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Get Down Moses

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[Intro]
AmOpening riff and chords
[Verse]
AmOnce I got to the mountain top, tell you what I could see
DmPrairie full of lost souls running frAmom the priests of iniquity
AmWhere the hell was Elijah
AmWhat do you do when the Dmprophecy game was through
Am(Na Na Na Na Na Na Nah)
DmWe gotta take the walls of Jericho
Am(Na Na Na Na Na Na Nah)
DmPut your lips together and blow
Am(Na Na Na Na Na Na Nah)
DmTo the very top
Am(Na Na Na Na Na Na Nah)
Say the Dmtruth crystallCizeFs    Am     Dmlike jewels   C    F    AmiDmn the rock, in the rock
[Chorus]
AmGet down Moses, part another sea
DmCarve another tablet out of L.S.D
AmGet down Moses, out in Tennessee
A G# G F# F E
AmGet down Moses, down in the street
DmThe blood washing down all the gravel to our feet
AmGet down Moses, down in the pit
A G# G F# F E
[Verse]
AmLying in a dream, cross a battlefield
Crashing on a downtown strip
DmLooking in the eyes of the diamonds and the spies and the Amhip
AmWho's sponsoring Dmthe crack ghetto
AmWho's lecturing wDmho's in the know and in the don't know
Am(Na Na Na Na Na Na Nah)
DmYou better take the walls of Jericho
Am(Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Nah)
DmPut your lips together and blow
Am(Na Na Na Na Na Na Nah)
DmGoin' to the very to
Am(Na Na Na Na Na Na Nah)
Where the Dmtruth crystallizes like jewelsC,    F     Am    Dmin the rockC,    F     Am    Dmin the rock
[Chorus]
AmGet down Moses, from the eagle aerie
DmYou gotta to make new friends out of old enemies
AmGet down Moses, back in Tennessee
A G# G F# F E
AmGet down Moses, down with the dreads
DmThey got a lotta reasoning in a dreadhead
AmGet down Moses, down in the street
A G# G F# F E
Am
AmGet down Moses, part another sea
DmCarve another tablet out of L.S.D
AmGet down Moses, out in Tennessee
A G# G F# F E
AmGet down Moses, down in the street
DmThe blood washing down all the gravel to our feet
AmGet down Moses, down in the pit
A G# G F# F E
AmGet down Moses
AmGet down Moses
A G# G F# F E
AmGet down Moses, we need to eat
DmWe gotta chew it over with our wisdom teeth
AmGet down Moses
A G# G F# F E

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Get Down Moses

by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

Opening riff and chords

[Verse]

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

Where the hell was Elijah

Am Dm

What do you do when the prophecy game was through

(Na Na Na Na Na Na Nah)

We gotta take the walls of Jericho

(Na Na Na Na Na Na Nah)

Put your lips together and blow

(Na Na Na Na Na Na Nah)

To the very top

(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]

Get down Moses, part another sea

Carve another tablet out of L.S.D

Get down Moses, out in Tennessee

A G# G F# F E

Get down Moses, down in the street

The blood washing down all the gravel to our feet

Get down Moses, down in the pit

A G# G F# F E

[Verse]

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

(Na Na Na Na Na Na Nah)

You better take the walls of Jericho

(Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Nah)

Put your lips together and blow

(Na Na Na Na Na Na Nah)

Goin' to the very to

(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]

Get down Moses, from the eagle aerie

You gotta to make new friends out of old enemies

Get down Moses, back in Tennessee

A G# G F# F E

Get down Moses, down with the dreads

They got a lotta reasoning in a dreadhead

Get down Moses, down in the street

A G# G F# F E

Get down Moses, part another sea

Carve another tablet out of L.S.D

Get down Moses, out in Tennessee

A G# G F# F E

Get down Moses, down in the street

The blood washing down all the gravel to our feet

Get down Moses, down in the pit

A G# G F# F E

Get down Moses

A G# G F# F E

Get down Moses, we need to eat

We gotta chew it over with our wisdom teeth

Get down Moses

A G# G F# F E

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