Chords for THE GREAT MANDALA - Peter Yarrow & Richie Havens
Tempo:
65.15 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
Em
F#m
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I actually heard the great Mandela one day when I walked up into [A] Albert Grossman's office.
[F#m] I thought it was the most powerful anti-war, anti-injustice song ever written, and made rebels of us all.
I still tell Peter that that's the best song he ever wrote.
And he reached deep, and he came up with it.
So I [D] told [A] him that he'd [D] [A] better [C] shut his mouth and [G] do his job like a man.
[E] And he answered, [A] listen father, I will [D] [A] never [F#m] kill [D] [A] another.
[F#m] [Am] He thinks he's better [D] [G] than his brother that died.
[F#] What the hell does [G] he think he's doing [E] to his father who brought [A] him up right?
[Em] Take your place on [Am] the great Mandela
As it moves [Em] through your brief moment of time
[C] Win or lose now, [Em] you must choose now
[Am]
And if you lose, you're only [Em] losing your [D] life
[A] Tell [D] [A] [F#m] [D] [A] [F#m]
[D] the [A] [F#m] jailer not [D] to bother
[A] With [C] his meal of [G] bread and water today
[Em] He is [E] fasting till [A] the killing's over
He's [D] a [A] martyr, [F#m] he thinks he's a [A] prophet
[F#m] [C] But he's a coward, [G] he's just playing [F#] the game
He can't do it, [G] he can't change it
[E] It's been going on for ten [A] thousand years
[Em] Take your place on the [Am] great Mandela
As it moves through your brief [Em] moment of time
[C] Win or lose now, [Em] you must choose [Am] now
And if you lose, you're [Em] only [Am] losing your life
Tell [F#m]
[D] [A] [F#m] [D] [A] [F#m] the [D] people [A] [F#m] they are [D] safe now
[A] [F#m] [C] Hunger stopped him, [G] he lies still in his cell
[E] Death has [Em] gagged his [A] accusations
We [F#m] are [D] free [A] now, [D] we can kill [A] now
[C] We can hate now, [G] now we can end the world
[F#] We're not guilty, [G] he was crazy
[E] And it's been going on for ten [A] thousand years
[Em] Take your place on [Am] the great Mandela
As it moves through your brief [Em] moment of time
[C] Win or [D] lose now, [Em] you must choose now
[Am] And if you lose, you're only [Em] losing your life
[Am] [C] [F#]
[F#m] I thought it was the most powerful anti-war, anti-injustice song ever written, and made rebels of us all.
I still tell Peter that that's the best song he ever wrote.
And he reached deep, and he came up with it.
So I [D] told [A] him that he'd [D] [A] better [C] shut his mouth and [G] do his job like a man.
[E] And he answered, [A] listen father, I will [D] [A] never [F#m] kill [D] [A] another.
[F#m] [Am] He thinks he's better [D] [G] than his brother that died.
[F#] What the hell does [G] he think he's doing [E] to his father who brought [A] him up right?
[Em] Take your place on [Am] the great Mandela
As it moves [Em] through your brief moment of time
[C] Win or lose now, [Em] you must choose now
[Am]
And if you lose, you're only [Em] losing your [D] life
[A] Tell [D] [A] [F#m] [D] [A] [F#m]
[D] the [A] [F#m] jailer not [D] to bother
[A] With [C] his meal of [G] bread and water today
[Em] He is [E] fasting till [A] the killing's over
He's [D] a [A] martyr, [F#m] he thinks he's a [A] prophet
[F#m] [C] But he's a coward, [G] he's just playing [F#] the game
He can't do it, [G] he can't change it
[E] It's been going on for ten [A] thousand years
[Em] Take your place on the [Am] great Mandela
As it moves through your brief [Em] moment of time
[C] Win or lose now, [Em] you must choose [Am] now
And if you lose, you're [Em] only [Am] losing your life
Tell [F#m]
[D] [A] [F#m] [D] [A] [F#m] the [D] people [A] [F#m] they are [D] safe now
[A] [F#m] [C] Hunger stopped him, [G] he lies still in his cell
[E] Death has [Em] gagged his [A] accusations
We [F#m] are [D] free [A] now, [D] we can kill [A] now
[C] We can hate now, [G] now we can end the world
[F#] We're not guilty, [G] he was crazy
[E] And it's been going on for ten [A] thousand years
[Em] Take your place on [Am] the great Mandela
As it moves through your brief [Em] moment of time
[C] Win or [D] lose now, [Em] you must choose now
[Am] And if you lose, you're only [Em] losing your life
[Am] [C] [F#]
Key:
A
D
Em
F#m
C
A
D
Em
I actually heard the great Mandela one day when I walked up into [A] Albert Grossman's office.
[F#m] I thought it was the most powerful anti-war, anti-injustice song ever written, and made rebels of us all.
I still tell Peter that that's the best song he ever wrote.
And he reached deep, and he came up with it.
So I [D] told [A] him that he'd [D] [A] better [C] shut his mouth and [G] do his job like a man.
[E] And he answered, [A] listen father, I will [D] [A] never [F#m] kill [D] [A] another.
[F#m] [Am] He thinks he's better [D] [G] than his brother that died.
[F#] What the hell does [G] he think he's doing [E] to his father who brought [A] him up right?
_ [Em] Take your place on [Am] the great Mandela
As it moves [Em] through your brief moment of time
[C] Win or lose now, [Em] you must choose now
_ [Am]
And if you lose, you're only [Em] losing your [D] life
[A] Tell [D] _ [A] _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ [F#m] _
[D] the [A] [F#m] jailer not [D] to bother
[A] With [C] his meal of [G] bread and water today
[Em] He is [E] fasting till [A] the killing's over
He's [D] a [A] martyr, [F#m] he thinks he's a [A] prophet
[F#m] [C] But he's a coward, [G] he's just playing _ [F#] the game
He can't do it, [G] he can't change it
[E] It's been going on for ten [A] thousand years
[Em] Take your place on the [Am] great Mandela
_ As it moves through your brief [Em] moment of time
[C] Win or lose now, [Em] you must choose [Am] now
And if you lose, you're [Em] only [Am] losing your life
Tell [F#m] _
[D] _ [A] _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ [F#m] the [D] people [A] [F#m] they are [D] safe now
[A] _ [F#m] [C] Hunger stopped him, _ [G] he lies still in his cell
[E] Death has [Em] gagged his [A] accusations
We [F#m] are [D] free [A] now, [D] we can kill [A] now
[C] We can hate now, [G] now we can end the world
[F#] We're not guilty, [G] he was crazy
[E] And it's been going on for ten [A] thousand _ years
[Em] Take your place on [Am] the great Mandela
As it moves through your brief [Em] moment of time
[C] Win or [D] lose now, _ [Em] you must choose now
[Am] And if you lose, you're only _ _ [Em] losing your life
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] I thought it was the most powerful anti-war, anti-injustice song ever written, and made rebels of us all.
I still tell Peter that that's the best song he ever wrote.
And he reached deep, and he came up with it.
So I [D] told [A] him that he'd [D] [A] better [C] shut his mouth and [G] do his job like a man.
[E] And he answered, [A] listen father, I will [D] [A] never [F#m] kill [D] [A] another.
[F#m] [Am] He thinks he's better [D] [G] than his brother that died.
[F#] What the hell does [G] he think he's doing [E] to his father who brought [A] him up right?
_ [Em] Take your place on [Am] the great Mandela
As it moves [Em] through your brief moment of time
[C] Win or lose now, [Em] you must choose now
_ [Am]
And if you lose, you're only [Em] losing your [D] life
[A] Tell [D] _ [A] _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ [F#m] _
[D] the [A] [F#m] jailer not [D] to bother
[A] With [C] his meal of [G] bread and water today
[Em] He is [E] fasting till [A] the killing's over
He's [D] a [A] martyr, [F#m] he thinks he's a [A] prophet
[F#m] [C] But he's a coward, [G] he's just playing _ [F#] the game
He can't do it, [G] he can't change it
[E] It's been going on for ten [A] thousand years
[Em] Take your place on the [Am] great Mandela
_ As it moves through your brief [Em] moment of time
[C] Win or lose now, [Em] you must choose [Am] now
And if you lose, you're [Em] only [Am] losing your life
Tell [F#m] _
[D] _ [A] _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ [F#m] the [D] people [A] [F#m] they are [D] safe now
[A] _ [F#m] [C] Hunger stopped him, _ [G] he lies still in his cell
[E] Death has [Em] gagged his [A] accusations
We [F#m] are [D] free [A] now, [D] we can kill [A] now
[C] We can hate now, [G] now we can end the world
[F#] We're not guilty, [G] he was crazy
[E] And it's been going on for ten [A] thousand _ years
[Em] Take your place on [Am] the great Mandela
As it moves through your brief [Em] moment of time
[C] Win or [D] lose now, _ [Em] you must choose now
[Am] And if you lose, you're only _ _ [Em] losing your life
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _