25 Years Ago chords by Lee “Scratch” Perry, Mad Professor
Verse 1
Am
Em
Am
This is Madman Scratchy,
you better watch it,
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he draw matches and
the place go boom
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Em
I've been working for 21 years
Am
and I ain't got a cent
Em
I've been working in the studio
all my life
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and I don't have no fucking money
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Em
This is Madman Scratchy
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with this episode
Em
This is Madman Scratchy
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who is getting rid of his heavy load
Five years ago,
Em
Am
I'm a bend down low
Bend down in the earth
Em
E
Am
I want to change my shirt
Em
Burrow down in the earth,
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Em
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I even eat the earth
Em
Sometime I eat my shit,
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Am
sometime I drink my piss
Em
Why? Because the food is the shit,
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and the water is the piss
Em
Yes, your food is the shit,
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and the water the piss
21 years ago,
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Am
I've been working night and day
E
Ain't got nothing to show,
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Bm
because the wicked take it away
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La -wa -sa -wa -ta -ya -pa -na -ka -ya
Bm
Am
F#m
Ha -ya -ka -ya -ka -ya
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-pa -ya -ka -at -my -do
Em
Peter Cushing, Peter Lafford,
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Sammy Davis Jr.
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Em
Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley,
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Em
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Lee Darcy, Comey
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Em
William Gordon, Poster Monty,
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Sam Sharp, Yessy Lassie,
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Marcus Garvey, Paul Bogle,
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Ancient Squirrel, Ice, Abraham Elijah,
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Em
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Em
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Super Brush, Aladja, Yasos Yas,
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Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust,
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6 foot 6, Gated Metz
Twenty -five years ago
E
I've been working like a
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slave in the ghetto
Never earn a cent,
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leave me poisoned
Em
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Em
G
Am
for the work that I've done so
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I've got the iron, I've got the bow,
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Em
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so guitaros is my dough
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Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do A B C D E F G I J K L M N O P N Q R S T I M E Bo,
Bo Weaver Bo got to have a home
Am
Bo Weaver is on the telephone home.
All the best.
25 Years Ago
Lee “Scratch” Perry, Mad Professor
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