Riff inicial (Este riff é tocado quatro vezes como uma intro. A bateria entra na segunda vez e
a harmoia e Hammond veem na terceira vez. Apesar de o riff soar como algo diferente nas
notas que ligam os versos, acho que é por aí mais ou menos que se toca):
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(Stab) (Stab) (Stab) (Stab)
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(x = Left-hand-muted percussive note)
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D G
Peter Pumpkinhead came to town
D G
Spreading wisdom and cash around
D G
Fed the starving and housed the poor
D G
Showed the Vatican what gold's for
G A Bm
But he made too many enemies
G A Bm
Of the people who would keep us on our knees
G A
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
G Gm/Bb A/C# D D/C# D/B D/A G G/F# Em A
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead
D G
Peter Pumpkinhead pulled them all
D G
Emptied churches and shopping malls
D G
Where he spoke it would raise the roof
D G
Peter Pumpkinhead told the truth
G A Bm
But he made too many enemies
G A Bm
Of the people who would keep us on our knees
G A
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
G Gm/Bb A/C# D D/C# D/B D/A G G/F# Em A
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead
D G
Peter Pumpkinhead put to shame
D G
Governments who would slur his name
D G
Plots and sex scandals failed outright
D G
Peter merely said, "Any kind of love is all right"
G A Bm
But he made too many enemies
G A Bm
Of the people who would keep us on our knees
G A
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
G Gm/Bb A/C# D D/C# D/B D/A G G/F# Em A
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead
D G
Peter Pumpkinhead was too good
D G
Had him nailed to a chunk of wood
D G
He died grinning on live TV
D G
Hanging there he looked a lot like you, and an awful lot like me!
G A Bm
But he made too many enemies
G A Bm
Of the people who would keep us on our knees
G A
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
G Gm/Bb A/C# D D/C# D/B D/A G G/F# Em A
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead
G A
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin (HOORAY!)
G A
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead
G Gm/Bb A Bm A/C# D D/C# D/B D/A
Hooray for Pe -ter Pumpkin -head
G G/F# C A/C# D
Oh my, oh my, don't it make you want to cry, oh!