Chords with lyrics
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*Released 1970*
Intro:
C#C# F#F# AbAb F#F# (x4)
Verse 1:
C#C# F#F# AbAb F#F# C#C#
(Who, ooh, ooh, ooh, is Mr. Brown?)
F#F# AbAb F#F# C#C# F#F# AbAb F#F#
Mr Brown is a clown who rides to town in a coffin.
C#C# F#F#
(Where he be found?) In the coffin,
AbAb F#F# C#C# F#F# AbAb
Where there is three crows on top and two is laughing.
F#F# C#C# F#F# AbAb F#F# C#C# F#F# AbAb
Oh, what a con-fusion! Ooh, yeah, yeah!
F#F# C#C# F#F# AbAb F#F# C#C# F#F# AbAb
What a bother-ation, ooh, now, now!
F#F# C#C# F#F# AbAb F#F# C#C# F#F# AbAb
Who is Mr. Brown? I wanna know now!
F#F# C#C# F#F# AbAb F#F#
He is nowhere to be found.
Verse 2:
C#C# F#F# AbAb F#F#
From Mandeville to Slide-a-ville, coffin runnin' a-round,
C#C# F#F# AbAb F#F#
Up-setting, upsetting, up-setting the town, asking for Mr. Brown.
C#C# F#F# AbAb F#F#
From Mandeville to Slide-a-ville, coffin runnin' a-round,
C#C# F#F# AbAb F#F#
Up-setting, upsetting, up-setting the town, asking for Mr. Brown.
C#C# F#F# AbAb F#F# C#C#
I wanna know who... (is Mr. Brown)?
F#F# AbAb F#F#
Is Mr. Brown controlled by remote?
Bridge:
F#F# Bb majorBb F#F# Bb majorBb
Oh, calling Duppy Conqueror,
F#F# Bb majorBb
I'm the ghost-catcher; this is your chance,
Oh big, big Bill bull-bucka,
AbAb
Take your chance; prove yourself! Oh, yeah!
Verse 3:
C#C# F#F# AbAb F#F# C#C# F#F#
Down in pa-rade,
AbAb F#F# C#C# F#F# AbAb F#, C#C# F#F#
People runnin' like a masquerade.
AbAb F#F# C#C# F#F# AbAb F#F#
The po-lice make a raid,
C#C# F#F# AbAb F#, C#C# F#F# AbAb
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, they think it fade.
F#F# C#C# F#F#
What a thing in town,
AbAb F#F# C#C# F#F# AbAb F#F#
Crows chauffeur-driven a-round.
C#C# F#F# AbAb
Skankin' as if they had never known,
F#F# C#C# F#F# AbAb F#, C#C#
The man they call "Mr. Brown".
F#F# AbAb F#F#
I can tell you where he's from now...
Coda:
C#C# F#F# AbAb F#F#
From Mandeville to Slide-a-ville, coffin runnin' a-round,
C#C# F#F# AbAb F#F#
Up-setting, upsetting, up-setting the town, asking for Mr. Brown.
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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C#C# F#F# AbAb Bb majorBb
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006