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