The Great Mandella

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)