Chords for Mike Love-"Cat's Meow"

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[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] It's time to set the record straight.
_ [Bm] If we're wrong, it's going to be too late.
To save the [Am] music from corporate oppression, we've [D] got to take back the radio station.
_ [E] _ _ _ [Em] Are you producers and executives?
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_ _ We don't [Am] want to hear no more cheap hot hot hot hot.
We [G] want the roots, not just your white [C] candy.
[Am] And I can say it even more [C] time, we [Am] used to sing on the corner for a thousand [C] times.
And [Am] now we look around and [Bm] everything has changed, but somehow the music has always stayed the same.
You are looking [Am] this saddest, but you're thinking that even when the world all around us is [C] sinking,
your [Am] music will [Bm] always be here, becoming strong.
Long after humanity has been dead and gone, it will live on.
[Cm] And all its records will rot and decay, [Dm] and all its vibrations will remain.
[Cm] So if the sound you made was pure and true, [F] your music could [Dm] be live on long after [A] you.
_ [Ab] _ [E] So this is a message to you pop singers, _ [Bm] I hope I've forgotten your wisdom or charm.
This is a [Am] reminder, a simple thought to [D] ponder.
Are you just Alpha or are you just [Gb] another?
[Ab] _ _ _ [Em] A beautiful face there on DMTV, _ [Bm] an original rock cover, a copy.
Are [D] you [Am] just one of them, just trying to be tricky?
Is [G] there an original bone in your body?
[A] _ There's a lot [Am] of like, you know, kind of candy music that's out there.
And a lot of people that don't really know true reggae music [Bm] hear a lot of that,
and they think that that's what reggae music is.
So I've heard a lot of people say, oh man, I don't like reggae music or I can't stand [E] reggae music,
[Am] because they come to the islands and all they hear is what's on the radio. _ _
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So,
now _ _ [Cm] it's just a little bit.
Oh, you know,
[Dm] _ cause I see kissing this puppet show.
[Cm] But there's one thing I like.
_ [Dm] True music can never be found.
[Ab] _ So,
so [Em] good night.
Your favorite show.
_ [Bm] _ I do.
_ _ Because if [Am] you worship, well, if you worship yourself,
some place in your [G] true colors are gonna [A] show.
_ [D] _ [Em] Pretty McGlamour's all you desire.
_ _ [Bm] You'd never like to go through.
_ They come [Am] up at you, running away, all you can see.
Revealing [G] the truth that's hiding [C] from your soul.
_ [Gb] We give [Em] respect to all musicians, untrained and free.
All of them who are [Bm] playing for the love and the love of money.
[Am] This is a song for you all, Hurrah, the big family.
We play [G] with rock, jazz, blues, hip-hop, [Eb] all R&B.
[Am] We bring the message and [G] the music out to as many people as possible,
through [Bm] whatever means we can, you know.
It has its roots in [E] Rastafari and [Am] its roots in love and positivity and a [Em] spirit of revolution.
[G] We expose [Am] all that through [Gm] the music that we play. _
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