Intro A D E C#7 F#m B7 – E A B7 E

G I remember the year C I went to G camp
C Heard about some G lady named A Selma and some D blacks
G somebody put their fingers in the C president’s G ears
and it C wasn’t too much G later
they came D out with Johnson’s G Wax

D I remember the G book repository
where they D crowned the king of G Cuba
G That’s all I can think of but I’m C sure there’s something G else
C way down in-G side me I can D feel it coming E back

A Purple tou-D pee will E show the C#7 way
when F#m summer B7 brings you down
E (purple tou-A pee when B7 summer E brings you down)

A Purple tou-D pee and E gold la-C#7 me
will F#m turn your B7 brain around
E (purple tou-A pee and B7 gold la-E me)

G Chinese people were C fighting in the G park
We C tried to help them G fight no one ap-A preciated D that
G Martin X was mad when C they outlawed bell G bottoms
C Ten years G later they were D sharing the same G cell

D I shouted out Free the G Expo sixty seven
till they D stepped on my hair and they G told me I was fat
G Now I’m very big, I’m a C big important G man
and the C only thing that’s G different
is D underneath my E hat

A Purple tou-D pee will E show the C#7 way
when F#m summer B7 brings you down
E (purple tou-A pee when B7 summer E brings you down)

A Purple tou-D pee and E gold la-C#7 me
will F#m turn your B7 brain around
E (purple tou-A pee and B7 gold la-E me)

F#m Purple tou-B7 pee is E here to C#7 stay
F#m after the B7 hair has E gone a-Ddim way
The A purple brigade is B7 marching from the E grave

Bb Pa-pa pa-pa pa-pa pa-pa
F Pa-pa pa-pa pa-pa pa-pa
Eb Pa-pa pa-pa pa-pa pa-pa

Bb La la la la la la la la
F La la la la la la la la
Eb La la la la….

Bb We’re on some kind of mission
F we have an obligation
We Eb have to wear toupees G