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Intro
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Verse 1
My father is a doctor, he's a family man,
My mother works for chari - ty, when - ever she can,
And 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
Verse 2
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,
* * * C C4 C G C C4 C G
And The Free E - lectric Band
Verse 3
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
Verse 4
'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,
* * * C C4 C G
And The Free E - lectric Band
Bridge
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,
* * * C C4 C G C C4 C G
And The Free E - lectric Band
Verse 5
My father sent me money and I spent it very fast,
On a girl I met in Berkeley,
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
Verse 6
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,
* * * C C4 C G
And The Free E - lectric Band
Oo---- oo-----, the Free Electric Band!
Coda
||: 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 :|| (Repeat)
Suggestion for ending
* * * * * * C
All I need is music, and The Free E - lectric Band
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