"sun green" by neil young, as performed live at the hammersmith Apollo, London, England, 5/18/03
Intro: D F C D (Do this 6 times)
D F
sun green started makin' waves
C D
on the day her grandpa died
D F
speakin' out against anything
C D
unjust or packed with lies
D F
she chained herself to a statue of an eagle
C D
in the lobby of powerco
D F
and started yellin' through a megaphone
C D
"there's corruption on the highest floor"
D F
suits poured out of elevators "they're all dirty"
C D
phoneheads began to speak "you can't trust anybody"
D F
but security couldn't get her down
C D
she was welded to the eagle's beak
F (Slide) G (do this twice)
D F
sun green leaned into that megaphone
C D
and said, "truth is all i seek"
D F
security brought in some blowtorches
C D
news cameras recorded the speech
D F
"when the city is plunged into darkness
C D
by an unpredicted rolling blackout
D F
the white house always blames the governor,
C D
sayin', 'the solution is to vote him out'"
D F
on top of that great bronze eagle
C D
sun's voice was loud and clear
D F
she said, "powerco is workin' with the white house
C D
to paralyze our state with fear"
D F
it was a golden moment
C D
in the history of tv news
D F
no one could explain it
C D
it just got great reviews
F G D
"hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too
F G D
hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too
F G D
hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too
hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too"
D F G
D F G
the imitators were playin'
D F G
down at john lee's bar
D F G
when sun went down to see 'em
D F G
someone followed her in a car
D F G
so now when she goes dancin'
D F G
she has to watch her back
D
the FBI just trashed her room
F G
one of them kicked her cat
D F
the damn thing scratched his leg
C D
and he had to shoot it dead
D F
and leave it lyin' in a puddle of blood
C D
at the foot of sun green's bed
F G D
"hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too
F G D
hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too
F G D
hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too
F G D
hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too"
D F G (Do this Four Times)
D F G
john lee's was rockin'
D F G
the imitators drove it home
D F G
sun was dancin' up a heatwave
D F G
for a while she was all alone...
D F G
when up walked a tall stranger
D F G
he shadowed her move to move
D F G
in perfect unison
D F G
a supernatural groove
D F
he took her by the hand
C D
and the room began to spin
D F
he said, "i'm earth... earth brown
C D
you know the shape i'm in
D F
i'm leavin' tonight for alaska
C D
and i want you to come in the spring
D F
and be a goddess in the planet wars
C D
tryin' to save the livin' things"
D F
"i'm ready to go right now,"
C D
sun green told earth brown
D F
"let's go back to my place,
C D
pick up my cat and leave this town behind"
F G D
hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too
F G D
hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too
F G D
hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too
F G D
hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too
D F C D (Do this four timeS)
D F
next day sun green got busted for pot
C D
and it made the headline news
D F
but then the charges all got dropped
C D
and the story got confused
D F
she'd still like to meet julia butterfly
C D
and see what remedy brings
D F
and be a goddess in the planet wars
C D
tryin' to save the livin' things
D F
but that might not be easy
C D
livin' on the run
D F
mother earth has many enemies
C D
there's much work to be done
F G D
"hey mr. clean, you're dirty now too"
