Chords for Ben Harper w/ Marc Ford 'Excuse Me Mr.'
Tempo:
164.7 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Am
A
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
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[G] [C]
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[G] [Em]
[C]
[G] [Am]
Excuse me, [C] mister, [G] do you have the [Am]
time?
Or are you so [C]
important that it [G] stands [Em] still for you?
Excuse me, [C] mister, you've got to [G] lend me your [Am]
ear.
Or are you [C] not only blind, [G] but do you [Am] not hear?
Excuse me, mister, [C] but isn't that [G] your oil in our [Am] sea?
And the pollution in the [C]
air, mister, [G] whose could that [Am]
be?
So excuse me, [C] mister, [G] but I'm a mister [Em]
too.
And we're giving [C] misters a bad [G] name, mister, mister [Em] like you.
Now we're taking [C] the mister from [G] Albert from [Am] the road names.
Because it's a mister [C] like you putting [G] the rest of us to [Am]
shame.
Mister like [C]
you puts [G] the [Dm] rest of us to shame.
[C] We've seen [Am] enough.
[C]
[G] Oh, we have seen [Am] enough.
We've seen enough to [C] know we [G] have a [C] tumor.
Excuse me, mister, can't [G] you see that there's children [Em]
dying?
Say you [C] can't help them, [G] mister, you're not even [Am]
trying.
Excuse me, [C] mister, [G] won't you take a look [Em]
around?
Mister, [C] just look up [Em] and you will [Dm] see it coming, [C] coming, coming [A] down.
Excuse [C] me, mister, [G] but I'm a mister [C] too.
[Am] And you're giving [C] mister a bad, bad name, [G] mister, like [Am] you.
Now we're taking, we're [C] taking the mister from [G] out [C] in [Am] front of your name.
Because a mister [C]
like you puts [G] the rest of us to shame.
[Am] Mister [C] like you puts [G] the rest [Am] of us to shame.
[C]
[G] Oh, and I have seen [Am] enough.
I've seen enough [C] to know.
I [G] have seen too [Am]
much.
I've seen enough.
[C]
[G] Oh, I've seen [Am] enough to know [C] that I have [G] seen too [E]
much.
So, [G] mister, when you're rattling on heaven's gate,
[A] I've got to tell you, [C]
mister, bye.
[G] Well, then it's much [F]
[E] too late.
Because, mister, when you get [C]
there, they [G] won't ask what [Am] you say.
All they'll want [C] to know, mister, [F#] is [G] what, what you [Am]
did.
So, excuse [C] me, mister, oh, [G] but I'm a mister [Am]
too.
And you're giving [C] mister a bad name, [G] mister, [A] like [E] you.
[C] Taking the mister from [G] out in front of your [Am] name.
Because a mister [C] like you is putting [G] the rest of us to [Am]
shame.
Mister [C] like you is putting [G] the rest [A] of us [Am] to shame.
[C]
Oh, [G] and I have seen enough.
[Am]
I've seen enough [C] to know that I [G] have seen too [Am] much.
I've seen enough.
[C]
[G] I've seen [A] enough to know, to know, [C] to know, to know, to [G] know, to know.
[Am]
[G]
You [A]
won't [C]
[A]
[C]
[G] [A]
[E] [Am] [C]
[G] [B]
[Am] [C]
[G] [Am]
[C]
[G] [Am]
[G] [C]
be [G] for long.
[Em]
[Am] [C]
[G] [Am]
[C]
[G] [Am]
[C]
[G] [Am]
We're taking the mister [C]
[G] [E]
[Am] tonight.
[G] We're
[A] [Am]
[C]
[G] [Am]
[C]
[G]
taking the mister.
[Am] [A]
[Am]
[C] [N]
[G] [Am]
[E] [Em] [G] [A]
[C]
[G] [Am]
[C]
[G] [C]
[E] [C]
[G] [Em]
[C]
[G] [Am]
Excuse me, [C] mister, [G] do you have the [Am]
time?
Or are you so [C]
important that it [G] stands [Em] still for you?
Excuse me, [C] mister, you've got to [G] lend me your [Am]
ear.
Or are you [C] not only blind, [G] but do you [Am] not hear?
Excuse me, mister, [C] but isn't that [G] your oil in our [Am] sea?
And the pollution in the [C]
air, mister, [G] whose could that [Am]
be?
So excuse me, [C] mister, [G] but I'm a mister [Em]
too.
And we're giving [C] misters a bad [G] name, mister, mister [Em] like you.
Now we're taking [C] the mister from [G] Albert from [Am] the road names.
Because it's a mister [C] like you putting [G] the rest of us to [Am]
shame.
Mister like [C]
you puts [G] the [Dm] rest of us to shame.
[C] We've seen [Am] enough.
[C]
[G] Oh, we have seen [Am] enough.
We've seen enough to [C] know we [G] have a [C] tumor.
Excuse me, mister, can't [G] you see that there's children [Em]
dying?
Say you [C] can't help them, [G] mister, you're not even [Am]
trying.
Excuse me, [C] mister, [G] won't you take a look [Em]
around?
Mister, [C] just look up [Em] and you will [Dm] see it coming, [C] coming, coming [A] down.
Excuse [C] me, mister, [G] but I'm a mister [C] too.
[Am] And you're giving [C] mister a bad, bad name, [G] mister, like [Am] you.
Now we're taking, we're [C] taking the mister from [G] out [C] in [Am] front of your name.
Because a mister [C]
like you puts [G] the rest of us to shame.
[Am] Mister [C] like you puts [G] the rest [Am] of us to shame.
[C]
[G] Oh, and I have seen [Am] enough.
I've seen enough [C] to know.
I [G] have seen too [Am]
much.
I've seen enough.
[C]
[G] Oh, I've seen [Am] enough to know [C] that I have [G] seen too [E]
much.
So, [G] mister, when you're rattling on heaven's gate,
[A] I've got to tell you, [C]
mister, bye.
[G] Well, then it's much [F]
[E] too late.
Because, mister, when you get [C]
there, they [G] won't ask what [Am] you say.
All they'll want [C] to know, mister, [F#] is [G] what, what you [Am]
did.
So, excuse [C] me, mister, oh, [G] but I'm a mister [Am]
too.
And you're giving [C] mister a bad name, [G] mister, [A] like [E] you.
[C] Taking the mister from [G] out in front of your [Am] name.
Because a mister [C] like you is putting [G] the rest of us to [Am]
shame.
Mister [C] like you is putting [G] the rest [A] of us [Am] to shame.
[C]
Oh, [G] and I have seen enough.
[Am]
I've seen enough [C] to know that I [G] have seen too [Am] much.
I've seen enough.
[C]
[G] I've seen [A] enough to know, to know, [C] to know, to know, to [G] know, to know.
[Am]
[G]
You [A]
won't [C]
[A]
[C]
[G] [A]
[E] [Am] [C]
[G] [B]
[Am] [C]
[G] [Am]
[C]
[G] [Am]
[G] [C]
be [G] for long.
[Em]
[Am] [C]
[G] [Am]
[C]
[G] [Am]
[C]
[G] [Am]
We're taking the mister [C]
[G] [E]
[Am] tonight.
[G] We're
[A] [Am]
[C]
[G] [Am]
[C]
[G]
taking the mister.
[Am] [A]
[Am]
[C] [N]
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ Excuse me, [C] mister, _ _ [G] do you have the [Am]
time?
_ Or are you so [C] _
important that it [G] stands [Em] still for you?
_ _ _ Excuse me, [C] mister, you've got to [G] lend me your [Am]
ear.
_ Or are you [C] not only blind, [G] but do you [Am] not hear?
_ _ Excuse me, mister, [C] but isn't that [G] your oil in our [Am] sea?
_ And the pollution in the [C]
air, mister, [G] _ whose could that [Am]
be?
So excuse me, [C] mister, _ _ _ [G] but I'm a mister [Em]
too.
And we're giving [C] misters a bad _ [G] name, mister, mister [Em] like you.
Now we're taking [C] the mister from [G] _ Albert from [Am] the road names.
Because it's a mister [C] like you _ putting [G] the rest of us to [Am]
shame.
_ _ Mister like [C]
you puts [G] the [Dm] rest of us to shame.
[C] We've seen [Am] enough.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] Oh, we have seen [Am] enough.
_ _ We've seen enough to [C] know _ we [G] have a _ [C] tumor.
_ _ _ Excuse me, mister, _ can't [G] you see that there's children [Em]
dying?
_ _ Say you [C] can't help them, _ [G] mister, you're not even [Am]
trying.
_ _ Excuse me, [C] mister, _ _ [G] won't you take a look [Em]
around?
_ _ _ Mister, [C] just look up [Em] and you will [Dm] see it coming, [C] coming, coming [A] _ down.
Excuse [C] me, mister, _ [G] _ but I'm a mister [C] too.
_ [Am] And you're giving [C] mister a bad, bad name, [G] _ mister, like [Am] you.
Now we're taking, we're [C] taking the mister from [G] out [C] in [Am] front of your name.
Because a mister [C]
like you puts [G] the rest of us to shame.
_ [Am] _ _ Mister [C] like you puts [G] the rest [Am] of us to shame.
_ [C] _
_ _ [G] Oh, and I have seen [Am] enough.
_ _ _ I've seen enough [C] to know.
I [G] have seen too [Am]
much.
I've seen enough.
_ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] Oh, I've seen [Am] enough _ _ to know _ [C] that I have _ [G] seen too [E] _
much.
So, [G] mister, when you're rattling _ on _ _ heaven's gate,
_ [A] _ I've got to tell you, [C]
mister, bye.
[G] Well, then it's much [F]
[E] too late.
Because, mister, when you get [C]
there, they [G] won't ask what [Am] you say.
_ All they'll want [C] to know, mister, [F#] is [G] what, what you [Am]
did.
_ So, excuse [C] me, mister, _ oh, [G] but I'm a mister [Am]
too.
And you're giving [C] mister a bad name, [G] _ mister, [A] like _ _ _ _ [E] you.
[C] Taking the mister from [G] out in front of your _ [Am] name.
Because a mister [C] like you is putting [G] the rest of us to [Am]
shame.
_ _ Mister [C] like you is putting [G] the rest [A] of _ us [Am] to shame.
_ [C] _
_ Oh, [G] and I have seen enough.
[Am] _
_ _ I've seen enough [C] to know that I [G] have seen too [Am] much.
I've seen enough.
_ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] I've seen [A] enough _ _ to know, to know, [C] to know, to know, to [G] know, to know.
_ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ You _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ won't _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
be [G] for long.
_ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
We're taking the mister [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Am] tonight.
_ _ [G] We're _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ taking the mister.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ Excuse me, [C] mister, _ _ [G] do you have the [Am]
time?
_ Or are you so [C] _
important that it [G] stands [Em] still for you?
_ _ _ Excuse me, [C] mister, you've got to [G] lend me your [Am]
ear.
_ Or are you [C] not only blind, [G] but do you [Am] not hear?
_ _ Excuse me, mister, [C] but isn't that [G] your oil in our [Am] sea?
_ And the pollution in the [C]
air, mister, [G] _ whose could that [Am]
be?
So excuse me, [C] mister, _ _ _ [G] but I'm a mister [Em]
too.
And we're giving [C] misters a bad _ [G] name, mister, mister [Em] like you.
Now we're taking [C] the mister from [G] _ Albert from [Am] the road names.
Because it's a mister [C] like you _ putting [G] the rest of us to [Am]
shame.
_ _ Mister like [C]
you puts [G] the [Dm] rest of us to shame.
[C] We've seen [Am] enough.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] Oh, we have seen [Am] enough.
_ _ We've seen enough to [C] know _ we [G] have a _ [C] tumor.
_ _ _ Excuse me, mister, _ can't [G] you see that there's children [Em]
dying?
_ _ Say you [C] can't help them, _ [G] mister, you're not even [Am]
trying.
_ _ Excuse me, [C] mister, _ _ [G] won't you take a look [Em]
around?
_ _ _ Mister, [C] just look up [Em] and you will [Dm] see it coming, [C] coming, coming [A] _ down.
Excuse [C] me, mister, _ [G] _ but I'm a mister [C] too.
_ [Am] And you're giving [C] mister a bad, bad name, [G] _ mister, like [Am] you.
Now we're taking, we're [C] taking the mister from [G] out [C] in [Am] front of your name.
Because a mister [C]
like you puts [G] the rest of us to shame.
_ [Am] _ _ Mister [C] like you puts [G] the rest [Am] of us to shame.
_ [C] _
_ _ [G] Oh, and I have seen [Am] enough.
_ _ _ I've seen enough [C] to know.
I [G] have seen too [Am]
much.
I've seen enough.
_ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] Oh, I've seen [Am] enough _ _ to know _ [C] that I have _ [G] seen too [E] _
much.
So, [G] mister, when you're rattling _ on _ _ heaven's gate,
_ [A] _ I've got to tell you, [C]
mister, bye.
[G] Well, then it's much [F]
[E] too late.
Because, mister, when you get [C]
there, they [G] won't ask what [Am] you say.
_ All they'll want [C] to know, mister, [F#] is [G] what, what you [Am]
did.
_ So, excuse [C] me, mister, _ oh, [G] but I'm a mister [Am]
too.
And you're giving [C] mister a bad name, [G] _ mister, [A] like _ _ _ _ [E] you.
[C] Taking the mister from [G] out in front of your _ [Am] name.
Because a mister [C] like you is putting [G] the rest of us to [Am]
shame.
_ _ Mister [C] like you is putting [G] the rest [A] of _ us [Am] to shame.
_ [C] _
_ Oh, [G] and I have seen enough.
[Am] _
_ _ I've seen enough [C] to know that I [G] have seen too [Am] much.
I've seen enough.
_ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] I've seen [A] enough _ _ to know, to know, [C] to know, to know, to [G] know, to know.
_ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ You _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ won't _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
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be [G] for long.
_ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
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We're taking the mister [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Am] tonight.
_ _ [G] We're _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ taking the mister.
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_ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
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