Chord/Tab song: Melting Pot

...MELTING POT... by Blue Mink


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from 'Blue Mink' (1969)

CAPO 3rd FRET

(Original Key: F)

Intro:

D G Asus4 A, D, A7

Verse 1:

[D] Take a pinch of white man,
[G] Wrap it up in black skin,
[A] Add a touch of blue blood,[A7]
And a little bitty bit of Red [D]Indian boy.[G][A][G]

Verse 2:

[D] Curly Latin kinkies,[D7]
[G] Mixed with yellow Chinkees,[G7]
If you [A]lump it all together,[A7]
Well, you've got a recipe for a [D]get-along scene;
[G] Oh, what a beautiful [A]dream,
If it could only come true, you [A7]know, you know.

Chorus 1:

[D] What we [G]need is a [A]great big melting [G]pot,
[D] Big e-[G]nough to take the [A]world and all it's [G]got.
Keep it [D]stirring for a [G]hundred years or [A]more,
And turn out [G]coffee coloured people by the [D]score.

Interlude:

[D] [C] [Bm] [A]
Verse 3:

[D] Rabbis and the friars,
[G] Bishops and the Gurus,
We got the [A]Beatles, or the Sun God,[A7]
Well, it really doesn't matter,
What re-[D]ligion you choose, [G]no, no [A]no, [G]ooh.

Verse 4:

[D] Mick and Lady Faithfull,[D7]
Or..[G]. Mrs. Graceful,[G7]
You know that [A]livin' could be tasteful,[A7]
We should all get together in a [D]lovin' machine,
[G] I better call up the [A]Queen,
It's only fair that she knows, you [A7]know, you know.

Chorus 2:

[D] What we [G]need is a [A]great big melting [G]pot,
[D] Big e-[G]nough to take the [A]world and all it's [G]got.
Keep it [D]stirring for a [G]hundred years or [A]more,
And turn out [G]coffee coloured people by the [D]score.[A7]

Chorus 3:

[D] What we [G]need is a [A]great big melting [G]pot,
Big e-[D]nough, big enough, big e-[G]nough,
To take the [A]world and all it's [G]got.
Keep it [D]stirring for a [G]hundred years or [A]more,
And turn out [G]coffee coloured people by the [D]score.[A7]

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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[D] [G] [Asus4] [A] [A7]
[EADGBE]xx0232 [EADGBE]320003 [EADGBE]x02233 [EADGBE]x02220 [EADGBE]x02223

[D7] [G7] [C] [Bm]
[EADGBE]xx0212 [EADGBE]323000 [EADGBE]x32010 [EADGBE]x24432
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| |_____ Tabbed by |_|
|_______| Joel from cLuMsY, 2009
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)