Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Key: G Difficulty: Novice Intro: G C D G G C D G Verse 1: G C When I was a lad of three-foot-three D G Certain questions occurred to me G C So I asked me father quite seriously D G D To tell me the story 'bout the bird and bee G C He stammered and he stuttered pathetically D G And this is what he said to me
Chorus: G G He said, "The woman piaba and the man piaba G D And the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass G G G C The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm D Gm And the famous grandy scratch scratch Verse 2: Gm Cm It was clear as mud but it covered the ground D G And the confusion made the brain go 'round G C I went and ask a good friend of mine D G Known to the world as Albert Einstein B He said "Son, G C from the beginning of time and creativity D G There existed the force of relativity G C Pi r square and a minus ten D G D is a routine only when G C The solar system in one light year D7 G Make the Hayden planetarium disappear G C So if Mt Everest doesn't move D7 G I am positive that it will prove Chorus: G G That the woman piaba and the man piaba G D And the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass G G G C The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm D Gm And the famous grandy scratch scratch Verse 3: Gm C It was clear as mud but it covered the ground D G And the confusion made the brain go 'round G C I grabbed a boat and went abroad D7 G In Baden Baden asked Sigmund Freud G C He said "Son, from your sad face remove the grouch D G Put the body down up on the couch G C I can see from your frustration D G D a neurotic sublimation, Hey! G C Love and hate is psychosomatic D G Your Rorsach shows that you're a peri pathetic G C It all started with a broken sibling D7 G In the words of the famous Rudyard Kipling Chorus: G7 G7 He said, "The woman piaba and the man piaba G D And the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass G G G C The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm D Gm And the famous grandy scratch scratch Verse 4: G C Well I traveled far and I traveled wide D G And I don't even have me self a bride G C All the great men upon this earth D G D Have confused me since my birth G C I've been over land and been over sea D G Trying to find answer 'bout the bird and bee G C But now that I am ninety three D G I don't give a damn you see Chorus: G G If the woman piaba and the man piaba G D And the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass G G G C The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm D G And the famous grandy scratch scratch
Man Piaba by Harry Belafonte guitar chords playing instructions.