Dat Pluto Shervington
...DAT... by Pluto Shervington
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*from 'Pluto' (1976)*
Intro:
G (G#7) A7, D7 C G
Verse 1:
(n.C) G#7 A7
Rasta Ozzy from up de hill,
De-[C]cide fi check 'pon 'im [G]grocery bill.
An' when him add up [G#7]de [A7]t'ings him need,
De dunny [C]done wha' him save, fi [G]buy likkle weed.
Bridge 1:
Him han 'pon him [D]jaw, Lord;
[C] Red him eye an' just [G]meditate.
The time is so [D]hard, Lord;
[C] I man now t'ink 'bout [G]emigrate.
I mek up me [D]mind, Lord;
I [C]might as well go 'gainst [G]I man faith.
So a-forward a-[D]market;
I [C]sight the butcher bwoy [G]by de gate.
Chorus 1:
(You wan' [G]goat?) No I might a-kill I queen,
(Try de beef [A7]nuh?) I no check fi no grass weh green.
(Wha' bout [D7]fowl?) What'cha know; is time fi a change,
(Mere [C]fish?) Got children out-a [D]dat [G]range.
(How 'bout de [G]steak?) What'cha know, me no sight me rate,
(Try [A7]tripe?) Bu'n me belly when I pull me pipe.
(What about de [D7]pork then?) Hush your mouth man; me brethren hear,
[C] Sell I a pound of dat [D]t'ing [G]there.
Interlude:
G (G#7) A7, D7 C G
Verse 2:
[G] So when the butcher [G#7]pull [A7]up a stool,
Be-[C]gin fi question Ozzy; how [G]him so fool?
What kind a sump'in cook [G#7]in a [A7]pot?
From him [C]born, him never did [G]hear 'bout dat.
Bridge 2:
Well, what'cha know, [D]master?
[C] Give I time mek'a [G]try explain.
It's just like a [D]flim show,
Fi pro-[C]tect the humble; we [G]change the name.
I would have feel [D]so cute,
Fi come [C]in and ask we some '[G]Arnold fat'.
I and I feel [D]safer,
If we [C]change the subject and [G]call it dat.
Chorus 2:
(You wan' [G]goat?) No I might a-kill I queen,
(Try de beef [A7]nuh?) I no check fi no grass weh green.
(Wha' bout [D7]fowl?) What'cha know; is time fi a change,
(Mere [C]fish?) Got children out-a [D]dat [G]range.
(How 'bout de [G]steak?) What'cha know, me no sight me rate,
(Try [A7]tripe?) Bu'n me belly when I pull me pipe.
(What about de [D7]pork then?) Hush your mouth man; me brethren hear,
[C] Sell I a pound of dat [D]t'ing [G]there.
Interlude:
G (G#7) A7, D7 C G
Verse 3:
[G] Ozzy pay off [G#7]de [A7]butcher bill,
[C] Tek de parcel and [G]trod up the hill.
Like a spite, who do [G#7]you [A7]t'ink him meet?
Rasta [C]Jeremiah from [G]down the street.
Bridge 3:
[G] Guidance me [D]Brethren;
Is [C]wha' you have in a [G]dat dere bag?
Him kinda get [D]frighten,
And be-[C]gin fi hide it be-[G]neat' him rag.
That man no fear [D]I, Lord,
Mek we [C]go up me yard and [G]take a sat.
Meanwhile, light, a [D]fire;
I will [C]help you eat off de [G]pound a dat.
Chorus 3:
(You wan' [G]goat?) No I might a-kill I queen,
(Try de beef [A7]nuh?) I no check fi no grass weh green.
(Wha' bout [D7]fowl?) What'cha know; is time fi a change,
(Mere [C]fish?) Got children out-a [D]dat [G]range.
(How 'bout de [G]steak?) What'cha know, me no sight me rate,
(Try [A7]tripe?) Bu'n me belly when I pull me pipe.
(What about de [D7]pork then?) Hush your mouth man; me brethren hear,
[C] Sell I a pound of dat [D]t'ing [G]there.
Outro:
G (G#7) A7, D7 C G
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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[G] [G#7] [A7] [D7] [C] [D]
[EADGBE]xx5433 [EADGBE]xx1112 [EADGBE]x02223 [EADGBE]xx0212 [EADGBE]xx5553 [EADGBE]xx7775
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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