’s
get it?
next time you go on a trip ,
remember this little tip :
the minute you get back ,
they’ll ask you this and that ,
you can describe people , places and things . . .
simply unpack your adjectives .
you can do it with adjectives .
tell them ’bout it with adjectives .
you can shout it with adjectives .
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