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