Peter, Paul and Mary – The Great Mandella (Guitar)

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|A         Dmaj7    |E6        A        |A         Dmaj7    |E6        A        |
 *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *
So I [Verse 1]
A7      Dmaj7   E6  A         A7   Dmaj7  E6          C
to-o-ld him         that he'd bet -ter       shut his mouth

           G
And do his job like a man

       E7                A
And he answered, "Listen, father,

  A7      Dmaj7  E6  A       A7  Dmaj7  E6
I will ne ver        kill a  no  ther"

               D7              G6
He thinks he's better than his brother that died

         F#7                     G
What the hell does he think he's doing

       E7                         A       A7
To his father, who brought him up right?
[Chorus]
          Em7                     Am7
Take your place on, The Great Man della

                                      Em7
As it moves through your brief moment of time

       C             Em
Win or lose now, you must choose now

    Am                                   Am6
And if you lose, you're only losing your life

|A         Dmaj7    |E6        A        |A         Dmaj7    |E6        A        |
 *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *
[Verse 2] Tell the
A7  Dmaj7 E6  A      A7  Dmaj7  E6
jai ler       not to bo  ther

         C                 G6
With his meal of bread and water today

      E7                         A
He is fasting 'til the killing's over

       A7   Dmaj7  E6    A             A7  Dmaj7  E6
He's a mar  tyr,      he thinks he's a pro phet

    A7     D7                G6
But he's a coward, he's just playing a game

   F#7             G
He can't do it, he can't change it

          E7                        A      A7
It's been going on for ten thousand years
[Chorus]
          Em7                     Am7
Take your place on, The Great Man della

                                      Em7
As it moves through your brief moment of time

       C             Em
Win or lose now, you must choose now

    Am                                   Am6
And if you lose, you're only losing your life

|A         Dmaj7    |E6        A        |A         Dmaj7    |E6        A        |
 *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *
Tell the [Verse 3]
A7   Dmaj7  E6  A        A7    Dmaj7 E6 A
peo  ple        they are safe  now

       C                   G
Hunger stopped him, he lies still in his cell

E7                        A
Death has gagged his accu sations

       A7   Dmaj7  E6  A           Dmaj7  E6  A
We are free now,       we can kill now

       D7            Gmaj7
We can hate now, now we can end the world

          F#7            G7
We're not guilty, he was crazy

              E7                        A
And it's been going on for ten thousand years
[Chorus/finale]
          Em7                     Am7
Take your place on, The Great Man della

                                      Em
As it moves through your brief moment of time

       C             Em
Win or lose now, you must choose now

    Am
And if you lose, you're only losing your life
(and if you lose, you've only wasted your life)