Neil Young – Sun Green Live (Ukulele)

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"sun green" by neil young, as performed live at the hammersmith Apollo, London, England, 5/18/03 Intro: D F C D (Do this 6 times)
A                          D
sun green started makin' waves

        D               A
on the day her grandpa died

A                        D
speakin' out against anything

    D                  A
unjust or packed with lies

A                          D
she chained herself to a statue of an eagle

         D           A  
in the lobby of powerco

 A                             D
and started yellin' through a megaphone

D                                   A
"there's corruption on the highest floor"

A                      D                    
suits poured out of elevators    "they're all dirty"

D                     A
phoneheads began to speak    "you can't trust anybody"          

A                      D   
but security couldn't get her down

          D                   A
she was welded to the eagle's beak
F (Slide) G (do this twice)
A                            D
sun green leaned into that megaphone

             D            A
and said, "truth is all i seek"

A                            D
security brought in some blowtorches

D                            A
news cameras recorded the speech

A                                 D
"when the city is plunged into darkness

D                           A
by an unpredicted rolling blackout

A                                  D
the white house always blames the governor, 

D                                   A  
sayin', 'the solution is to vote him out'"

A                             D
on top of that great bronze eagle

D                          A
sun's voice was loud and clear

            A                            D
she said, "powerco is workin' with the white house

      D                     A
to paralyze our state with fear"

A                 D
it was a golden moment

D                      A
in the history of tv news

A               D 
no one could explain it

D                     A
it just got great reviews
D D A "hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too D D A hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too D D A hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too" A D D
A                     D   D
the imitators were playin'

A                  D   D
down at john lee's bar

A                               D D
when sun went down to see 'em

A                           D D                        
someone followed her in a car

A                           D  D
so now when she goes dancin'

A                          D D
she has to watch her back

A                         
the FBI just trashed her room

                            D D   
one of them kicked her cat  

A                              D
the damn thing scratched his leg

D                        A 
and he had to shoot it dead

A                         D
and leave it lyin' in a puddle of blood

D                          A
at the foot of sun green's bed
D D A "hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too
D D A
hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too

D D A
hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too

D D A
hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too"
D F G (Do this Four Times)
A                      D D
john lee's was rockin'

A                           D D
the imitators drove it home

A                            D D 
sun was dancin' up a heatwave

A                              D D
for a while she was all alone...

A                              D D
when up walked a tall stranger

A                             D D
he shadowed her move to move

A                 D D
in perfect unison

A                    D D
a supernatural groove

A                   D
he took her by the hand

D                      A
and the room began to spin

A                       D
he said, "i'm earth... earth brown

D                      A
you know the shape i'm in 

A                          D
i'm leavin' tonight for alaska

D                               A
and i want you to come in the spring

A                          D 
and be a goddess in the planet wars

D                          A
tryin' to save the livin' things"

A                       D
"i'm ready to go right now,"

D                       A
sun green told earth brown

A                      D
"let's go back to my place,

D                              A
pick up my cat and leave this town behind"

D D A
hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too

D D A
hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too

D D A
hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too

D D A
hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too
A D D A (Do this four timeS)
A                         D
next day sun green got busted for pot

D                         A
and it made the headline news

A                     D         
but then the charges all got dropped 

D                    A
and the story got confused

A                               D
she'd still like to meet julia butterfly

D                   A
and see what remedy brings

A                         D 
and be a goddess in the planet wars

D                         A
tryin' to save the livin' things

A                     D  
but that might not be easy

D              A
livin' on the run

A                        D
mother earth has many enemies

D                        A
there's much work to be done
D D A "hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too"