Unpack Your Adjectives

unpack your adjectives daniel johnston D# G# A# got home from camping last spring . D# G# A# saw people , places and things . D# G# we barely had arrived , C# F# friends asked us to describe B A# the people , places and every last thing . D# G# A# so we unpacked our adjectives . i unpacked "frustrating" first . reached in and found the word "worst" . then i picked "soggy" and next i picked "foggy" and then i was ready to tell them my tale . ’cause i’d unpacked my adjectives . A# A G# G F#7 G7 ( four times ) adjectives are words you use to really describe things , handy words to carry around . G#7 A7 ( four times ) days are sunny or they’re rainy boys are dumb or else they’re brainy adjectives can show you which way . A#7 B7 ( four times ) adjectives are often used to help us compare things , to say how thin , how fat , how short , how tall . C7 C#7 ( four times ) girls who are tall can get taller , boys who are small can get smaller , till one is the tallest and the other’s the smallest of all . we hiked along without care . then we ran into a bear . he was a hairy bear , he was a scary bear , we beat a hasty retreat from his lair . and described him with adjectives . [ spoken ] that was one big , ugly bear! [ spoken ] you can even make adjectives out of the other parts of speech , like verbs or all you have to do is tack on an ending like " - ic" or " - ish" or " - ary" . for example , this can grow up to be a beautiful woman but still have a girlish face . "girl" is a noun , the ending " - ish" makes it an adjective - girlish . that describes the beautiful woman’s get it? next time you go on a trip , remember this little tip : the minute you get back , they’ll ask you this and that , you can describe people , places and things . . . simply unpack your adjectives . you can do it with adjectives . tell them ’bout it with adjectives . you can shout it with adjectives .