• Song:

    Melting Pot

  • Artist:

    Blue Mink

  • Album:

    Blue Mink Archive

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...MELTING POT... by Blue Mink
-----------------.............

*from 'Blue Mink' (1969)*


*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: F)


Intro:

D  G  Asus4  A, D, A7

Verse 1:

D (xx0232@1)Take a pinch of white man,
G (320003@1)Wrap it up in black skin,
A (x02220@1)                        A7 (x02020@1)Add a touch of blue blood,
                              D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)GAnd (320003@1)a little bitty bit of Red Indian boy.

Verse 2:

D (xx0232@1)                  D7 (xx0212@1)Curly Latin kinkies,
G (320003@1)                         G7 (320001@1)Mixed with yellow Chinkees,
       A (x02220@1)                   A7If (x02020@1)you lump it all together,
                                DWell, (xx0232@1)you've got a recipe for a get-along scene;
G (320003@1)                   A (x02220@1)Oh, what a beautiful dream,
                                A7If (x02020@1)it could only come true, you know, you know.

Chorus 1:

D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)               G (320003@1)What we need is a great big melting pot,
D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)                G (320003@1)Big e-nough to take the world and all it's got.
        D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)              AKeep (x02220@1)it stirring for a hundred years or more,
             G (320003@1)                           DAnd (xx0232@1)turn out coffee coloured people by the score.

Interlude:

D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)Bm (x24432@1)A (x02220@1)Verse 3:

D (xx0232@1)Rabbis and the friars,
G (320003@1)Bishops and the Gurus,
           A (x02220@1)                     A7We (x02020@1)got the Beatles, or the Sun God,
Well, it really doesn't matter,
        D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1) GWhat (320003@1)re-ligion you choose, no, no no, ooh.

Verse 4:

D (xx0232@1)                      D7 (xx0212@1)Mick and Lady Faithfull,
    G (320003@1)             G7Or... (320001@1)Mrs. Graceful,
              A (x02220@1)                       A7You (x02020@1)know that livin' could be tasteful,
                                DWe (xx0232@1)should all get together in a lovin' machine,
G (320003@1)                   A (x02220@1)I better call up the Queen,
                                   A7It's (x02020@1)only fair that she knows, you know, you know.

Chorus 2:

D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)               G (320003@1)What we need is a great big melting pot,
D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)                G (320003@1)Big e-nough to take the world and all it's got.
        D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)              AKeep (x02220@1)it stirring for a hundred years or more,
             G (320003@1)                           D (xx0232@1)    A7And (x02020@1)turn out coffee coloured people by the score.

Chorus 3:

D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)               G (320003@1)What we need is a great big melting pot,
      D (xx0232@1)                      GBig (320003@1)e-nough, big enough, big e-nough,
            A (x02220@1)                GTo (320003@1)take the world and all it's got.
        D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)              AKeep (x02220@1)it stirring for a hundred years or more,
             G (320003@1)                           D (xx0232@1)    A7And (x02020@1)turn out coffee coloured people by the score.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)    Asus4 (x02230@1)  A (x02220@1)     A7 (x02020@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0232  320003  x02233  x02220  x02223

   D7 (xx0212@1)    G7 (320001@1)    C (x32010@1)     Bm (x24432@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0212  323000  x32010  x24432
                                    ____
           _             __   __   |  __|  __    __
          | |   _   _   |  \ /  |  | |__   \ \  / /
  _____   | |  | | | |  |       |  |__  |   \ \/ /
 |  ___|  | |  | | | |  | |\_/| |   __| |    \  /
 | |= =   | |  | |_| |  | | = | |  |____|     | |
 | |      | |  |_____|  | |   | |   = = =     | |
 | |___   | |   = = =   | |   | |             | |
 |_____|  | |           |_|   |_|             | |
  = = =   | |_____       =     =    Tabbed by |_|
          |_______|  Joel from cLuMsY, 2009    =
           = = = =      (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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