Old Calcutta chords by
Birds Of Chicago

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Key: Gb major

Verse 1
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I  know every action it
Bm Bm 2
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is followed by reaction
G G 
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or at least the contemplation
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of a sequencing of movements
D D 
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and the consequences of a
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recklessness of purpose
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And I know sometimes you feel
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you are dying like a porpoise
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In a meadow in the summer
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And your skin begins to blister
G G 
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And all the farmer's wife can do
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is stare at you and wonder
D D 
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Oh, I say,
Bm Bm 2
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F#m F#m 2
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rock and roll is dead and in its grace
G G 
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But you said, what about the baby
A A 
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being threatened by a viper
D D 
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Slipped in a window in
G G 
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a slum in North Calcutta
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S -O -S -I -N -E -C -O -L
D D 
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-O -M -A -Y -D -A
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D D 
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Na na na na na na namaste
And then someone comes along
Bm Bm 2
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and says that Pluto is not a planet
G G 
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Oh, I wish with all my
A A 
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heart he had not said it
D D 
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Can we come together
Bm Bm 2
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and take a stand
against this madness?
G G 
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But I'm a man who cries
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without knowing why he's crying
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But I know there are rivers flowing way
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beneath the surface, yeah
G G 
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And phantom shapes of meaning
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beyond all understanding, yeah, yeah
D D 
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Oh, I say,
Bm Bm 2
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F#m F#m 2
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rock and roll is dead and in its grave
G G 
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But you said what about the baby
A A 
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being threatened by a viper
D D 
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Who slipped in a window
G G 
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in a slum in old Calcutta
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D D 
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S .O .S. San Nicolo, May Day
G G 
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Na, na, na, na, na, na, na,
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Bm Bm 2
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G G 
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Namaste
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D D 
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The foxes are not restless,
Bm Bm 2
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no, they are sleeping in their dens
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And the swordfish dream of oceans
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rising up over the mountains
D D 
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Everything is happening,
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ah, finally it's happening
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Or everything is happening again,
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again, again
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Can you, can you become
Bm Bm 2
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quiet in your skin
G G 
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And contemplate not one thing more
A A 
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than tiny changes in the wind
D D 
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And understand a falcon
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like a   sparrow in the morning
G G 
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and still love the morning
A A 
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like a sparrow loves the morning.
Amen.
D D 
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Oh, I say,
Bm Bm 2
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F#m F#m 2
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rock and roll is dead and in its grace.
G G 
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But you said,
A A 
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about the baby being threatened by a viper
D D 
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who slipped in a window in
G G 
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a slum in North Calcutta?
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D D 
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S -O -S, Nicolo, May Day
G G 
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Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, Namaste
D D 
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G G 
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Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, Namaste
D D 
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