...DAT... by Pluto Shervington ---------..................... *from 'Pluto' (1976)* Intro: G (Ab7) A7, D7 C G Verse 1: (n.C) Ab7 A7 Rasta Ozzy from up de hill, C G De-cide fi check 'pon 'im grocery bill. Ab7 A7 An' when him add up de t'ings him need, C G De dunny done wha' him save, fi buy likkle weed. Bridge 1: D C G Him han 'pon him jaw, Lord; red him eye an' just meditate. D C G The time is so hard, Lord; I man now t'ink 'bout emigrate. D C G I mek up me mind, Lord; I might as well go 'gainst I man faith. D C G So a-forward a-market; I sight the butcher bwoy by de gate. Chorus 1: G (You wan' goat?) No I might a-kill I queen, A7 (Try de beef nuh?) I no check fi no grass weh green. D7 (Wha' bout fowl?) What'cha know; is time fi a change, C D G (Mere fish?) Got children out-a dat range. G (How 'bout de steak?) What'cha know, me no sight me rate, A7 (Try tripe?) Bu'n me belly when I pull me pipe. D7 (What about de pork then?) Hush your mouth man; me brethren hear, C D G Sell I a pound of dat t'ing there. Interlude: G (Ab7) A7, D7 C G Verse 2: G Ab7 A7 So when the butcher pull up a stool, C G Be-gin fi question Ozzy; how him so fool? Ab7 A7 What kind a sump'in cook in a pot? C G From him born, him never did hear 'bout dat. Bridge 2: D C G Well, what'cha know, master? Give I time mek'a try explain. D C G It's just like a flim show, fi pro-tect the humble; we change the name. D C G I would have feel so cute, fi come in and ask we some 'Arnold fat'. D C G I and I feel safer, if we change the subject and call it dat. Chorus 2: G (You wan' goat?) No I might a-kill I queen, A7 (Try de beef nuh?) I no check fi no grass weh green. D7 (Wha' bout fowl?) What'cha know; is time fi a change, C D G (Mere fish?) Got children out-a dat range. G (How 'bout de steak?) What'cha know, me no sight me rate, A7 (Try tripe?) Bu'n me belly when I pull me pipe. D7 (What about de pork then?) Hush your mouth man; me brethren hear, C D G Sell I a pound of dat t'ing there. Interlude: G (Ab7) A7, D7 C G Verse 3: G Ab7 A7 Ozzy pay off de butcher bill, C G Tek de parcel and trod up the hill. Ab7 A7 Like a spite, who do you t'ink him meet? C G Rasta Jeremiah from down the street. Bridge 3: G D C G Guidance me Brethren; is wha' you have in a dat dere bag? D C G Him kinda get frighten, and be-gin fi hide it be-neat' him rag. D C G That man no fear I, Lord, mek we go up me yard and take a sat. D C G Meanwhile, light, a fire; I will help you eat off de pound a dat. Chorus 3: G (You wan' goat?) No I might a-kill I queen, A7 (Try de beef nuh?) I no check fi no grass weh green. D7 (Wha' bout fowl?) What'cha know; is time fi a change, C D G (Mere fish?) Got children out-a dat range. G (How 'bout de steak?) What'cha know, me no sight me rate, A7 (Try tripe?) Bu'n me belly when I pull me pipe. D7 (What about de pork then?) Hush your mouth man; me brethren hear, C D G Sell I a pound of dat t'ing there. Outro: G (Ab7) A7, D7 C G (Repeat to Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- G Ab7 A7 D7 C D EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 355433 464544 575655 x57575 x35553 x57775 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)