Let's Make the Water Turn Black chords by The Mothers of Invention
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Intro 1
(G major) (Csus2)
Verse 1
Now believe (C major) me when I (E minor) tell
you that my song (A minor) is really true
(D minor) I want every (E minor) one to
(F major) listen and be (G major) lieve
It's about (Csus2) some (C major) little (E minor) people
from a long (A minor) time ago
(B flat major) And all the (E flat major) things the neigh (A flat major)
bors didn't know (G major)
(Csus2) Early (C major) in the morning (E minor) daddy
(A minor) dinky went to work
Selling (D minor) lamps and (E minor) chairs to
(F major) San Ber (G major) nadino squares
And I still (C major) remember (E minor) mama with
her (A minor) apron and her pad
(B flat major) Feeding all the boys (A major) at Ed's cafe! (D major)
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Verse 2
(G major) Whizzing and (F major) pasting and (G major) pooting through
the (F major) day... (G major)
(Ronnie helping (A major) Kenny (A minor) helping
(B minor) burn his poots (D major) away!)
And (G major) all the while (F major) on a shelf (E flat major)
in the (D major) (C major) shed:
Kenny's (F major) little (C minor) creatures on dis (G major) play!
Verse 3
(Csus2) Ronnie saves (C major) his (E minor) numies on
a win (A minor) dow in his room
(D minor) (a marvel to be (E minor) seen: dysen
(F major) tery (G major) green)
While (C major) Kenny & his (E minor) buddies had a
(A minor) game out in the (F major) back:
Let's make the (G major) wa ter turn black (A minor)
Verse 4
We see (E minor) them after school in
a (A major) world of their own
(to (E minor) some it might seem creepy
what they (A major) do...)
The neighbors (E minor) on the right sat and
(C major) watched them every (B major) night
(E minor) (I bet you'd do the same
if they was (D major) (G major) you)
Verse 5
Whizzing and pasting and (G major) pooting through
the day... (F major) (G major)
(Ronnie helping (A minor) Kenny helping
(B minor) burn his poots (D major) away!)
And (G major) all the while (F major) on a shelf (E flat major) in the (D major) shed:
(C major) Kenny's (F minor) little creatures (A flat major)
on dis (G major) play!
Verse 6
(Csus2) Ronnie's (C major) in the (E minor) army now
and (A major) Kenny's (A minor) taking pills
(D minor) Oh! how (D major) they (E minor) yearn to see (F major)
a bomber (G major) burn!
Color (C major) flashing, (E minor) thunder crashing,
(A minor) dynamite machine!
(F major) (wait till the (G major) fire turns (A minor) (F major) green...wait till
the fire (G major) turns (A minor) (F major) green)
Wait till the (G major) fire turns (A major) green!
Verse 7
This would be a little bit of vocal teen- age heaven,
right here on earth!
Dodn- do- do- dodn- dodn- dodn- dada
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