Artist: Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mescaleros Song: Get Down Moses (Live) Written: Joe Strummer Album: Streetcore URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj50hRgLkRw Performed: Live At The Bridgewater Palace Theatre, UK, November 17th, 2002 Background: This was an early live performance of this song as it was being developed by and the Mescaleros prior to their studio recording, as some of the lyrics are in the video. Thanks to the numerous lyric authors and video recordings that I've upon to assemble what I understand is the intent of the original musical and lyrical structure. Author: Richard Grosser (grosserr@gmail.com) Tuning: Standard Alternative Tuning: Capo on 5th fret (Transposing chords to suit, so that = , etc.) Chords: : ======= X02210 : ======= 332010 : ======= 133211 : ======= XX0231 : ======= 320003 (Intro) See 'Get Down Moses (intro) Tab': /tabs/j/joe_strummer_and_the_mescaleros/get_down_moses_intro_tab.htm When I got to the mountain top, tell you what I could see, All the altar boys running from the priests of iniquity Where the hell was Elijah, ...any one of you would do! Cloudbursts on the mountain top, the prophecy came was true (Nah, nah-nah, nah, nah-nah-nah, nah) Bounce the echo on the walls of Jericho (Nah, nah-nah, nah, nah-nah-nah, nah) Put your lips together and blow (Nah, nah-nah, nah, nah-nah-nah, nah) There's a cave at the very top (Nah, nah-nah, nah, nah-nah-nah, nah) The truth crystallizes iike jewels in the rock (Pause) Oh ...El-jah Get Down Moses, ...part another sea Carve another tablet out of L.S.. Get Down Moses, ...down in the street (Guitar Lead: ) Get Down Moses, ...down with the dreads Got a lotta reasoning in their dread head Get Down Moses, ...down in Tennessee (Guitar Lead: ) (Guitar Riff - repeat) Yeah, I won a ticket in a raffle, to the City of Sin, The tour guide took a handful of bribes, then shut us in Bus stop on your itinerary, ...is a 'mother and child crack ghetto'! Put another role up on the ' Roll, you could win the State Lotto (Nah, nah-nah, nah, nah-nah-nah, nah) We gotta take take the walls of Jericho (Nah, nah-nah, nah, nah-nah-nah, nah) So Put your lips to that thing and blow (Nah, nah-nah, nah, nah-nah-nah, nah) Get to the the cave at the top (Nah, nah-nah, nah, nah-nah-nah, nah) 'Truth crystallizes ...like jewels in the rock, (Pause) Oh ...El-jah Get Down Moses, ...out in the street Blood is washing down all the gravel to our feet Get Down Moses, ...down in the pit (Guitar Lead: ) Get Down Moses, ...eagle's eyrie They're no different to our old enemy Get Down Moses, ...something to see (Guitar Lead: ) Get Down Moses, ...down with the dreads They got a lotta reasoning in their limited head Get Down Moses, ...down in the street (Guitar Lead: ) Get Down Moses, ...down in 'the head'! They get a room-mate to lu-na-cy... Get Down Moses, ...make it for peace! (Guitar Lead: ) ...Thank You! (End)
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