People Funny Boy — Lee "Scratch" Perry
Chords and lyrics for People Funny Boy by Lee "Scratch" Perry (key of C#).
Verse 1
...PEOPLE FUNNY BOY... by Lee Scratch Perry
*Released 1968*
Intro
G# C# (x2)
Verse 1
[G#] Why, [C#]why, People [G#]Funny Bwoy?[C#]
[G#] Now that you reach the [C#]top; and you [G#]turn Big Shot.[C#]
[G#] All I have done for [C#]you; you not [G#]re-member that.[C#]
[G#] When you were down an' [C#]out; I used to [G#]help you out.[C#]
But [G#]now that you win [C#]jack-pot; you don't [G#]re-member that.[C#]
[G#] Now that you turn Big [C#]Shot; bwoy, you [G#]'ave big [C#]chat.
Bridge 1
You're [G#]lucky, you're lucky, you're [C#]lucky, to have rice, and [G#]peas a-yard.[C#]
But [G#]me, poor [C#]me, don't have [G#]none at all.[C#]
I want-a,[G#] I want-a, I want-a,[C#] I want-a, I want-a [G#]uh iya yard tonight.[C#]
I want-a,[G#] I want-a, I want-a,[C#] I want-a, I want-a [G#]uh iya yard tonight.[C#]
Interlude
G# C# (x4)
Verse 2
[G#] Why, [C#]why, People [G#]Funny Bwoy?[C#]
[G#] Now that you reach the [C#]top; and you [G#]turn Big Shot.[C#]
[G#] All I have done for [C#]you; you not [G#]re-member that.[C#]
[G#] When you were down an' [C#]out; I used to [G#]help you out.[C#]
But [G#]now that you win [C#]jack-pot; you don't [G#]re-member that.[C#]
[G#] Now that you turn Big [C#]Shot; bwoy, you [G#]'ave big chat.[C#]
Bridge 2
You're [G#]lucky, you're lucky, you're [C#]lucky, to have rice, and [G#]peas a-yard.[C#]
But [G#]me, poor [C#]me, don't have [G#]none at all.[C#]
I want-a,[G#] I want-a, I want-a,[C#] I want-a, I want-a [G#]uh iya yard tonight.[C#]
I want-a,[G#] I want-a, I want-a,[C#] I want-a, I want-a [G#]uh iya yard tonight.[C#]
(Fade)
[G#] [C#]
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