Chords for Monster (Live / 1970)

_ Well, [G] while he's driving off back there, _ [Db] what it's really all about is that despite the things that are wrong in our country,
[Eb] there are too many good things worth saving to let the whole thing go down the drain.
So I think we should get together as much [Db] as we can and [Gb] bring about change.
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_ [D] _ Once _ the religious, [C] the hunted and [D] weaver, chasing the [C] promise of freedom and [D] hope,
came to this [C] country to build a new [D] vision, far from the [C] riches of kingdom and gold.
Like the pristines, some would burn [D] the vultures, [C] later some got slaves to [D] gather riches.
But from you, [A] God, a [G] sickening vampire, the [D] dream of thousands, [B] would [D] come to life.
[Bm] But [A] Jesus, who should [G] smile, and bow and smile, was [D] just a rat [Bm] and a [D] _ _ nightingale.
And once the [C] ties with the [G] crown had been broken, [D] westward and [G] southward and wagon and whim,
[D] then to the [C] railroad link, ocean to [D] ocean, many a [C] life which had come to an end,
now the bullion's snoring on [D] the homeland.
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sickening vampire, the [D] dream of thousands, [Bm] would [D] come to life.
[B] But [A] Jesus, who should [G] smile and bow and smile, was just [D] a rat and a nightingale.
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_ [Ab] _ they [Ebm] stopped it, they [A] kicked it, just like a dog.
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[Ab] And when the war was over, [Gb] they [A] stopped it, just like a dog.
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And though the past [C] has a share of [G] [D] injustice, mine was the spirit [C] in any way.
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But it's protected [G] the friends [C] I've been seeking.
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Now it's a monster [C] and will not obey. _
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_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ The [Ab] spirit was freedom and _ [D] [C] justice, [G] and its keepers seemed friendly [Gm] and kind.
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[G] Its leaders were supposed to serve the country, [Eb] _
[F] but [G] now they were being all [Bb]-minded.
[C] Cause [G] the people got fat and grew [Bb] lazier, [C] [G] now their vote is like a meaningless [Gm] joke.
[C] [G] You know they talk about law, about [Gm] order, [C] _ [G] but it's all just a nickel of what they've been [E] told.
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Cause there's a monster on the news, it's [C] got her head into the news.
And it just [Fm] sits there _ [Gm] watching. _ _ _
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_ _ _ [G] _ [C] cities have [Gm] turned into jungles, _ _ interruption [C] is [Gm] stranded in the land.
_ [Fm] _ [G] The police [C] force is [G] watching the people, _ [C] [Gm] and the people [C] just can't [Gm] understand.
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[G] You don't [C] know how to mind [Gm] business, [C] _
cause the whole world's got to be [Gm] just like us.
[F] _ _ [Gm] Now [C] we are fighting [Gm] a war [C] over there, [Gm] no [Ab] matter the ends, [Gm] you know we can't pay the cost.
_ Cause [Bb] there's a monster on the news, [C] it's got her head into the news.
_ And it just sits [D] there watching.
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_ [D] What about [A] the sons and [G] daughters? _
[D] Don't you know we need you now?
[G] I [D] know [A] that there's a monster. _ _
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_ [G] [D] What about the [A] sons and daughters?
[G] _ [D] Don't you [G] know we [D] need you now?
I _ know that [A] there's a monster.
[G] What [D] about [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] the [D] _ [A] sons and daughters?
Don't you know we need you now?
[G] Don't you know [D] we need you [G] now?
We can [D] find _
[A] that there's a monster.
[D] _ [G] _ [D] America!
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Thank you!
_ Whew!
It takes a little practice.