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Radical Incline

You don't really have to be white to bear the burden

   1.
Dm
Two weeks off
      F     Dm
  for every year.
Eb
Unread books.
    Dm
  Expensive beer.
   Dm
Suburban dream house
  F         Dm
  free from noise.
Eb
In the yard work
  Dm
  knee-grow boys.
Eb
Cereal burger.
  Dm
  Flavored waste.
Eb
Artificial
     Dm
  preservative paste.
Eb
Short on vitamins.
  Dm
  Flat in taste.
    Eb
But Neiman-
         F
  Marcus toys!
   2.
Years of toil,
  Enduring lack.
A good-investment
  Cadillac™.
Frozen processed
  food and drink.
Pay a woman to
  clean the sink.
Poison spray to
  kill the bugs.
Two machines to
  clean the rugs.
Why do the kids want
  to look like thugs?
They don't know
  how to think!
   3.
Try to show
  how much I care.
Pay my son to
  cut his hair.
Don't let daughter
  be a mess.
Purchase her a
  decent dress.
Happy to help them
  live their life.
Help my daughter to
  be a wife.
Son doesn't want the
  honor of strife.
Must be lazy
  I guess.
4.
Boys learn sports
  and automobiles.
Girls learn sewing
  and making meals.
Women gossip and
  Men don't cry.
No more labor
  when we die.
Captialism!
  Democracy!
Competition!
  The Brave and Free!
Eveyone else better
  think like me,
And he better
  not ask why!
5.
Work is hard but
  play is fun.
Politics is
  Washington.
Education is
  in the school.
Churches teach
  the Golden rule.
Court is order.
  Cops are laws.
No one said they
  don't have flaws.
But the came's back
  holds plenty of
     straws and
Eb       F       Gm
God will get the fool.
God will get the fool.
Eb       F       G
God will get the fool!



The Art of

Nobody could figure where it came from.

1.
          F
There's a butterfly
       C
in the studio
       Em        D
Bright yellow
       F
How he got inside
  C
  nobody knows
         Em
But he's looking
          D
  for the sun
         Em
But he's looking
  D       C
  for the sun
2.
    Em     (C  Em)
The man on the drums
         D    C   D
Tries to move his arms
   Em          (C  Em)
As fast as the flutter
       D
Of the wings of the
  C
  butterfly
3.
C           Em
The lead guitarist, she's
  D
  working on the words
    C                  Em
She wants to make them work
           D
  with the melody
4.
        C
And the clarinet
Bb         C        D
Practicing during a break
Eb        D
Gives the butterfly
Eb   D
   a tune to ride
Eb  D        C      Am
In- side the studio
5.
   F                 C
At last the flash of yellow
           Em      D
   settles down
F            C
Settles on a volume knob
   Em             D
   holding up the show
         Em
Until he flutters
   D    C
   on
6.
    C                   Em
And sometime during the song
D
No one notices when
    C              Em
The butterfly disappears
   D     C     Em
Is never seen again



Head Shop

We can give each other…

1.
Well I'm on a roll
'n you been rockin'
Whattaya say we
Just quit talkin'
Strip off our clothes
And crawl into bed
And we can give each other
  Social diseases
  We're falling to pieces
  But we'll do what we pleases
  We're already doomed
2.
Whatever you've got
I've already caught
Athlete's foot
And the creeping rot
Syphilis herpes AIDS flu gonorrhea
Too much socializin' has given me
  Social diseases
  We're falling to pieces
  But we'll do what we pleases
  We're already doomed



Head Shop

I've been trying to think it all out.

Lead in with Witnessing, verse 1

1.

C                 Dm
Here's my tune to marijuana

C                 Bb
Here's my tune to pot

C                 Dm
If you don't like marijuana

  C             Bb          C
I hope you like what you've got


          Eb        Db           C
I've been trying to think it all out

          Eb     Db   C
I've been trying all along

       Eb       Db      C
When I weigh up all the factors

       C          Bb       C
Then I just can't say it's wrong

       Bb     Eb Db   C
Yes, I see it do some damage

          Bb      Eb Db  C
When it's grafted to the throng

           Bb     Eb   Db  C
But you've got to hear the potheads

          Bb         Eb       Bb
When they turn their minds to song

Mindful Webworks | Head Shop | Tune to Marijuana, page 2
2.

C                 Dm
Here's my tune to marijuana

C                 Bb
Here's my tune to hemp

C              Dm
If you tune to marijuna

    C            Bb     C
You might not be such a wemp


      Eb     Db          C
Was a time I thought I'd finished

  Eb            Db        C
I thought I had grown too old

    Eb     Db       C
The weed I had just made me cough

   C      Bb       C
My spirit fire was cold

        Bb        Eb  Db C
But the fault was not my habit

        Bb        Eb  Db   C
But the weed that I'd been sold

       Bb      Eb   Db  C
If you want to kick the habit

      Bb     Eb    Bb   Eb-Bb-Bdim
Don't buy Acupulco Gold

3.

C                 Dm
Here's my tune to marijuana

C                 Bb
Here's my tune to grass

C              Dm
If you tune to marijuana

    C            Bb      C
You might not be such an ass


    Eb    Db      C
I'm dirty hot and sweaty

     Eb         Db        C
I've worked all day in my yard

Eb       Db         C
Then I relax with a bowl of gold

  C      Bb        C
Until my lungs are charred

    Bb     Eb  Db C
And if someday my Lord should say

   Bb     Eb    Db C
My Spirit would be marred

        Bb    Eb  Db C
I would give away my pipes and pot

Bb            Eb      Bb    Eb-Bb-Eb-G
Sometimes his Will is hard.

Mindful Webworks | Head Shop | Tune to Marijuana, page 3
4.

G                 Am
Here's my tune to marijuana

G                 F
Here's my tune to boo

G              Am
If you tune to marijuana

    G     F        Am    G
Marijuana tunes to you


    Bb    Ab   G
Marijuana is a crutch they say

Bb          Ab        G
As they are crippling me

         Bb        Ab      G
But they can't see how I'm crippled

               G        F         G
'Cause they're crippled just like me

          F         Bb   Ab G
Those who need them have eyeglasses

         F         Bb   Ab  G
Likewise grass can help you see

       F          Bb  Ab G
Like a wheelchair for an invalid

F             Bb     F     Bb-f-Bb-Bdim
Pot sets your spirit free

5. [silent chorus]

C   -   Dm / C   -   Bb / C   -   Dm / C   -   Bb   -   C

          Eb        Db           C
I've been trying to think it all out

       Eb       Db      C
I keep thinking without end

      Eb         Db      C
If my thoughts require adjustment

       C     Bb     D
I'll depend upon my friend

        Bb       Eb  Db  C
When we weigh up all the factors

         Bb      Eb    Db  C
Weighing each as right and wrong

    Bb    Eb   Db C
Marijuana made it possible

     Bb       Eb         Bb    G
That I should write this song

G -Am  /  G - F  /  G  - Am  / G  -  F  -  Bb  - Bdim

Segue into Witnessing, verse 2

Performed in Mindful Webworkshop #12, 2016 Oct 28.



Head Shop

But you could not follow the story.

1.

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.



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