The Free Electric Band Lyrics

24th July 2013
C = x32010 F = 133211 C/G = 332010
(C4) = x33010 G/B = x20033 G7 = 323003 or 320001
* = No chords, tap beat on guitar body
The (C4) is only implied, but adds interest.
||: / / / /__/ | / / / / :|| (Twice)
My father is a doctor, he's a family man,
My mother works for chari - ty, when - ever she can,
They're both good, clean, Americans who a - bide by the law,
And they both stick up for liber - ty, and they both support the war!
My happiness was paid for when they laid their money down,
For summers in a summer - camp, and winters in the town,
My future in the system was talked about, and planned,
But I gave it up for music,
And The Free E - lectric Band!
I went to school in handwashed shirts, with neatly oiled hair,
And the school was big, and newly built, and filled with light and air,
And the teacher taught us values, that we had to learn to keep,
And they clipped the ear of many i - dle kid who went to sleep!
'Til my father organ -ised for me... a college in the east,
But I went to Cali - fornia, for the sunshine and the beach,
My parents, and my lecturers, could never under - stand,
Why I gave it up for music,
And The Free E - lectric Band!
Well, they used to sit, and speculate, u - pon their son's car - eer,
A lawyer, or a docter, or a civil engin - eer,
Just give me bread and water, put a guitar in my hand,
'Cause all I need is music,
And The Free E - lectric Band!
My father sent me money, and I spent it very fast,
On a girl I met in Berkley, in a Social Science class,
Yes, and we learnt about her body, but her mind we didn't know,
Un - til deep rooted atti - tudes, and morals, began to show!
She wanted to get married, even though she never said,
And I knew her well e - nough, by now, to see inside her head,
She'd settle for sub - urbia, and a little patch of land,
So I gave her up for music,
And The Free E - lectric Band!
Oo---- oo-----, the Free Electric Band,
Dabba, da, da-da, da, dee-dee, deep ...for The Free Electric Band,
Dabba, da, da-da, da, dee-dee, deep ...for The Free Electric Band,
Dabba, da, da-da, da, dee-dee, deep ...for The Free Electric Band,
Dabba, da, da-da, da, dee-dee, deep ...for The Free Electric Band!
(Suggestion for coda)
All I need is music, and The Free E - lectric Band!