Chords for Chuck Prophet's "Temple Beautiful" tour of San Francisco - Part 1

_ [Gm] When I was writing the songs with my friend Clip Shoots,
we just realized that that's what we were doing.
We were writing a San Francisco record.
[C#] Marker. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] I think this is a good place to start,
as any talking about this record, 1839 Gary. _ _
This is a post [A#] office for what used to be here
before the earthquake [C#] leveled it
and the bulldozers pulled it away,
was a synagogue and later the home
of the Jim Jones People's Temple.
Around 1979 or 80, some enterprising [G#] rock promoters
turned it into a great [C#] punk rock venue.
Some of these early shows really blew my mind.
[G#m] I saw the Flaming Groovies here,
Black Randy and the Metro [C#] Squad,
Mentors, Wall of Voodoo.
It really did a whammy to me.
I first hit it, I'm like, fuck yeah.
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Bring a candy.
Well, we're [A] here at the Hardin Milk Plaza
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and as I'm sure a lot of people know,
[B] George Moscone and Harvey [A] Milk were shot and killed
[E] by a guy named Dan White,
a guy with just about every screw in his head,
completely [B] loose.
People say that [A] the cops hassled punks,
[E] and that might be true, but try being gay and black.
And [A] we've got gay cops in [Em] the police force now,
so if it proves anything,
it proves that it doesn't [A] hurt to throw a brick
from time to time. _
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When it comes to heroes, forget about it.
Willie Mays, the Say Hey [G] Kid,
we don't know much about him.
He was the greatest center fielder that ever lived.
[E] He stood up to racism, he was a man of substance,
and what can we tell you other than
Willie was always swinging for the fence.
I hear the church bells ring,
[A] Willie Mays is [E] up and back. _ _ _
I hear the crowd go [A] wild,
all they did was touch his [E] hat.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ My friend John Murray had tipped me off and said,
if you're going to write about San Francisco,
one thing you need to know is that all these street names
were based on people that had crossed each other.
They say I shot Montgomery,
_ _ shot him in [E] the chest. _
[C#m] _ So that [A] worked its way into our own mythology.
[D] I don't know if there's any truth to that,
but [B] you know, [F#] who cares?
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_ [C] One, two, [G] three, hey!
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[F] If ever Cain and Abel had decided to go into business together,
it would probably be something like the O'Farrell Theater.
We had to write a song about these guys,
and really it turned into a song about brothers.
Hey!
Left hand [Dm] and the right hand.
[F] The Mitchell brothers were sued like 200 times.
They [Dm] never lost the case.
They [C] fought for your right to party,
they took [Am] it all the way to the Supreme Court.
[A#] And the other way I figure it is, [A] it's a free country,
and if you don't use the freedom for something,
what good is it?
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