Chords for Mighty Sparrow Calypso - 1974 Calypso King

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[Gb] We [Ab] show disrespect _ _ [Db] _
_ and [Abm] then we _ object, _
[F] _ when [Bb] people reject _ _ us and call [Ebm] us low class.
_ _ [Eb] Courteous words like, thank [F] you, I'm sorry, _ [Ab] please, and would [C] you forgive me, which we [Eb] once knew, have now become a [Ab]
forgotten thing of [Db] the past.
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We _ [Db] convict and we condemn in our [Bb]
minds, our bosom pal, without a trial, [F] but this [Ab] wickedness, [Eb] crookedness, [G] stupid and malicious [Db] guile is out of style.
_ [Gb] Can't we be constructive [F] and try to engage in [Db] something to alleviate this [C] present shortage, _ [Gb] control the urge to [Gm] damage and let the people [Fm] be less savage.
[Bb] In this day and [Bb] age, we must remember [Ab] we pass [Bbm] that stage, _ _ [Bb] _
_ we don't hesitate _ _ [C] to _ try [Ab] and create [Ab] _ and then _ [Bbm] _ _ [Bb]
perpetuate _ _ fictitious [Ebm] _ impressions.
_ _ _ Saturday [Eb] night infidelity [F] is a damn [Fm] joke, we [Ab] cussing, we whoring, we [Gm] smoking dope Sunday morning, we holier than [Bbm] the Pope. _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Db] The wanton consumption [Ab] of alcohol just to get [Db] drunk and peddling junk, _ [Ab] with the asinine presumption that man should treat [Db] woman like skunk, now that's pure bunk.
[Gb] Why can't we forget about [F] riot and [Db] scrimmage, ignore the old talk [Bb] and gossip in the village, [Ebm] _ cease the [Abm] damn wastage, [Db] stop going on the [Bb]
rampage.
In this [Eb] day and _ age, remember we pass [Db] that _ stage, _
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_ _ [Bb] when _ we [Db] criticize, _ _ _ _ we tend to over [Eb] _
_ [Ab] dramatize, [F] _ _ [Ab] thereby [Bb] _
_ exercising _ _ ignorance [Ebm]
and folly.
_ The _ _ [Ab]
mistakes that were made [F] by the older heads, if [Ab] we don't benefit from them, [Gm] we go bed with bread, crap or smoke with pipe, if we are [B] continuously _ [Db]
misled.
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Eb] We [Fm] contend certain public [Gb] slogans are [Ebm] _ [Db] disgustingly lazy, _ openly, _ yet [Ab] we have no [Cm] praise for the hardworking ones [Db] we see.
_ [F] As _ _ [Gb] a result of the wars we [F] incessantly wage on [Bbm] our elders and teachers, [Bb] they just can't manage this [Ebm]
perpetual suffrage.
[Ab] _ _ [Cm] You [C] don't have to go to [Bb] college in this day and [F]
age, _ [Bb] to know that we pass [Bbm] that stage.
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