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Serve Yourself by John Lennon
Serve Yourself
Capo:no capo
Chords used:
EADGBE
D: x00232
A7: x02020
D7: x00212
G7: 320001
RIFF [play D, but emphasize these strings]:
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B:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:--2-2-2--2--2--2--2----------------------------------------------------|
D:--0-0-0--3--0--0--0----------------------------------------------------|
A:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D
You say you found Jesus Christ
He's the only one
You say you've found Buddha
Sittin' in the sun
G7
You say you found Mohammed
Facin' to the East
D
You say you found Krishna
Dancin' in the streets
Well there's somethin' missing in this God Almighty stew
And it's your mother (your mother, don't forget your mother, lad)
G7
You got to serve yourself
D
Ain't nobody gonna do it for you
You got to serve yourself
Ain't nobody gonna do it for you
A7 G7
Well you may believe in devils and you may believe in lords
D
But if you don't go out and serve yourself, lad, ain't no room service here
It's still the same old story
A bloody Holy War
A fight for love and glory
Ain't gonna study war no more
A fight for God and country
We're gonna set you free
We'll put you back in the Stone Age
If you won't be like me - get it?
You got to serve yourself
Ain't nobody gonna do for you
You got to serve yourself
Ain't nobody gonna do for you
Well you may believe in devils and you may believe in lords
'But Christ, you're gonna have to serve yourself and that's all there is to it.
So get right back here it's in the bloody fridge. God, when I was a kid.
Didn't have stuff like this, TV-fuckin' dinners and all that crap.
You fuckin' kids are all the fuckin' same! Want a fuckin' car now...
Lucky to have a pair of shoes!'
You tell me you found Jesus Christ
Well that's great and he's the only one
You say you just found Buddha
Sittin' on his ass in the sun
You say you found Mohammed
Kneeling on a bloody carpet facin' the East
You say you found Krishna
With a bald head dancin' in the street ('Well, Christ, now you're
being heard')
You got to serve yourself
Ain't nobody gonna do for you
You got to serve yourself
Ain't nobody gonna do for you ('that's right, lad, you better get that straight
into your fuckin' head')
You got to serve yourself ('you know that, who else is gonna do it for you, it
ain't me I tell you that')
Well, you may believe in Jesus, and you may believe in Marx
And you may believe in Marks and Spencer's and you may believe in bloody Woolworths
But there's something missing in this whole bloody stew
And it's your mother, your poor bloody mother ('she worked for you in the
back bedroom, full of piss and shit and fuckin' midwives. God, you can't
forget that awful moment, you know. You should have been in the bloody
war, lad, and you would know all about it. Well, I'll tell you something.')
It's still the same old story
A Holy bloody War, you know, with the Pope and all that stuff
A fight for love and glory
Ain't gonna study no more war
A fight for God and country, and the Queen and all that
We're gonna set you free
Bomb you back into the fuckin' Stone Age
If you won't be like me, you know, get down on your knees and pray
Well there's somethin' missing in this God Almighty stew
And it's your goddamn mother you dirty little git, now
get in there and wash yer ears!
End on D
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
(* = chord struck once, and not sustained)
[Intro]
D
Well...
G7 D
I've got a story to tell
[Verse 1]
D
You say you found Jesus
He's the only one
D
You say you found Buddha
Sitting in the sun
G7
You say you found Muhammed
Bowing to the east
D
You say you found Krishna
Dancing in the streets
[Chorus]
A7*
Well that's too much cockamammie
G7*
Too much cockadoodledo
A7* G7
You know there's something missing, in this god almighty stew
D
And it's your mother! (Don't forget your mother boy)
G7
You've got to serve yourself
D
Ain't nobody gonna do for you
G7
You've got to serve yourself
D
Ain't nobody gonna do for you
A7*
Well you may believe in devils
G7*
You may believe in lords
D
But you know you're gonna have to serve yourself honey
Ain't no room service here!
[Verse 2]
D
You say we came from monkeys
Or something weird like that
D
You say the Garden of Eden
Is really where it's at
G7
You say we came from spaceships
Maybe ran outta gas
D
You say we came from nowhere
And this is to the past
[Chorus]
A7*
Well, wherever we all came from
G7*
We sure as hell are here
A7* D
And who the hell you cry for, when the boogieman is near
And it's your mother!(Too much monkey buisness around here honey! Don't forget your mama!)
G7
You've got to serve yourself
D
Ain't nobody gonna do it for you
G7
You've got to serve yourself
D
Ain't nobody gonna do it for you
A7*
Well you may believe in Mickey Mouse
G7*
Or even Donald Duck
A7* D
But who the hell you turn to when you really need a- woohoo!
That's right honey, it's your mother! You can't do it by yourself! Go blind doing that!
[Solo]
[Chorus]
G7
Serve yourself
D
Ain't nobody gonna do for you
G7
You've got to serve yourself
D
Ain't nobody gonna do it for you
A7
Well you may believe in devils
G7
You may believe in lords
D
But you know, you're gonna have to serve yourself honey!
Ain't no room service here
[Verse]
D
You know that two is company
And three's a family
D
Need the tree of knowledge
Or holy trinity
G7
You can't have one without the other
As sure as night follows day
D
That's a law of nature
Can't be any other way
[Outro]
A7
Well you may believe in devils
G7
And you may believe in lords
D
But god you're gonna have to serve yourself honey!
D
It's not nice to fool with mother nature
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