Intro
C# F# G#sus4 G#, D, A7
Verse 1:
C# F#
Take a pinch of white man, wrap it up in black skin.
G# G#7
Add a touch of blue blood,
C# F# G# F#
And a little bitty bit of Red Indian boy.
Verse 2:
C# C#7
Curly Latin kinkies,
F# F#7
Mixed with yellow Chinkees,
G# G#7
If you lump it all together,
C#
Well, you've got a recipe for a get-along scene;
F# G#
Oh, what a beautiful dream,
G#7
If it could only come true, you know, you know.
Chorus 1:
C# F# G# F#
What we need is a great big melting pot,
C# F# G# F#
Big e-nough to take the world and all it's got.
C# F# G#
Keep it stirring for a hundred years or more,
F# C#
And turn out coffee coloured people by the score.
Interlude:
C# B A#m G#
Verse 3:
C# F#
Rabbis and the friars, bishops and the gurus,
G# G#7
We got the Beatles, or the Sun God,
Well, it really doesn't matter,
C# F# G# F#
What re-ligion you choose, no, no no, ooh.
Verse 4:
C# C#7
Mick and Lady Faithful,
F# F#7
Or... Mrs. Graceful.
G# G#7
You know that livin' could be tasteful,
C#
We should all get together in a lovin' machine,
F# G#
I better call up the Queen,
G#7
It's only fair that she knows, you know, you know.
Chorus 2:
C# F# G# F#
What we need is a great big melting pot,
C# F# G# F#
Big e-nough to take the world and all it's got.
C# F# G#
Keep it stirring for a hundred years or more,
F# C# G#7
And turn out coffee coloured people by the score.
Chorus 3:
C# F# G# F#
What we need is a great big melting pot,
C# F#
Big e-nough, big enough, big e-nough,
G# F#
To take the world and all it's got.
C# F# G#
Keep it stirring for a hundred years or more,
F# C# G#7
And turn out coffee coloured people by the score.
(Repeat to Fade)
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