Misc Cartoons - Veggie Tales – Where Have All The Staplers Gone

a pain to transpose , but here it is so no one else has to go the misery .

narrator : and now’s it time for obscure broadway show tunes with larry . the part of the
where larry comes out and sings an obscure broadway show tune . without further ado , from
unknown musical “office supplies , ” the heart – rending love song , “where have all
the staplers gone?”

larry : we don’t have much time before the big meeting .
petunia : no . no , we don’t .
Dm A7 D
larry : have you seen the scissors , miss?
F G
petunia : they’re in the bottom drawer
A# F
larry : i tried that drawer but they’re there no more
petunia : that’s odd
Gm Dm
larry : i know i thought for sure
A7
petunia : have you seen the masking tape?
F G
larry : it’s right next to the phone
A# F
petunia : that’s what i thought but now’s it not
G C
i guess i should have known
C G# A#m
together : ohhhh . . . where have all the staplers gone?
D#7 G#
what happened to our paper clips?
Fm A#m
petunia : the ballpoint pens are gone again
larry : they’re gone again
Bdim
together : the stick – it pads have lost their stick
do you remember when . . .
Fm C7
larry : the rubber bands were in their place?
G# A#
petunia : they’re in the middle drawer
rubber bands : middle drawer , middle drawer
C# G#
larry : light bulbs easy to replace
petunia : yes!
A#m Fm
larry : there were always more
Fm C7
petunia : reams of paper raining down
paper : raining , raining down
G# A#
together : legal pads a plenty
legal pads : we’re legal
C# G#
petunia : highlighters in every hue
larry : i remember!
A#m D#
together : never less than twenty
B C#m
ohhhh . . . where have all the staplers gone?
F#7 B
what happened to our paper clips?
G#m C#m
larry : the ballpoint pens are gone again
petunia : they’re gone again
Ddim
together : we’ve run out of packing slips
Cm
petunia : someday my prints will come
G
larry : please replace the toner
Cm
petunia : someday we’ll find more of
G
larry : our manila folders
D#
petunia : someday my prints will come
A#
larry : where’s the printer cable?
D#
petunia : someday we’ll find more of
G#/A# A# – – C
together : adhesive shipping labels
C Dm
ohhhh . . . where have all the staplers gone?
G7 C
what happened to our paper clips?
paper clips/staplers : paper clips
Am Dm
larry : the ballpoints are gone again
petunia : they’re gone again
Bdim F/G G
together : the sharpies all have flattened tips
C Am
where have all the staplers gone?

narrator : this has been obscure broadway show tunes with larry . tune in for act two :
of the staplers .