Song Of The Brown Buffalo chords by Joe Iconis

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Chords:
D5    x577xx
A#5   x133xx
C#5   x466xx
B5    x244xx
C5    x355xx
D     xx0232
A5    577xxx
G5    355xxx
C5    x355xx
C/B   x255xx


Intro:
D5

Verse 1:
D5           D5  C#5
Hey white man.
                   A#5 C5
Do you know what I am?
                  C5 B5
I'm a brown buffalo
              B5  D5
By way of Mexico.

Verse 2:
              D5 C#5
I am an attorney
                    A#5 C5
On a life long journey.
                      C5 B5
I fight for Chicano power.
B5
Never met a man I couldn't devour.

Verse 3:
D5
Never met a plan I couldn't put in place.
C#5
They attack, I brace.
C#5
They escape, I chase.
A#5  C5
I'm a tad tenpermental so get out my face.
C5    B5
I'm mad monumental. See my dick from space.

Pre-Chorus:
A#5                    F5
I am strength for the weak.
                   G5
I am speed for the slow.
            A
This is the song of the brown buffalo.

Break:
D5

Verse 4:
D5
Hey, I'm beastly and I'm brutish and my fur is caked with gore.
D5
I'm the trouble you've been looking for.
D5
And you don't know I'm brilliant 'cuz u only hear my roar.
D5
I'm the trouble you've been looking for.
              A5                                       D5
And I don't ever hide from a fight that needs to be fought.
            C5  C/B  C5 C/B C5 C/B      C5          D5
And I would never filter and cigarette or a thought.

Chorus:
        A5                G5              D5             A5
'Cuz My mind is open wiiiiiddddeeee and it grows And it grows.
      A5                G5                D5                A5
Inhabitions cast a siiiiidddddddeeee it just goes where it goes.
A5                 G5
I don't answer to a boss man no, no, no
                                D5
See I'm a great big bad brown buffalo.

Break:

Verse 5:
D5
My head is full of acid But my heart is kind and and pure.
D5
I'm the trouble you've been looking for.
D5
My politics are liberal But I pack a 44 which I
D5
used to fight for those who are too weak to wage and war.
D5
Im the trouble we've been looking for.

Chorus:
A5                     G5              D5            A5
'Cuz my mind is open wiiiiiddddeeee it expands it expands.
A5                  G5             D5                 A5
Every open gate I pryyyyyy with these hands, with these hands.
A5                    G5                  D5                    A5
Leaving no path left untriiiieeeeddd walk the sands, walk the sands
A5                 G5          A#5
I'm no ordinary human no, no, no.
                                A#5
See I'm a great big bad brown buffalo

Bridge:
A#5
And if you think I'm not Hefé
C5
You got it wrong
A#5
This is my birthright, baby
C5
And this is my song
D
Food...
D
Booze...
D
Drugs...
D
GUNS...
D
And radical politics
D
Food...
D
Booze...
D
Drugs...
D
GUNS...
D
And radical politics

Ending:
D
Ayayayayayai
D
Ayayayayyayayyayaaaaaiiiiii
D5            D5 C#5
Hey white man.
                   A#5 C5
Do you know what I am.
                    C5 B5
I'm the brown buffalo.
              D5
See now you know.