James Taylor - Slap leather
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Words and Music by James Taylor from his 1991 album, "New Moon Shine."
[Verse 1]
A7Take all the money that we need for school
A7And to keep the street people in out of the cold
A7Spend it on a weapon you can never use
A7Make the world an offer that they can't refuse
[Verse 2]
A7Open up the door and let the shark-men feed
A7Hoover of the future in the land of greed
A7Sell the Ponderosa to the Japanese
[Chorus]
A7Slap leather
Head for that line of D7trees, yeah
A7Slap leather
E7+9 A7
Go on Ron, just about to go myself
[Verse 3]
A7+9 A7
Turn the whole wide world into a TV show
A7So it's just the same game wherever you go
A7You never meet a soul that you don't already know
A7One big advertisement for the status quo
[Verse 4]
A7As if these celebrities were your close friends
A7As if you knew how the story ends
A7As if you weren't sitting in a room alone
A7And there was somebody real at the other end of the D7phone, yeah
[Chorus]
SquibA7nocket
E7+9
Phone sex
Just about to dial your nuA7mber
[Instrumental]
A7
[Verse 5]
A7Get all worked up so we can go to war
A7We find something worth killing for
A7Tie a yellow ribbon around your eyes
Big McFalafel and a side of fries,D7 yeah
[Chorus]
Big McFaA7lafel
E7+9
Storming Norman
I just love a A7parade
[Chorus]
Slap leD7ather
Phone loveA7
E7+9
Big McFalafel
Just about to dial mA7yself