They Took A Vote And Said No ukulele

They Took A Vote And Said No

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This is how I play the song. Suggestions welcome!


One, two, three…

F G C Dm x2

            Bbm
He's just a kid,
            Am
he wants a ride.
               G
They took his ears,
               Dm
They took his eyes.
             Bbm
They said a ride
          Am
Is never free,
             G
He couldn’t hear
             Dm
He couldn’t see.
                 Bbm
Well there are things
             Am
That have to die
           G
So other things
          Dm
Can stay alive
           Bbm
The fire burns,
             Am
It burns to give,
           G
It has to burn, alive,
    Dm
To live.

           F         G
The other men spoke low;
             C            Dm
They took a vote and said no.
               F          G
They turned around real slow
                C                 Dm
Where did they go? Where did they go?

          Bb
And the question, oh the question
         F
Can the kid keep his eyes?
        Am                   Bbm F G Dm 
If the fire hasn’t died, say Nooooooooo
    Bbm F G Dm
Say Nooooooooo
      Bbm        Am         G       Dm
Say, “You don’t know what king we serve, boy.
Bbm        Am         G         Dm
You don’t know what things we employ.”

           F         G
The other men spoke low;
             C            Dm
They took a vote and said no.
               F          G
They turned around real slow
                C                 Dm
Where did they go? Where did they go?

F G C Dm x2

          Bb
And the question, oh the question
         F
Can the kid keep his eyes?
        Am
If the fire doesn’t die
         F
Can the kid keep his eyes?
          Bb
Oh the question, oh the question
         F
Can the kid keep his eyes?
        Am
If the fire doesn’t die
            Dm
I said be CAREFUL
             Bb
Of what you wish for
        Dm
Oh be CAREFUL
             Bb
Of what you wish for
          F
And be CAREFUL
            C
Around the fire-light
          Dm
And be CAREFUL
             Bb
Around the bright, bright, light
            F
‘Cause the fire never dies
        C
So the kid lost his eyes
     Bb
Oh, that’s how it goes, Baby

That’s how it goes, Baby

That’s how it goes, Baby

That’s how it goes.

Dm Bb till end
End on D

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