Get Down Moses
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Where the hell was Elijah?
Am
And what do you do when the prophecy game was through?
[Chorus]
Am Em
(Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na)
Dm Em
We gotta take the walls of Jericho
Am Em
(Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na)
Dm Em
Put your lips together and blow
Am Em
(Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na)
Dm Em
Goin' to the very top
Am Em
(Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na)
Dm Em
Say the truth crystallizes
C
Like jewels
Dm C
In the rock
Dm
In the rock
[Chorus]
Am
Get down Moses, part another sea
Am
Carve another tablet outta LSD
Am A5 G#5 G5 F#5 F E5
Get down Moses, out in Tennessee
Am
Get down Moses, down in the street
Am
The blood washin' down all the gravel to our feet
Am A5 G#5 G5 F#5 F E5
Get down Moses, down in the pit
Am
[Verse]
Am
Lyin' in a dream, cross a battlefield
Am
Crashin' on a downtown strip
Am
Lookin' in the eyes of the diamonds and the spies and the hip
Am
Who's sponsorin' the crack ghetto?
Am
Who's lecturin'? Who's in the know and in the don't-know?
[Pre-Chorus]
Am Em
(Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na)
Dm Em7
You better take the walls of Jericho
Am Em
(Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na)
Dm Em
Put your lips together and blow
Am Em
(Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na)
Dm Em
Goin' to the very top
Am Em
(Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na)
Dm Em
Where the truth crystallizes
C
Like jewels
Dm C
In the rock
Dm
In the rock
[Chorus]
Am
Get down Moses, eagle's aerie
Am
Gotta make new friends outta old enemies
Am A5 G#5 G5 F#5 F E5
Get down Moses, back in Tennessee
Am
Get down Moses, down with the dreads
Am
They got a lotta reasoning in a dreadhead
Am A5 G#5 G5 F#5 F E5
Get down Moses, down in the street
[Instrumental]
Am C D
Am C D
Am C D
Am C D
[Chorus]
Am
Get down Moses, part another sea
Am
Carve another tablet outta LSD
Am A5 G#5 G5 F#5 F E5
Get down Moses, out in Tennessee
Am
Get down Moses, we need to eat
Am
Gotta chew it over with our wisdom teeth
Am A5 G#5 G5 F#5 F E5
Get down Moses, yeah
Am
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