From: [email protected]
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 16:47:54 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Randy Newman-Rednecks
This was requested from an individual so I though i would also post it to
nevada. This is basically a piano song (most Newman songs are), but I think
the chords are pretty close. I apologize for any mistakes, but this is my
first posting of music. I hope to do many more.
Jeff H.
Rednecks—Randy Newman
From—Good ‘Ole Boys
Intro:
Em7 G(add A)/B Em7
Last night I saw Lester Maddox on a TV show
Em7 G(add A)/B Em7
with some smart-ass New York Jew.
Em7 G(add A)/B A7/C#
And the Jew laughed at Lester Maddox
C/D Gsus4/D G
and the audience laughed at Lester Maddox too.
Em7 G(add A)/B Em7
Well, he may be a fool, but he’s our fool.
Em7 G(add A)/B A7/C#
If they think they’re better than him, they’re wrong.
Em7 Em7/D C A7/C#
So I went to the park and I took some paper along
C/D Gsus4/D G
and that’s where I made this song.
Verse 1:
G D7 G D7
We talk real funny down here.
G D7 G D7
We drink too much and we laugh too loud.
G D/F# Em7
We’re too dumb to make it in no Northern town,
A7 C/D G D7
and we’re keepin’ the niggers down.
G D7 G D7
We got no-necked oilmen from Texas,
G D7 G D7
good ol’ boys from Tennessee,
G D/F# Em7
college men from L.S.U.
G D/F# Em7
Went in dumb, come out dumb too.
G D/F# Em7
Hustlin’ ’round Atlanta in their alligator shoes.
G D/F# Em7
Gettin’ drunk ev’ry weekend at the barbuques,
A7 C/D G
and they’re keepin’ the niggers down.
CHORUS:
G C G C
We’re Rednecks, we’re Rednecks,
G D7 Em7 C7
and we don’t know our ass from a hole in the ground.
G D7 G D7
We’re Rednecks, we’re Rednecks,
A7 C/D G
and we’re are keeping the niggers down.
(last time only—slowly)
E7 A7 C/D G
We are keepin’ the niggers down.
Verse 2:
Now your Northern nigger’s a Negro
You see he’s got his dignity
Down here we’re too ignorant to realize
That the North has set the nigger free.
Yes, he’s free to be put in a cage in Harlem in New York City
And he’s free to be put in a cage on the South side of Chicago and
the West side
And he’s free to be put in a cage in Hough in Cleveland
And he’s free to be put in a cage in East St. Louis
And he’s free to be put in a cage in Fillmore in San Francisco
And he’s free to be put in a cage in Roxbury in Boston.
They’re gatherin’ ’em up from miles around,
Keepin’ the niggers down.
(CHORUS)
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From [email protected] Sun Apr 27 11:30:56 1997
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 13:03:20 -0800
From: Gil
To: [email protected]
Subject: CRD: Short People by Randy Newman
This song is by Randy Newman. I’m not sure about the album name.
Great great lyrics. I heard that when Randy was in Italy he was attacked
by someone who took the lyrics too personally.
If someone knows more about this story, please tell me about it.
Meanwhile here are the lyrics and chords. Any corrections and stuff will
be fairly welcome.
Gil.
Short People — Randy Newman
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Intro: A | F#m7 | Bm7 | E7sus4 | (x2)
A F#m7 Bm7 E7sus4
Short People got no reason. Short people got no reason
A F#m7 Bm7 E7sus4
short people got no reason to li — ive. They got
A A7/G
little hands and little eyes
D/F# F7
They walk around tell-in’ great big lies. They got
A A7/G
little noses and tiny little teeth, they wear
D/F# F7
platform shoes on their nasty little feet. Well, I
]Chorus]
A F#m7 Bm7 E7sus4
Don’t want no short people (x2)
A F#m7 Bm7 E7sus4 A
Don’t want no short people ’round here.
(Repeat Intro once) and go to
Bridge:
Dmaj7 A/C# Bm7 D/E
Short people are just the same as you and I (A fool such as I)
Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7
All men are brothers until the day they die
D/E
It’s a wonderful world.
A F#m7 Bm7 E7sus4
Short People got nobody. Short people got nobody
A F#m7 Bm7 E7sus4
short people got nobidy to lo — ove. They got
A A7/G
little baby legs and they stand so low
D/F# F7
You got to pick them up just to say hello. They got
A A7/G
little cars that go beep beep beep. They got
D/F# A7/G
little voices going peep peep peep. They got
A A7/G
grubby little fingers and dirty little minds
D/F# F7
They’re gonna get you every time, well I
A F#m7 Bm7 E7sus4
Don’t want no short people (x2)
A F#m7 Bm7 E7sus4 A
Don’t want no short people ’round here.
(Repeat Intro and fade)_
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