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Get Down Moses by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
Get Down Moses
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
Tuning: Standard
Alternative Tuning: Capo on 5th fret
(Transposing chords to suit, so that Am = Em, etc.)
Chords:
Am: ======= X02210
C: ======= 332010
F: ======= 133211
Dm: ======= XX0231
G: ======= 320003
(Intro)
Verse 1:
Am C Am C
When I got to the mountain top, tell you what I could see,
Am C F Am
All the altar boys running from the priests of iniquity
Am C Am C
Where the hell was Elijah, ...any one of you would do!
Am C F Am
Cloudbursts on the mountain top, the prophecy came was true
Am C Am
(Nah, nah-nah, nah, nah-nah-nah, nah)
Am C
Bounce the echo on the walls of Jericho
Am C Am
(Nah, nah-nah, nah, nah-nah-nah, nah)
F Am
Put your lips together and blow
Am C Am
(Nah, nah-nah, nah, nah-nah-nah, nah)
F Am
There's a cave at the very top
Am C Am
(Nah, nah-nah, nah, nah-nah-nah, nah)
Am Dm F Am
The truth crystallizes iike jewels in the rock
Am C Am
(Pause) Oh ...El-jah
Chorus 1:
Am G
Get Down Moses, ...part another sea
Dm G Am
Carve another tablet out of L.S.D.
Am G Am
Get Down Moses, ...down in the street
(Guitar Lead: A G# G F# F A)
Am G
Get Down Moses, ...down with the dreads
Dm G Am
Got a lotta reasoning in their dread head
Am F Am
Get Down Moses, ...down in Tennessee
(Guitar Lead: A G# G F# F A)
(Guitar Riff - repeat)
Verse 2:
Am C Am C
Yeah, I won a ticket in a raffle, to the City of Sin,
Am C F Am
The tour guide took a handful of bribes, then shut us in
Am C Am C
Bus stop on your itinerary, ...is a 'mother and child crack ghetto'!
Am C F Am
Put another role up on the ' Roll, you could win the State Lotto
Am C Am
(Nah, nah-nah, nah, nah-nah-nah, nah)
Am C
We gotta take take the walls of Jericho
Am C Am
(Nah, nah-nah, nah, nah-nah-nah, nah)
F Am
So Put your lips to that thing and blow
Am C Am
(Nah, nah-nah, nah, nah-nah-nah, nah)
F Am
Get to the the cave at the top
Am C Am
(Nah, nah-nah, nah, nah-nah-nah, nah)
Am Dm F Am
'Truth crystallizes ...like jewels in the rock,
Am C Am
(Pause) Oh ...El-jah
Chorus 2:
Am G
Get Down Moses, ...out in the street
Dm G Am
Blood is washing down all the gravel to our feet
Am G Am
Get Down Moses, ...down in the pit
(Guitar Lead: A G# G F# F A)
Chorus 3:
Am G
Get Down Moses, ...eagle's eyrie
Dm G Am
They're no different to our old enemy
Am G Am
Get Down Moses, ...something to see
(Guitar Lead: A G# G F# F A)
Chorus 4:
Am G
Get Down Moses, ...down with the dreads
Dm G Am
They got a lotta reasoning in their limited head
Am G Am
Get Down Moses, ...down in the street
(Guitar Lead: A G# G F# F A)
Chorus 5:
Am G
Get Down Moses, ...down in 'the head'!
Dm G Am
They get a room-mate to lu-na-cy...
Am G Am
Get Down Moses, ...make it for peace!
(Guitar Lead: A G# G F# F A)
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Am
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
Am
Opening riff and chords
[Verse]
Am
Once I got to the mountain top, tell you what I could see
Dm Am
Prairie full of lost souls running from the priests of iniquity
Am
Where the hell was Elijah
Am Dm
What do you do when the prophecy game was through
Am
(Na Na Na Na Na Na Nah)
Dm
We gotta take the walls of Jericho
Am
(Na Na Na Na Na Na Nah)
Dm
Put your lips together and blow
Am
(Na Na Na Na Na Na Nah)
Dm
To the very top
Am
(Na Na Na Na Na Na Nah)
Dm C F Am Dm C F Am Dm
Say the truth crystallizes like jewels in the rock, in the rock
[Chorus]
Am
Get down Moses, part another sea
Dm
Carve another tablet out of L.S.D
Am
Get down Moses, out in Tennessee
A G# G F# F E
Am
Get down Moses, down in the street
Dm
The blood washing down all the gravel to our feet
Am
Get down Moses, down in the pit
A G# G F# F E
[Verse]
Am
Lying in a dream, cross a battlefield
Crashing on a downtown strip
Dm Am
Looking in the eyes of the diamonds and the spies and the hip
Am Dm
Who's sponsoring the crack ghetto
Am Dm
Who's lecturing who's in the know and in the don't know
Am
(Na Na Na Na Na Na Nah)
Dm
You better take the walls of Jericho
Am
(Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Nah)
Dm
Put your lips together and blow
Am
(Na Na Na Na Na Na Nah)
Dm
Goin' to the very to
Am
(Na Na Na Na Na Na Nah)
Dm C F Am Dm C F Am Dm
Where the truth crystallizes like jewels, in the rock, in the
rock
[Chorus]
Am
Get down Moses, from the eagle aerie
Dm
You gotta to make new friends out of old enemies
Am
Get down Moses, back in Tennessee
A G# G F# F E
Am
Get down Moses, down with the dreads
Dm
They got a lotta reasoning in a dreadhead
Am
Get down Moses, down in the street
A G# G F# F E
Am
Am
Get down Moses, part another sea
Dm
Carve another tablet out of L.S.D
Am
Get down Moses, out in Tennessee
A G# G F# F E
Am
Get down Moses, down in the street
Dm
The blood washing down all the gravel to our feet
Am
Get down Moses, down in the pit
A G# G F# F E
Am
Get down Moses
Am
Get down Moses
A G# G F# F E
Am
Get down Moses, we need to eat
Dm
We gotta chew it over with our wisdom teeth
Am
Get down Moses
A G# G F# F E
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version 3
Capo:no capo
Intro
E--5------------------|5-------------------5-|--5-----------------|
B----8--5-----5-7-5-7-|--8--5----5-7-5-----5-|----8--5-----5-7-5-7|
G----------7--5-7-5-7-|--------7-5-7-5-------|----------7--5-7-5-7|
D---------------------|-----------------7----|--------------------|
A---------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
E---------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
E------------------------|--55--88---55--88-|
B------------------------|--55--77---55--77-|
G--b7-b7-b7p5-------5----|------------------|
D-------------7-5-7----7-|------------------|
A------------------------|------------------|
E------------------------|------------------|
Once I got to the mountaintop, tell you what I could see
Prairie full of lost souls running from the priests of iniquity
Where the hell was Elijah?
What do you do when the prophecy game was through?
We gotta take the walls of Jericho
Put your lips together and blow
To the very top
Say the truth crystallizes like jewels in the rock, in the rock
Get down, Moses, part another sea
Carve another tablet out of LSD
Get down, Moses, out in Tennessee
Get down, Moses, down in the street
The blood is washing down all the gravel to our feet
Get down, Moses, down in the pit
Lying in a dream, cross a battlefield
Crashing on a downtown strip
Looking in the eyes of the diamonds and the spies and the hip
Who's sponsoring the crack ghetto?
Who's lecturing? Who's in the know and in the don't-know?
You better take the walls of Jericho
Put your lips together and blow
Goin' to the very top
Where the truth crystallizes like jewels in the rock, in the rock
Get down, Moses, from the eagle aerie
You gotta make new friends out of old enemies
Get down, Moses, back in Tennessee
Get down, Moses, down with the dreads
They got a lotta reasoning in a dreadhead
Get down, Moses, down in the street
Get down, Moses, part another sea
Carve another tablet out of LSD
Get down, Moses, out in Tennessee
Get down, Moses, down in the street
The blood washing down all the gravel to our feet
Get down, Moses, down in the pit
Get down, Moses
Get down, Moses
Get down, Moses
We need to eat
We gotta chew it over with our wisdom teeth
Get down, Moses
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