If I Only Had A Brain
lyrics by EH Harburg and music by Harold Arlen
 

Glinda: It's always best to start a the beginning - and all you do is follow the Yellow Brick Road.
Dorothy: Follow the Yellow Brick Road.  Follow the Yellow Brick Road.
Munchkins:  Follow the Yellow Brick Road.  Follow the Yellow Brick Road.
Follow, follow, follow, follow, follow the Yellow Brick Road.
Follow the Yellow Brick, follow the Yellow Brick, follow the Yellow Brick Road.

You're off to see the Wizard, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
You'll find he is a whiz of a Wiz! If ever a Wiz! there was.
If ever, oh ever a Wiz! there was The Wizard of Oz is one because,
Because, because, because, because, because. Because of the wonderful things he does.
You're off to see the Wizard. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Dorothy: Follow the Yellow Brick Road? Follow the Yellow Brick...? Well, now which way do we go
Follow the Yellow Brick Road? Follow the Yellow Brick...? Well, now which way do we go?
Scarecrow: Pardon me. That was is a very nice way.
Dorothy: Who said that?......  That's funny. Wasn't he pointing the other way?
Scarecrow:   Of course, people do go both ways!
Dorothy:  Are you doing that on purpose, or can't you make up your mind?
Scarecrow: That's the trouble. I can't make up my mind. I haven't got a brain, only straw.
Oh, I'm a failure, because I haven't got a brain!
Dorothy: Well, what would you do with a brain if you had one?
Scarecrow: Do? Why, if I had a brain, I could -
 

Repeat 3 times...
  RRR  5   -5      6  5 4   -4  5 4    -4    5  4     3   -3   4 3     3
|      I could | wile away the hours, con | ferrin' with the flowers, con |
   -2 -2   -2   -2  -2---->R  4   4     3   -6  6   -5    5     -4   4
| sultin' with the rain. |   And my | head I'd be scratchin', while my |
     -3     -3  -7-6  6   -5     5 -4   4 4  4  4   4
| thoughts were busy hatchin' , if I | only had a brain. |
 
 RRR 5  -5    6 5   4 -4  5  4    -4   5 4  3-3 4   3   3    -2  -2 -2 -2  -2---->
|   I'd un | ravel ev'ry riddle, for | any individ'le, in | trouble or in pain. |

(Dorothy)
-> R  4   4     3       -6   6  -5  5     -4   4     -3 -3-7 -6  6  -5   5  -4
|   With the thoughts you'd be thinkin', you could | be another Lincoln if you |
   4 4  4  4   4----->
| only had a brain. |

(Scarecrow)
-> R  4  -6  6#   -6   -7    6 r  -6   -5 -5    -5   6      5  r -5  4
|    Oh, I would tell you | why, the | ocean's near the | shore. I could |
    -4  4#   -4   4#-4 4#   -4   5     4 R  4    5   6     -6 RR -5N   5    -4
| think of things I never thunk be | fore, and then I'd | sit    and think some |
    6  r 5   -5     6   5   4 -4  5  4    -4     5   4    3  -3   4  3     3
| more.  I would | not be just a nuffin', my | head all full of stuffin', my |
    -2   -2  -2  -2  -2----> R 4   4       3    -6  6  -5 5   -4    4
| heart all full of pain. |    I would | dance and be merry, life would |
  -3 -3 -7 -6  6 -5  5 -4    4 4  4  4   4
| be a ding-a-derry, if I | only had a brain. |

Repeat a 2nd and 3rd time.  The 3rd time, the scarecrow ends with:

 RRR  5   -5     6    5  4 -4   5  4   -4     5 4   3   -3   4 3    3
|   Gosh, it | would be awful pleasin' to | reason out the reason, for |
    -2  -2   -2  -2  -2----> R 4    4      3   -6   6  -3    5  -4 4
| things I can't explain. |   Then per | haps I'll deserve your envy, |
  -3-3  -7 -6  6  -5  5 -4    4 4  4  4   4  rR   4 RRR
| even worthy earnin, if I | only had a brain.  |      |

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From July 4, 2007

  

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