Man Piaba chords by Harry Belafonte

SimplifiedC · F · Fm · Bb

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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When
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I was a lad of three-foot-three
Certain Certain Certain
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questions occurred to me,
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So I asked me father quite seriously
To tell me the story 'bout the
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bird and bee.
He stammered and
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he stuttered pathetically
And this is what he said to me.
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He said, "The

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Verse 2

woman

piaba and the man piaba

and the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass,

The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm,

And the famous grandy scratch

scratch.

Verse 3
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Fm 
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It was clear as mud but
it covered the ground
And the confusion made
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the brain go  'round.
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I went and ask a good friend of mine,
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Known to the world as Albert Einstein.
C 
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He said "Son,
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from the beginning of time and creativity
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There existed the force of relativity
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Pi r square and a minus ten
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means a routine only when
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The solar system in one light year
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Make the Hayden planetarium disappear
Bb 
So if Mt Everest doesn't move
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I am positive that it will prove

Verse 4
F 
That the woman piaba and the man piaba
C 
And the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass,
F 
The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm,
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And the famous grandy scratch
Fm 
scratch.
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F 
Fm 

Verse 5
C 
F 
Fm 
C 
It was clear as  mud but
it covered the ground
Fm 
And the confusion made the brain go 'round.
C 
I grabbed a boat and went abroad
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In Baden Baden asked Sigmund Freud
He said "Son,
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from your sad face remove the grouch
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Put the body down up on the couch
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I can see from your frustration
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F 
a neurotic sublimation
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Hey love and hate is psychosomatic
Your Rorsach shows that
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you're a peri pathetic
Bb 
It all started with a broken sibling
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In the words of the famous
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Rudyard Kipling

Verse 6

That the woman piaba and the man piaba

And the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass,

The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm,

And the famous grandy scratch scratch.

Verse 7
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Well I traveled far and I traveled wide
And I don't even have
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C 
F 
me self a  bride
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All the great men upon this earth
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F 
Have confused me since my birth
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I've been over land and been over sea
Trying to find answer 'bout
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the bird and bee
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But now that I am ninety three
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F 
I don't give a darn you see

Verse 8
F 
If the woman piaba and the man piaba
C 
And the Ton Ton call baka lemon grass,
F 
The lily root, gully root, belly root uhmm,
C 
And the famous grandy
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scratch scratch.
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