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C Dm
You could be a witness to a crime
C Dm
But you would not remember the time or the place
Eb
And you wouldn't remember their faces
Em Dm C
Or the color of the getaway truck 'cause you were stoned
(insert Tune to Marijuana here)
2.
C Dm
You could be a witness to a vision of God
C Dm
Angels would be singing all around your body
Eb
They'd be singing their anthems of glory
Em Dm C
But you could not follow the story 'cause you were stoned
Performed in Mindful Webworkshop #8, 2016 Sep 30.
Performed in Mindful Webworkshop #12, 2016 Oct 28.
Performed in Mindful Webworkshop #12, 2016 Oct 28.
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1.
G7
Farmer Jones and Farmer Smith / Like to perpetuate the myth
Bb7 G7
They're out there growin' strictly legal on their land
G7
But if you only knew the truth / They're simply catering to youth
Bb7 G7
You see they're businessmen and there's a big demand (for)
C C7
Marijuana (Got to hide it from the cops)
G G7
Marijuana (Let's hope neither of them stops)
C C7
Marijuana (Growin' green 'n' golden tops)
D
Have another puff / If you had enuff
Whydoncha pass that j to me
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G7
Farmer Jones's day is done / Smith stops to watch the setting sun
Bb7 G7
They like to have a little fun like you and me
G7
The reason they're not raisin' pork / Is 'cause the folks up in New York
Bb7 G7
Might pay as much as two point five for one oh-zee (of)
C C7
Marijuana (They're just in it for the profit)
G G7
Marijuana ('Though the cops'd like to off it)
C C7
Marijuana (Say, how long you had that cough?
D
It smells like harsh ol' 'lumbo in this J
Why don't you buy from the U S of A?)
[Opening strains of the national anthem in G]
(Adjust the line about the cash price according to current markets.)
Performed in Mindful Webworkshop #2
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Cm Db F Cm
I'm an old dope cleaner
Bb-Dm-Bb F
I'm a pot-seed gleaner
F Eb F
I'm a reader between the lines
Cm Db F Cm
...I smoke a little dope
Bb F
Apply a little hope
F Eb Db C
I can see what people have in their minds
2.
Cm Db F Cm
Hyp-no-tized you could say, why,
Bb Dm Bb F
Or may-be a way I have
F Eb F
Made myself weak in the brain
Cm Db F Cm
...I see why you think it
Bb F
The mind is a trinket
F Eb Db C
And all of ours hang on a chain
3.
Cm Db F Cm
....The only true answer's
Bb-Dm-Bb F
the in-ter-nal dancer
F Eb F
whose actions will cut through your mask
Cm Db F Cm
To com-mune with the savior
Bb F
Af-fects the be-havior
F Eb Db C
So one knows the questions to ask
Mindful Webworks | Head Shop | Old Love Singer, page 2
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Cm Db F Cm
... You're not any higher
Bb Dm Bb F
For all your de - sire
F Eb F
Than all of your kin in the flesh
Cm Db F Cm
So as long as you stay
Bb F
In the world find your way
F Eb Db C
to the waters where mind can re - fresh
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Cm Db F Cm
I'm an old love-drinker
Bb Dm Bb F
Some-times I'm a stinker
F Eb F
But that doesn't mean I don't try
Cm Db F Cm
...Love all men and God
Bb Dm Bb Dm F
These few words -- how odd
F Eb Db C
But that's how the living get by
F Eb Db C
How completely they satisfy
2016 Sep 16: Performed (ironically instrumental) in music video Mindful Webworkshop #6.
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1.
E B
Last night Mary Lou got busted
B E
'Cause she had a roach in her car
E Gbm
And Alvin the former heroin addict
E B E
Got caught with a home-grown 'cigar'.
2.
E B
Harry used to play the horses
B E
Until he got turned on to grass
E Gbm
He was doin' okay in the new job he had
E B E
When they 'rrested ol' Harry's ass.
3.
E B
And they only wanted a toke
B E
No, they did not want to shoot up
E Gbm
Not one even wanted a drink
E B E
And sometimes a law can just stink.
Segue into O'Copper O'Copper
2016 Sep 23: Performed (with illustrations) in Mindful Webworkshop Episode #7.
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She:
F
When I see you lookin'
Dm G
at the bottles on the shelf
F
I know which one you will
Dm Am G
pull down when you start drinkin'
He:
F
So, you know me better than
Dm G
I seem to know myself
F
Why do you always ask me
Dm Am G
What it is I'm thinkin'?
2016 Sep 23: Performed in Mindful Webworkshop Episode #7
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