The No No Song

Words & Music:

Ringo Starr

 

  C           G                   F      C

A lady that I know just came from Colombia.

    F                             C

She smiled because I did not understand.

C                          F

Then she held out some marijuana, oh, ho!

    G               C

She said it was the best in all the land.

 

CHORUS:

             C

And I said, "No, no, no, no!  I don't smoke it no more.

                              G7

I'm tired of waking up on the floor.

G7

No, thank you please, it only makes me sneeze.

                                  C

Then it makes it hard to find the door."

 

A woman that I know just came from Majorca, Spain.

She smiled because I did not understand.

Then she held out a ten-pound bag of cocaine.

She said it was the finest in the land.

 

CHORUS:  [replace "smoke it" with a "sniff" sound]

 

A man I know just came from Nashville, Tennessee-o.

He smiled because I did not understand.

Then he held out some moonshine whiskey, oh-ho!

He said it was the best in all the land.

 

CHORUS:  [replace "smoke it" with "drink it"]

CHORUS:  [replace "smoke it" with "take it"]