INTRO: G  

#1.
G                     D      G
I went down town last night, gonna dig a show,
                                    D
when I passed a display window of a big department 
G
store.
G
Well, I looked inside this window, man, all filled 

up with racks.
                                     G7
And down there near the bottom was a crazy pair of 

slacks.

CHORUS:
        C                                         G
I gotta have 'em, yeah, well, I need 'em for this cat.
G                 D
Well, well, yeah, how can I go cattin' without crazy 
         G      D
pink peg slacks?

#2.
        G
Well, I walked up to a salesman, I said, mister, I'm 

flat broke, but I gotta have them pink slacks.
G
He said, man is this a joke?
G
Well, I asked him how much money, he said, add up four 

and eight.
G
He said, man, them pants is crazy, them's pink, rayon 
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acetate.

CHORUS:
        C                                         G
I gotta have 'em, yeah, well, I need 'em for this cat.
G                 D
Well, well, yeah, how can I go cattin' without crazy 
         G      D
pink peg slacks?

#3.
        G
Well, I went to see my baby, asked her for some dough.

Said, well, you know I love you, honey, what you need this 

money for?
G
Well, I told her about them peggers, I found across downtown.
                                           G7
Got a sawbuck from her, daddy, yeah, and I turned my Ford around.

CHORUS:
        C                                         G
I gotta have 'em, yeah, well, I need 'em for this cat.
G                 D
Well, well, yeah, how can I go cattin' without crazy 
         G      D
pink peg slacks?

#4.
          G
I slid my Ford into a stop, rushed into the store.

I said, man, I got a sawbuck, he said, you need two bucks more.
G
I said, man can't I charge it?
G
He said, man, we don't get these things for free.
G
I said, mister you just don't realize what these pink peggers 
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mean to me.

OUTRO:
        C                                         G
I gotta have 'em, yeah, well, I need 'em for this cat.
G                 D
Well, well, yeah, how can I go cattin' without crazy 
         G
pink peg slacks?