F                                                C
When you see, a gentleman bee, 'round a lady bee buzzin'..
     F                   Bb                   C
Just count to ten, then, count again..there's sure to be
        F
an even dozen.
F       C                              F
Multiplication..that's the name of the game.
              C                    F
And each generation..they play the same.

#2.
F
Now, there was two butterflies, castin' their eyes,
                   C
both in the same direction...
F                       Bb
You'd never guess, that one little 'yes,'
      C                     F
could start a butterfly collection.
F       C                              F
Multiplication..that's the name of the game.
              C                    F
And each generation..they play the same.

CHORUS:
F      F7            Bb
Let me tell you now..I say one and one is five,
        Dm9             F
you can call me a silly goat.
         G
But, you take two minks, add two winks,
C
ahhh..you got one mink coat.

#3.
F
When a girl gets coy, in front of a boy,
                    C
after three or four dances...
    F                        Bb
ah..you can just bet, she'll play hard to get,
   C            F
to multiply her chances.
F       C                              F
Multiplication..that's the name of the game.
              C                    F
And each generation..they play the same.

CHORUS:#2.
F       F7              Bb
Hear me talkin' to you..Mother Nature is a clever girl,
     Dm9      F       G
She relies on habit...take two hares, with no cares..
C
pretty soon you got a room full of rabbits.

#4.
F                                                   C
Two parakeets, in between tweets, sometimes get too quiet..
    F             Bb
But have no fear, cause soon you'll hear,
  C                      F
A parakeet's riot...just try it.
F       C                              F
Multiplication..that's the name of the game.
              C                    F
And each generation..they play the same.

OUTRO:
F                 C                              F
Yes..it's multiplication..that's the name of the game.
              C                    F
And each generation..they play the same.