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The Merry Minuet by The Kingston Trio
The Merry Minuet
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
G C D7 G x2
G G D7 G
They're rioting in Africa
C G C D7 G
They're starving in Spain
G G D7 G
There's hurricanes in Florida
C D7 G C D7 G
And Texas needs rain
D7
The whole world is festering
G
With unhappy souls
C G
The French hate the Germans
A7 D7
The Germans hate the Poles
D7
Italians hate Yugoslavs
G
South Africans hate the Dutch
C D7 G D7 G
And I don't like anybody very much
G C
But we can be tranquil
A7 D
And thankful and proud
C G
For man's been endowed
C D7
With a mushroom shaped cloud
G C A7 D
And we know for certain that some lovely day
C G
Someone will set the spark off
C D7 G C D7 G
And we will all be blown away!
G G D7 G
They're rioting in Africa
C G C D7 G
There's strife in Iran
G G D7 G
What nature doesn't do to us
C D7 whatever
Will be done by our fellow man
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version 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
Key: G
On the record these riffs are whistled.
[Riff 1]
e|-----------------------|
B|--0--0--1-----0--------|
G|-----------2-----0-----|
D|--------------------0--|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
[Riff 2]
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------0-----|
D|--0--2--4-----0--|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
G C D7 D9 D7 G
[Intro]
N.C.
There are days in my life when everything is dreary
N.C.
I grow pessimistic, sad and world weary
N.C.
But when I'm tearful and fearfully upset
N.C.
I always sing this merry little minuet:
[Chorus]
D7 G
They're rioting in Africa
Riff 1
C G
They're starving in Spain
Riff 2
G
There's hurricanes in Florida
Riff 1
C D7
And Texas needs rain
[Verse]
D7 G C
The whole world is festering
C D7
With unhappy souls
G C G
The French hate the Germans,
D7
The Germans hate the Poles
[Verse]
G C
Italians hate Yugoslavs
D7
South Africans hate the Dutch
C D7 G C G
And I don't like anybody very much
[Verse]
G C
But we can be grateful
C D7
And thankful and proud
G C G
That man's been endowed
C D7
With a mushroom shaped cloud
[Verse]
G C
And we know for certain
D7
That some happy day
C G
Someone will set the spark off
C D7 G
And we will all be blown away
[Chorus]
D7 G
They're rioting in Africa
Riff 1
C G
There's strife in Iran
Riff 2
G
What nature doesn't do to us
Riff 1
C G D7
Will be done by our fellow man
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