Chords for Good Evening Mr. Waldheim

Good evening, Mr.
Walheim [D#] and Bonzo, how are you? _
[C#m] You have so much in common [B] in the things you [F#] do.
[E]
And here comes Jesse Jackson.
[D#] He talks of common ground.
[C#m] Does that common ground include me?
_ [B] Or is it just [F#] a sound, [E] a sound that shakes?
_ _ [B] Oh, Jesse, you must watch the sounds you make,
_ _ _ _ a [E] sound that quakes.
_ _ [B] There are [F#] fears that still [B]
reverberate.
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Jesse, you say common ground.
[D#] Does that include the PLO?
[C#] What about people right here, right now,
[B] who fought me not so [F#] long ago?
[E] The words that flow so freely,
[D#] falling, dancing from your lips.
[C#] I hope that you don't cheapen them with [F#] a racist slip.
[E] Oh, common ground.
_ _ Is common [F#] ground a word or [E] just [B] a sound?
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Common ground.
_ _ [B] Remember [F#] those civil rights workers buried [E] in the [B] ground.
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If I ran for president [D#] and once was a member of the Klan,
_ [C#m] wouldn't you call me on it the way I call you on [F#] Farrakhan?
[E] And pontiff, pretty pontiff, [D#] can anyone shake your hand?
[C#m] Or is it just that you like uniforms
and someone kissing [F#] your hand?
Or [E] is it true the _ [B] common [F#] ground for me [B] includes you too?
_ _ _ _ Or [E] is it true _ [B] the common [F#] ground for me [B] includes you too? _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Good evening, Mr.
Walheim.
[D#] _ Pontiff, how are you?
[C#m] As you both stroll through the woods at night,
[B] I'm thinking thoughts of [F#] you.
And, [E] Jessie, you're inside my thoughts
[D#] as the rhythmic words subside.
My [C#m] common ground invites you in,
or do you [B] prefer to wait [F#] outside?
Or is [E] it true _ _ [B] the common ground [F#] for me is [B] without you? _
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