Am                         C - Am                  C
1.      She asks me why,        I'm just a hairy guy,
Am                 C                    Am                     C
      I'm hairy noon and night,     hair that's a fright.
Em                C                 Em                        G
     I'm hairy high and low,      don't ask me why, don't know.
Em                 C                 Em                            G
    It's not for lack of bread,    like the Grateful Dead. Darling...... 


    Am                              F    Am                  C
    Give me a head with hair, long beautiful hair,
     Am          F             Am                      C
    shining, gleaming, steaming, flaxen waxen.
    Em                         C               Em                      G
    Give me down to there hair, shoulder length or longer,
    Em                C                    Em                 G
    here, baby, there, mamma, everywhere, daddy, daddy.


Am             F            Am           C
Hair, hair, hair, hair hair, hair, hair,   flow it
G7              C          F                       G7             C
      show it,     long     as God can grow it, my hair.


            Am             F                    Am                 C
2. Let it fly in the breeze and get caught in the trees,
               Am                F              Am   - C
    give a home to the fleas in my hair.
        Em           C                  Em           G
    A home for fleas, yeah, a home for bees, yeah,
        Em                           C
    a nest for birds, there ain't no words
                Em                                    G7
    for the beauty, the splendor, the wonder of my


 Am            F            Am           C
Hair, hair, hair, hair hair, hair, hair,   flow it
G7              C          F                       G7             C
      show it,     long     as God can grow it, my hair.


                   E                               
   I want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy,   snaggy, shaggy, ratty, matty,
     A                                         
    oily, greasy, fleecy, shining,    gleaming, steaming, flaxen, waxen,
        D                                    
    knotted, polka dotted,     twisted, beaded, braided,

    powdered, flowered and confettied,
                                                                 G
    bangled, tangled, spangled and spaghettied.
            C
    Oh, say can you see by the dawns....
               G
    if you can then my hair's too short.
     Am                   F
    Down to here, down to there,
       A                        F                         G                      = =
    down with here, down you wear it, just by yourself.


                     Am               F                      Am                  C
3. They'll be gaga at the gogo when they see me in my toga,
          Am                   F                Am                  C
    my toga made of blonde brilliantined-biblical hair.
          Em                    C              Em           G
    My hair like Jesus wore it, hallelujah, I adore it,
          Em               C                      Em                   G7
    hallelujah, Mary loved her son,  why don't my mother love me?


 Am            F           Am            C
Hair, hair, hair, hair hair, hair, hair,   flow it
G7              C          F                       G7             Am - F - Am - C
      show it,     long     as God can grow it, my  h….a.….i….r.
          G              C        F                      G7               Am - F - Am - C
flow it,   show it,    long    as God can grow it, my   h…..a…..i…..r,
              G              C         F                       G7             C
    flow it,     show it,    long     as God can grow it, my hair.