Riff inicial (Este riff é tocado quatro vezes como uma intro. A bateria entra na segunda vez e 
a harmoia e Hammond veem na terceira vez. Apesar de o riff soar como algo diferente nas 
notas que ligam os versos, acho que é por aí mais ou menos que se toca):
  

  +     +  +   +   +     +  +   +   +     +  +   +   +     +  +   +   +      
         (Stab)           (Stab)           (Stab)           (Stab) 
0-0-2-|----2-----2---2-|----2-----2-2---|----3-----3---3-|----3-----3-3---| 
0-0-3-|----3-----3---3-|----3-xxx-3-3---|-3--3-----3---3-|----3-xxx-3-3---| 
0-0-2-|----2-----2---2-|----2-xxx-2-2-0-|-0--0-----0---0-|----0-xxx-0-0---| 
0-0-0-|----0-----0---0-|----0-----0-0---|-0--0-----0---0-|----0-----0-0-0-| 
----0-|----0-----0---0-|----0-------0---|----------------|--------------0-| 
------|----------------|----------------|-3--------3---3-|----------3-3---| 
 
(x = Left-hand-muted percussive note) 


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D                 G 
 Peter Pumpkinhead came to town 
D                    G 
 Spreading wisdom and cash around 
D                    G 
 Fed the starving and housed the poor 
D                  G 
 Showed the Vatican what gold's for 
 
G       A             Bm 
 But he made too many enemies 
G       A                Bm 
 Of the people who would keep us on our knees 
G           A 
 Hooray for Peter Pumpkin 
G           Gm/Bb A/C#   D   D/C#  D/B  D/A  G  G/F#  Em  A 
 Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead
 
D                  G
 Peter Pumpkinhead pulled them all
D                  G
 Emptied churches and shopping malls
D                      G
 Where he spoke it would raise the roof
D                  G
 Peter Pumpkinhead told the truth

G       A             Bm 
 But he made too many enemies 
G       A                Bm 
 Of the people who would keep us on our knees 
G           A 
 Hooray for Peter Pumpkin 
G           Gm/Bb A/C#   D   D/C#  D/B  D/A  G  G/F#  Em  A 
 Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead

D                  G
 Peter Pumpkinhead put to shame
D                     G
 Governments who would slur his name
D                     G
 Plots and sex scandals failed outright
D                   G
 Peter merely said, "Any kind of love is all right"

G       A             Bm 
 But he made too many enemies 
G       A                Bm 
 Of the people who would keep us on our knees 
G           A 
 Hooray for Peter Pumpkin 
G           Gm/Bb A/C#   D   D/C#  D/B  D/A  G  G/F#  Em  A  
 Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead
 
D                  G
 Peter Pumpkinhead was too good
D                  G
 Had him nailed to a chunk of wood
D                   G
 He died grinning on live TV
D                       G
 Hanging there he looked a lot like you, and an awful lot like me! 

G       A             Bm 
 But he made too many enemies 
G       A                Bm 
 Of the people who would keep us on our knees 
G           A 
 Hooray for Peter Pumpkin 
G           Gm/Bb A/C#   D   D/C#  D/B  D/A  G  G/F#  Em  A 
 Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead 
 
G           A 
 Hooray for Peter Pumpkin (HOORAY!)
G           A     
 Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead 
G           Gm/Bb A   Bm  A/C# D    D/C#   D/B   D/A 
 Hooray for Pe   -ter Pumpkin -head 
  G        G/F#      C                A/C#       D 
Oh my, oh my, don't it make you want to cry, oh!