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   CALIFORNIA UBER ALLES   by Dead Kennedys
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   (Biafra-Greenway/Biafra)
 
Intro: Eb     E   F# E      (2x bass, 4x guitar)
 
Eb            E           F# E
I am Governor Jerry Brown
Eb                 E            F# E
My aura smiles and never frowns
Eb             E    F# E Eb    C C# C 
Soon I will be president....
 
Eb                E            F# E
Carter power will soon go away
Eb           E           F# E
I will be Fuhrer one day
Eb             E      F# E
I will command all of you
Eb                 C#      A  F#
Your kids will meditate in school
Eb                 C#      A  F#
Your kids will meditate in school
 
   Eb
   California Uber Alles
              Ab
   California Uber Alles
   Eb
   Uber Alles California
              Ab  Eb     C#  A F#
   Uber Alles California
 
Eb     C#   A F#  
 
Eb     E   F# E  (2x)
 
Eb                E           F# E
Zen fascists will control you
Eb   E       F# E
100% natural
Eb                   E      F# E
You will jog for the master race
Eb                  C#    A F#
And always wear the happy face
Eb                     E           F# E
Close your eyes, can't happen here
Eb                E             F# E
Big Bro' on white horse is near
Eb                     E        F# E
The hippies won't come back you say
Eb            C#       A F#
Mellow out or you will pay
Eb            C#       A F#
Mellow out or you will pay
 
   California Uber Alles
   California Uber Alles
   Uber Alles California
   Uber Alles California
 
Eb     C#   A F#  (2x)
 
(slowly)
 
Eb     C#   A F#  (2x)
 
Eb                 C#     A F#
Now it is nineteen eighty-four
Eb             C#         A F#
Knock knock at your front door
Eb                   C#       A F#
It's the suede/denim secret police
Eb                      C#     A F#
They have come for your uncool neice
 
(same chord progression; getting faster...)
 
Come quietly to the camp
You'd look nice as a drawstring lamp
Don't you worry, it's only a shower
For your clothes here's a pretty flower...
 
(...and faster...)
 
DIE on organic poison gas
Serpent's egg's already hatched
You will croak, you little clown
When you mess with President Brown
When you mess with President Brown
 
   California Uber Alles
   California Uber Alles
   Uber Alles California
   Uber Alles California
 
Eb     C#   A F#  (2x)
 
Eb     C#   F# C#  (3x)
 
Eb