When Dm Karl Am Marx were a Bb boy,
He F took a C7 hard look a- F round.
He saw Am7b5 people were D7 starving,
All Gm over the Gm/D place,
While C7 others were C7+ painting the F town.
Verse 2:
The F public Gm7 spirited F boy,
Became a F/C public C7 spirited F man.
So he Dm worked very Am hard,
And he Bb read F/A everything,
Un- G7 til he came up with a C plan.
Bridge 1:
There'll F be no A7 exploi- Dm tation,
Of the Dm worker F7 or his Bdim7 kin.
Dm No dis- A7 crimi- Dm nation,
'Cos the Bb colour E of your A7 skin.
Dm No more Bbdim7 private Bdim7 proper- G#dim7 ty,
Bbdim7 Private Bdim7 proper- G#dim7 ty,
It Adim7 would not F#dim7 be allo- C7 wed;
No one C# could rise too high,
No one could F sink too low,
Or go F under com- Bb pletely,
Like G7 some we all C know.
Verse 3:
If F Marx were Gm7 living to- F day,
He'd be F rolling a- C7 round in his F grave.
And if Dm I had him Am here,
In my Bb mansion on the F/A hill,
I'd Dm tell him a Am story;
T'would Bb give his old heart a F/A chill.
It's G7 something that happened to C me.
Break:
I'd say, Ab Karl I B recently F stumbled,
Ab Into a B new fami- F ly.
With C# two little E children in Bb school,
Where C# all little G7 children should C be.
I Ab went to the B orien- F tation,
Ab All the young B mommies were F there.
Verse 4:
Karl, you Dm never have Am seen,
Such a Bb glorious F/A sight,
As these Dm beautiful Am/C women,
Ar- Bb rayed for the F night.
Just like C# Countesses, Ab Empresses,
Bbm/F Movie stars and F/C queens.
And they'd G7 come there with,
With men much like C me;
F Froggish C men, un- Bb pleasant to C see.
Were you to C# kiss one, Karl;
Bb Merry a C7 prince would there F be.
Chorus 1:
See Dm Karl, the Bb7 world isn't F fair,
It Bb isn't and E never will F be.
They Gm7 tried out your F plan;
It brought Bb misery in- F stead.
If you'd Gm7 seen how they F worked it,
You'd be Bb glad you were F dead.
Just like Bb I'm glad I'm F living,
In the Bb land of the F free,
Where the Bb rich just get F/C richer,
And the Bb poor you don't A7 ever have to Dm see.
It would de- Gdim press us, Karl,
Because we F/C care,
That the Fdim world still C7 isn't... F fair.
Outro:
F Gm7 F, F C, F
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Am7b5 D7 Gm Gm/D C7+
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Gm7 F/C F/A G7 C
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A7 F7 Bdim7 E Bbdim7
EADGBE x02223 EADGBE 131211 EADGBE xx0101 EADGBE 022100 EADGBE x12020
G#dim7 Adim7 F#dim7 C# Ab
EADGBE xx4545 EADGBE xx5656 EADGBE xx2323 EADGBE x46664 EADGBE 466544
B Bbm/F Gdim Fdim
EADGBE x24442 EADGBE 113321 EADGBE xx3434 EADGBE xx0101
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
Randy Newman
