Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Get Down Moses Chords
Tempo:
156 bpm
Chords used:
Am
C
E
Dm
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [Am]
[A] [Am]
[A] [Am]
Once I got [A] to the mountain top, only what I could [Am] see,
Prairie full of souls [A] running from [Am] the priests of iniquity.
Where the [A] hell was Elijah?
[Am]
And what did he do?
The prophecy came with truth.
Na na na na na [Dm] na
We're gonna take [E] the walls of [F#] territory.
Na na na na na na na
[Dm] Put your [E] left skin [F] on the [Am] floor.
Na na na na na na
[Dm] To the [E] very top.
[Am] Na na na na na na na
[Dm] To say the [Em] truth.
[Dm] This is what [C] I say.
[F] [C]
[Dm] Like jewels
[C] in [F] the [C] rock.
[Dm] In the [Am] rock.
Pop it on the seat.
Cop it on the tablet of [C] LSD.
[Am] I'm in [E] Tennessee.
[Am]
Down in the street.
Lord is watching down on the gravel to a [E] feed.
[Am] Down in the [E] pit.
[Em]
[C]
[Am]
[A]
Lying in a dream.
Cross battlefield.
Passion on a downtown [Am] strip.
Looking in the eyes of the diamonds and the spies in the hip.
[E]
[Am] [A] Who's sponsoring?
The crack kettle.
Who's lecturing?
[Am] Who's in the now and in the down now?
Na na na na na na
[D] We're gonna take the [E] walls of [F] territory.
[Am] Na na na na na na [Dm] na
Put your left skin on the [Am] floor.
Na na na na na na [Dm] na
[E] To the very [Am] top.
Na na na na na na na
[Dm] To say the truth.
This [F] is what I say.
[C] Like [F] jewels [Em]
[Dm] in the rock.
[C] [F] [Em]
[Dm] In the rock.
[Am] The eagles are reed.
You gotta make a new friend out of old enemies.
[C] Back in [E] Tennessee.
[C]
[Am] Down in the pit.
The reason they ain't in a [C] dread [D] head.
[Am] Down in the street.
[A] [A]
[C] [E]
[C] [F#m]
[E] Knock
[G#] [F]
[F#] [G] [F#m]
[F] [A]
[Am] on the door,
gerbil on the door.
Flying out to sea.
Java on the chopper.
Yellow entste.
Up in [E]
Tennessee.
[Am]
Down in the street.
The drivers posting now.
The gravel to the feet.
Down [D] in the [E] pit.
[Am]
[Dm] [Am]
[E] [Am]
We need to eat, [Dm] we gotta chew it over with our [C] wisdom [Am] teeth.
Yes, down Moses!
[D] [Am]
Chiffon.
[G#] [G]
[D#]
[F]
[A] [Am]
[A] [Am]
Once I got [A] to the mountain top, only what I could [Am] see,
Prairie full of souls [A] running from [Am] the priests of iniquity.
Where the [A] hell was Elijah?
[Am]
And what did he do?
The prophecy came with truth.
Na na na na na [Dm] na
We're gonna take [E] the walls of [F#] territory.
Na na na na na na na
[Dm] Put your [E] left skin [F] on the [Am] floor.
Na na na na na na
[Dm] To the [E] very top.
[Am] Na na na na na na na
[Dm] To say the [Em] truth.
[Dm] This is what [C] I say.
[F] [C]
[Dm] Like jewels
[C] in [F] the [C] rock.
[Dm] In the [Am] rock.
Pop it on the seat.
Cop it on the tablet of [C] LSD.
[Am] I'm in [E] Tennessee.
[Am]
Down in the street.
Lord is watching down on the gravel to a [E] feed.
[Am] Down in the [E] pit.
[Em]
[C]
[Am]
[A]
Lying in a dream.
Cross battlefield.
Passion on a downtown [Am] strip.
Looking in the eyes of the diamonds and the spies in the hip.
[E]
[Am] [A] Who's sponsoring?
The crack kettle.
Who's lecturing?
[Am] Who's in the now and in the down now?
Na na na na na na
[D] We're gonna take the [E] walls of [F] territory.
[Am] Na na na na na na [Dm] na
Put your left skin on the [Am] floor.
Na na na na na na [Dm] na
[E] To the very [Am] top.
Na na na na na na na
[Dm] To say the truth.
This [F] is what I say.
[C] Like [F] jewels [Em]
[Dm] in the rock.
[C] [F] [Em]
[Dm] In the rock.
[Am] The eagles are reed.
You gotta make a new friend out of old enemies.
[C] Back in [E] Tennessee.
[C]
[Am] Down in the pit.
The reason they ain't in a [C] dread [D] head.
[Am] Down in the street.
[A] [A]
[C] [E]
[C] [F#m]
[E] Knock
[G#] [F]
[F#] [G] [F#m]
[F] [A]
[Am] on the door,
gerbil on the door.
Flying out to sea.
Java on the chopper.
Yellow entste.
Up in [E]
Tennessee.
[Am]
Down in the street.
The drivers posting now.
The gravel to the feet.
Down [D] in the [E] pit.
[Am]
[Dm] [Am]
[E] [Am]
We need to eat, [Dm] we gotta chew it over with our [C] wisdom [Am] teeth.
Yes, down Moses!
[D] [Am]
Chiffon.
[G#] [G]
[D#]
[F]
Key:
Am
C
E
Dm
A
Am
C
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Once I got [A] to the mountain top, only what I could [Am] see, _
_ Prairie full of souls [A] running from [Am] the priests of iniquity. _
_ _ _ _ Where the [A] hell was Elijah?
_ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ And what did he do? _
The prophecy came with _ _ truth.
_ Na na na na na [Dm] na
We're gonna take [E] the walls of _ [F#] territory.
_ Na na na na na na na
[Dm] Put your [E] left skin [F] on the [Am] floor.
_ Na na na na na na
[Dm] _ To the [E] very _ top. _
[Am] _ _ Na na na na na na na
[Dm] To say the [Em] truth.
_ [Dm] This is what [C] I say.
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ Like jewels _
[C] in _ [F] the [C] rock. _
[Dm] _ _ _ In the _ [Am] rock.
_ _ _ Pop it on the seat.
Cop it on the tablet of _ [C] LSD.
[Am] _ _ _ _ I'm in [E] Tennessee.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ Down in the street.
Lord is watching down on the gravel to a [E] feed.
_ _ _ _ [Am] Down in the [E] pit.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Lying in a dream.
Cross battlefield.
Passion on a downtown [Am] strip. _ _
Looking in the eyes of the diamonds and the spies in the hip.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [A] Who's sponsoring? _ _
_ _ The crack kettle. _ _
_ _ _ _ Who's lecturing?
_ _ [Am] Who's in the now and in the down now?
Na na na na na na
[D] We're gonna take the [E] walls of [F] _ territory.
[Am] _ _ Na na na na na na [Dm] na
Put your left skin on the [Am] floor.
_ Na na na na na na [Dm] na
[E] To the very [Am] top.
_ _ Na na na na na na na
[Dm] To say the truth.
This [F] is what I say. _
[C] Like _ _ [F] jewels [Em] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ in the rock.
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ In the rock.
_ [Am] _ _ The eagles are reed.
You gotta make a new friend out of old enemies.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Back in [E] Tennessee.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ Down in the pit.
The _ reason they ain't in a [C] dread [D] head.
_ _ _ [Am] Down in the street.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [E] Knock _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] on _ the door,
gerbil on the door.
Flying out to sea.
Java on the chopper.
Yellow _ entste.
_ _ _ _ Up in [E]
Tennessee.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ Down in the street.
The drivers posting now.
The gravel to the feet.
_ _ _ _ Down [D] in the [E] pit.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ We need to eat, [Dm] we gotta chew it over with our [C] wisdom [Am] teeth.
Yes, down Moses! _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ Chiffon. _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Once I got [A] to the mountain top, only what I could [Am] see, _
_ Prairie full of souls [A] running from [Am] the priests of iniquity. _
_ _ _ _ Where the [A] hell was Elijah?
_ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ And what did he do? _
The prophecy came with _ _ truth.
_ Na na na na na [Dm] na
We're gonna take [E] the walls of _ [F#] territory.
_ Na na na na na na na
[Dm] Put your [E] left skin [F] on the [Am] floor.
_ Na na na na na na
[Dm] _ To the [E] very _ top. _
[Am] _ _ Na na na na na na na
[Dm] To say the [Em] truth.
_ [Dm] This is what [C] I say.
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ Like jewels _
[C] in _ [F] the [C] rock. _
[Dm] _ _ _ In the _ [Am] rock.
_ _ _ Pop it on the seat.
Cop it on the tablet of _ [C] LSD.
[Am] _ _ _ _ I'm in [E] Tennessee.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ Down in the street.
Lord is watching down on the gravel to a [E] feed.
_ _ _ _ [Am] Down in the [E] pit.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Lying in a dream.
Cross battlefield.
Passion on a downtown [Am] strip. _ _
Looking in the eyes of the diamonds and the spies in the hip.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [A] Who's sponsoring? _ _
_ _ The crack kettle. _ _
_ _ _ _ Who's lecturing?
_ _ [Am] Who's in the now and in the down now?
Na na na na na na
[D] We're gonna take the [E] walls of [F] _ territory.
[Am] _ _ Na na na na na na [Dm] na
Put your left skin on the [Am] floor.
_ Na na na na na na [Dm] na
[E] To the very [Am] top.
_ _ Na na na na na na na
[Dm] To say the truth.
This [F] is what I say. _
[C] Like _ _ [F] jewels [Em] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ in the rock.
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ In the rock.
_ [Am] _ _ The eagles are reed.
You gotta make a new friend out of old enemies.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Back in [E] Tennessee.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ Down in the pit.
The _ reason they ain't in a [C] dread [D] head.
_ _ _ [Am] Down in the street.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [E] Knock _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] on _ the door,
gerbil on the door.
Flying out to sea.
Java on the chopper.
Yellow _ entste.
_ _ _ _ Up in [E]
Tennessee.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ Down in the street.
The drivers posting now.
The gravel to the feet.
_ _ _ _ Down [D] in the [E] pit.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ We need to eat, [Dm] we gotta chew it over with our [C] wisdom [Am] teeth.
Yes, down Moses! _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ Chiffon. _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _