Songs

I Ate A Fryin' Pan For Dinner - Lyrics & Chords

Lyrics & Music - David Andrew Johnson

 

Intro CHORUS
I ate a fry'in pan for dinner
it wasn't on the menu in my head
(I) ordered it with just a few words
when the words she heard, aint the words I said
I ate a frying pan for dinner

 

VERSE 1 and Melody
C
f      e    c     g      f        e      c     g   (or d as last note)
I'm  a   fair - ly,    good guy who is
                               G
g       g   a         c    c/b
most-ly  home on time
F                            G
f       e
g      f      e     c        g  f         e    c
and she has got,   a  throw-ing arm
        Am                    D7
c     a      c     a          d    
         the Red Sox would sign
        F                        G
g      f     e   c        g   g  
You bet-ter learn to duck
              C
d     d    c
e/v' ry   time  

CHORUS
I ate a frying pan for dinner
before I got the butter and the bread
no matter all my good explainin'
the dents in our pots match the dents in my head
I ate a fryin pan for
diiii-ner, diiii-ner, his head hurts
diiii-ner, diiii-ner, his head hurts
but he loves her so

 

VERSE 2 and Melody
C
f        e    c      g        f    e    c    g          (or d as last note)
Plan  to  toss out,   ev' ry pot and
                               G
g       g     a      c    c/b
dish that she can throw
F                            G
g      f      e     c        g      f      e    c
So    I   quic-kly,     sent her off  to
Am                          D7
c     a      c     a        d
do  her nails and  toes
        F                        G
g      f     e   c        g   g  
now on a shopping trip
my shopping trip is next
my secret shopping trip
              C
d     d    c
i must go
here i go
is next you know

 

CHORUS
I ate a frying pan for dinner
before I got the butter and the bread
no matter all my good explainin'
the dents in our pots match the dents in my head
I ate a fryin pan for
diiii-ner, diiii-ner, his head hurts
diiii-ner, diiii-ner, his head hurts
but he loves her so

 

BRIDGE
 Dm                Am
How does she hear things,
  G               F
iiii  never said
Bb                F
I placed an ad
Eb   
translator wanted,
     A      Bb   B    C 
  before my baby breaks my head

 

VERSE 3 and Melody
C
f            e     c       g     f    e    c        g      (or d as last note)
Bought my babe a,    gi-ant crock pot
                               G
g         g   a         c    c/b
way too big to lift
she'll ne-ver ne-ver lift
F                                             G
g      f    e     c           g            f    e    c
and pa-per plates,  stacked up so high
  Am                        D7
c     a   c     a          d        
     like a   big  snow   drift
        F                           G
g    f       e c           g    a  
      then I  bought my love
                    C
d     d        c
one more gift

 

VERSE 3b and Melody
C
f        e    c      g        f    e    c    g     (or d as last note)
Win-dows at the hard-ware store were
                               G
g       g     a      c    c/b
filled with just one book
F                            G
g      f      e     c        g      f      e    c
A  best  sel-ler,      for ev'ry fel-la
Am                          D7
c     a      c     a        d 
bought one in a hur-ry
        F                        G
g      f     e   c        g   g  
it's an English, to Woman
              C
d     d    c
Dictionary

And you know what?, yeah you know what!

 

Last CHORUS
I ate a fry'in pan for dinner
it wasn't on the menu in my head
(I) ordered it with just a few words
when the words she heard, ARE the words I said I ate a fryin pan for
diiii-ner, diiii-ner, his head hurts
diiii-ner, diiii-ner, his head hurts
but he loves her so
but he loves her so
but he loves her so
but he loves her so

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