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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
JEHOVAH AND ALLTHAT JAZZ
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Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb
Hail to the shaman and his cardboard drum and the riffraff
Ab/Eb
Dancing in the sun
Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
I sing for thee
Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb
Praise to the ugly and the dispossessed and the genius born of
Ab/Eb Eb
The viper's nest
Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
You have set me free
Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
Hey, you cranks and you clowns with your heads hanging down
Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
I bring good tidings to you
Eb Ab/Eb Bb/D Ab
For all the talent that he has Jehovah don't play jazz
Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
Like the devil do
sax:
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Eb Ab/Eb
See the rose sprung from the heap of dung
Bb/Eb Ab/Eb Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
The shafthorse hot and heavy hung shame lessly
Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
Check the star dust oozing in the mud on it pilgrimage to flesh and blood
Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
Now ain't that you and me
Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
Hey, you Shakespeares in rags little heretics and hags
Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
To thine own self be true
Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
Well, he may be beautiful and king but Jehovah he don't swing
Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
like the devil do
Db/B B Bb/B B
Birdman, Birdman, what's the word, man
Db/B B Bb B Bb B
Into the night we go
Db/B B Bb/B B
Billie, Billie, knock me silly
Db/B B Bb
Sing to me soft and low
Eb/Ab Abm7 Bb/Ab Abm Bb/Ab Abm G/F Gb
Save me from losing my soul to a hea ven as cold as ice
Bb/Gb Bb7/Gb Bb+5/Gb Gb F7-5
Emaj7 Dmaj7 Dbmaj7 C7+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
Eb Ab/Eb
So I toot my toot for the man with roots
Bb/Eb Ab/Eb Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb
Hey, fifer on the E-flat flute play on, play on
Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
All you sinners and you infidels you you artful madmen bound for hell
Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb F7 Ab
Come sing along
Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
Come on, you potty-trained saints spouting' isms and ain'ts
Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
Dig the poet ry my man
Eb Ab/Eb
Well all deference to his throne
Bb/Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
Gabriel he don't play no saxo phone like Coltrane can
sax:
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Eb/Ab B6 Bb Abm Bb Abm G/F Gb
Now, save me from losing my soul to a hea ven as cold as ice
Bb/Gb Bb7/Gb Bb+5/Gb Gb F7-5
Emaj7 Dmaj7 Dbmaj7 C7+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/A Abm6 Eb/G Gbm6
I'd sooner catch fire than kill my de sire
salsa piano solo:
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ohhhh
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|B |B |B |Bb |
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|Eb Ab/Eb |Bb/Eb Ab/Bb |Eb Ab/Eb |Bb/Eb Ab/Bb |
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|Eb Ab/Eb |Bb/Eb Ab/Bb |Eb Ab/Eb |Bb/Eb Ab/Bb |
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Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb
Hail to the shaman and his cardboard drum and the riffraff
Ab/Eb Eb
Dancing in the sun
Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
I sing for you
Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
For all the talent he has Jehovah don't play jazz like the devil do
Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
Yeah, the devil do
Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
Must ad mit he do
Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab/Eb
Ah, da devil do
Eb6 Fm7 Ebmaj9 Fm7 Eb
Birdman, Birdman, what's the word, man
Eb
Into the night we go
Eb6 Fm7 Ebmaj9 Fm7 Eb
Billie, Billie, knock me silly
Eb F7 Fm7
Sing to me soft and low ohhhhhhhh ohhhhhhh
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|Eb Ab/Eb |Bb/Eb Ab/Bb |
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Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb
For all the talent that he has Jehovah
Ab/Bb Eb Ab/Eb Bb/Eb Ab Eb
don't play no jazz ....
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Last Updated: September 10, 2025