{title: The creditcard song}
{artist: Dick Feller}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 121}
{key: Eb}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[Eb]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
Well, I [C7]guess this story must begin that [F7]fateful day a way back when
I de[Bb7]cided I should have a credit [Eb]card [G7]
so [C7]I filled out this application, [F7]listed all my recommendations, [Bb7]sent it off in the mail
and in a [Eb]month or so the mailman brought me my [C7]brand new charge-all card
[F7] better than checks, [Bb7] safer than money, and not [Eb]near as dirty! [C7] [F7] [Bb] [G7]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
Well it [C7]laid around for a couple of days 'till [F7]finally, I thought "What the hay?
why [Bb7]not see if this thing'll really [Eb]work!" [G7]
so I [C7]went down to my favorite store, [F7]picked out three or four shirts or more
a [Bb7]pair of pants and a strip-ed tie, and the [Eb]man came by and said:
"Yes Sir, cash or [C7]charge?" I said: "Just [F7]put it on my credit card
[Bb7] write that dude up! Ahhh, [Eb] convenient!" [C7] [F7] [Bb] [G7]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
Now I [C7]put that card away in a drawer and I [F7]never charged one dollar more
then [Bb7]one day in the mail I got this [Eb]bill [G7]
[C7]typed on a card all full of holes that says [F7]do not staple, bend or fold
was the [Bb7]astronomical figure of thirty-two [Eb]hundred dollars and forty-two cents... [C7] When?!
[F7] there's been a mistake! [Bb7] so I got on the phone .... "Hel[Eb]lo? Hello?" [C7] [F7] [Bb] [G7]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 4}
I got [C7]Mr. Black and Mr. Brown and [F7]then I got the run-a-round
'til [Bb7]finally Mr. Green came on the [Eb]line [G7]
I said "[C7]sir, this may be hard to take but [F7]your computer's made a mistake
it [Bb7]says I owe more money than I've ever [Eb]seen" and he said "people like you make mis[C7]takes
com[F7]puters do not lie, [Bb7] send us the bread. [Eb]PDQ!" [C7] [F7] [Bb] [G7]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 5}
Well [C7]this had just about done me in, so I [F7]grabbed that computer card again
the [Bb7]one with all those holes punched out so [Eb]nice [G7]
and I [C7]threw it on the floor and I stomped it twice and [F7]I whipped out my pocket knife
and [Bb7]punched out a few more holes where there hadn't [Eb]been no holes before, then I bent it
[C7]double, stapled it ac[F7]ross the end, [Bb7] drove my car over it, [Eb] stick that up your computer!
[C7] [F7] [Bb] [G7]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 6}
I [C7]sent it back in and never heard no more, 'til [F7]one day the mailman came to the door
with a [Bb7]special delivery from the charge-all [Eb]place [G7]
in[C7]side was a note from Mr. Green, said: "We [F7]ran your card through our machine
and [Bb7]it tells us that you overpaid your [Eb]bill! Enclosed is a check payable to you
[C7] for [F7]nine thousand dollars! [Bb7] we appreciate your [Eb]business" [C7] [F7] [Bb] [G7]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 7}
Well [C7]I got back on the phone again, called [F7]Mr. Green and he was in,
and I [Bb7]said: "I think there is something you should [Eb]know" [G7]
then I [C7]told him what the computer had done and I said "[F7]Just remember, you're the one
[Bb7] that told me: computer's do not lie. Thank you!
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{start_of_part: Outtro, repeat}
[C7] [F7] [Bb7] [Eb] [G7]
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