Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
JEHOVAH AND ALLTHAT JAZZ
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Hail to the shaman and his cardboard drum and the riffraff
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Dancing in the sun
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I sing for thee
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Praise to the ugly and the dispossessed and the genius born of
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The viper's nest
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You have set me free
Eb MajorEb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
Hey, you cranks and you clowns with your heads hanging down
Eb MajorEb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
I bring good tidings to you
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For all the talent that he has Jehovah don't play jazz
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Like the devil do
sax:
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See the rose sprung from the heap of dung
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The shafthorse hot and heavy hung shame lessly
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Check the star dust oozing in the mud on it pilgrimage to flesh and blood
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Now ain't that you and me
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Hey, you Shakespeares in rags little heretics and hags
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To thine own self be true
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Well, he may be beautiful and king but Jehovah he don't swing
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like the devil do
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Birdman, Birdman, what's the word, man
Db/B BB Bb majorBb BB Bb majorBb BB
Into the night we go
Db/B BB Bb/B BB
Billie, Billie, knock me silly
Db/B BB Bb majorBb
Sing to me soft and low
Eb/Ab Abm7Abm7 Bb/Ab AbmAbm Bb/Ab AbmAbm G/F GbGb
Save me from losing my soul to a hea ven as cold as ice
Bb/Gb Bb7/Gb Bb majorBb+5/Gb GbGb F7-5
EMaj7Emaj7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 C7C7+9 Db/B
I'd sooner be a free man in hell than a prisoner in paaaaaraaaadiiiiiiise
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oohh oh ya Ohhhhhhh
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So I toot my toot for the man with roots
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Hey, fifer on the E-flat flute play on, play on
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All you sinners and you infidels you you artful madmen bound for hell
Eb MajorEb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb F7F7 AbAb
Come sing along
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Come on, you potty-trained saints spouting' isms and ain'ts
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Dig the poet ry my man
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Well all deference to his throne
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Gabriel he don't play no saxo phone like Coltrane can
sax:
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Eb/Ab B6B6 Bb majorBb AbmAbm Bb majorBb AbmAbm G/F GbGb
Now, save me from losing my soul to a hea ven as cold as ice
Bb/Gb Bb7/Gb Bb majorBb+5/Gb GbGb F7-5
EMaj7Emaj7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 C7C7+9 Dbsus4/B Db/B
I'd sooner be a free man in hell than a prisoner in para diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiise
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F/AF/A Abm6Abm6 Eb/GEb/G Gbm6Gbm6
I'd sooner catch fire than kill my de sire
salsa piano solo:
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ohhhh
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Hail to the shaman and his cardboard drum and the riffraff
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Dancing in the sun
Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
I sing for you
Eb MajorEb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb Eb MajorEb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
For all the talent he has Jehovah don't play jazz like the devil do
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Yeah, the devil do
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Must ad mit he do
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Ah, da devil do
Eb6Eb6 Fm7Fm7 Ebmaj9Ebmaj9 Fm7Fm7 Eb MajorEb
Birdman, Birdman, what's the word, man
Eb MajorEb
Into the night we go
Eb6Eb6 Fm7Fm7 Ebmaj9Ebmaj9 Fm7Fm7 Eb MajorEb
Billie, Billie, knock me silly
Eb MajorEb F7F7 Fm7Fm7
Sing to me soft and low ohhhhhhhh ohhhhhhh
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For all the talent that he has Jehovah
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don't play no jazz ....