Goonies Never Say Die

7 weeks ago by @dr_griff

Goonies Never Say Die

dr_griff

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Liner Notes

#genx #goonies #folk #filk

Yep, it's a song about that group of kids that all GenXers wished they were part of! Goonies Never Say Die!

The chords in the bridge are descending, so technically it qualifies for the challenge, right?

Lyrics

(Capo 4)

V1
C Am
We’ll find a way, we’ll find a way
F Dm G
We’ll find a way somehow
C Am
We have a map, we’ll find the cave
F G C
We’ll find the treasure now

C Am
Take out the map, X marks the spot
F Dm G
Follow it down and down
C Am
There in the basement, under the fire
F G C
Leading under the town

Chorus
F C
Goonies can do it, Goonies will spy
F G
Goonies will make it, Goonies will fly
F Am
Goonies will find it, Goonies will try
F G Am
Because Goonies never say die
F G C
Yeah, Goonies never say die

V2
Follow the trail of dust and of twine
Follow it through the cave
Go through the bats, they’re just flying rats
We have a town to save

Booby traps everywhere - Data, come back!
Don’t touch that; let it be
Don’t take the coins from the wishing well
That’s real bad luck, you’ll see

Chorus

V3
Who knows piano? Andy, your turn
Don’t hit a rotten note
Just play the bones and you’ll open a door
To whatever the pirates wrote

Down the long slide to the hidden cove
And the ship that’s anchored there
Don’t touch that scale, that’s for Willy alone
But fill your pockets here

Chorus

Bridge
Am G
The Fratellis are after us
F E
They want the loot
Am G
We can’t let them have it
F E
And we’d better scoot
Am G
They’ll take all the treasure
F E
If we don’t find a way
F
To bring this ship out
E
To the light of day

V4
It seems like they’ve caught us and they’re gonna win
They’re taking all of it now
They took all the jewels, and left us with none
And shoved us off of the prow

But then they stupidly emptied that scale
And the boat began to rise
The wall fell open, the seas await
Oh, they’re getting a big surprise

Chorus

V5
Then Sloth saved the day, he called out from the mast
Saying “Hey, you - hey you guys!”
He slid down the rope, the Fratellis he passed
And he caught them all with his eyes

Policemen were waiting out there on the beach
They weren’t much help, you see
But the jewels they found in our marble bag
Filled us all with glee

Chorus 2
We saved the Goondocks, we saved our homes
We saved everything we could spy
Goonies found it, and Goonies won
Because Goonies never say die

Goonies can do it, Goonies will spy
Goonies will make it, Goonies will fly
Goonies will find it, Goonies will try
Because Goonies never say die
Yeah, Goonies never say die

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