(G) Song about a (Em)good man, (C5) song about a (D)brave man,
(G) Song about a (Em)good man (C) I will (C5)sing for (D)you.
(C) See a very (D)young boy, (G) planting (G/F#)lentils, picking (Em)cotton,
(C) He has (C/B)not for(Am)gotten (Am7)how hard life can (D)be.
(C)Guarding the water(D)melons (G)that his (G/F#)parents were (Em)selling,
(C) Bought a (C/B)tractor, (Am)plowed the fields (Am7) when he was just six(D)teen.
(Bb) Left the fields of Şan(Am)lıurfa (Bb) when he was twenty-(Am)one,
(C) Had (D7)had e(Em)nough of the (Em7)fields (C) and the (C/B)blazing (D/A)sun.
(Em)Left his native (B7)Turkey, (Am)made his (C)way to (D)Germa(D7)ny.
(G) Song about a (Em)good man, (C5) song about a (D)brave man,
(G) Song about a (Em)good man (C) I (C5)sing for (D)you.
(C) Young boy´s now a (D)man, (G) does the (G/F#)best he (Em)can,
(C) Visit (C/B)Mehmet´s (Am)diner, (Am7) nothing could smell (D)finer
(G) Than the (G/F#)sizzling (Em)seasoned meat, (Am)come in, (Am7)have a (D)seat.
(Bb)Late night, early (Am)morning, a (Bb)few short weeks a(Am)go.
(C)Cousin Ayhan, (D7)brother (Em)Ibra(Em7)him
And (C)Mehmet (C/B)wipe the (D/A)tables, clean
The (Em)spoons, the forks and the (B7)big meat knife.
(Em) Young man running (B7)for his life, com(Am)motion (C/B)at (C)the (D7)door.(D)(hold)
(G) Song about a (Em)good man, (C5) song about a (D)brave man,
(G) Song about a (Em)good man (C) I (C5)sing for (D)you.
(Bb) Young man in the (Am)diner now, (Bb)Mehmet at the (Am)door.
(B7) ‘Fucking Turks’, ten (Em)Nazis howl, (Am)raring (C/B)for (C)a (D)war.
(Bb) ‘Fucking Turks’, ten (Am)Nazis howl, (Bb)three Turks stand their (Am)ground,
(B7) ‘This is MY place’, (Em)Mehmet says, (Am)waves the (C/B)knife (C)a(D)round.
(C) Waves the knife and (D7)wonders, (C) ‘Will I have to (D7)fight?’
(C) Situation (D7)desperate, (B7)footsteps in the (Em)night,
Po(Am)lice patrol, the (D7)sirens wail, (Am)Nazis flee, three (D7)caught (D7)and (D7)jailed.
(G) Song about a (Em)good man, (C5) song about a (D)brave man,
(G) Song about a (Em)good man (C) I (C5)sing for (D)you.
(G) Song about a (Em)good man, (C5) song about a (D)brave man,
(G) Song about a (Em)good man (C) I (C5)sang for (D)yo(G)u.
(Em) (C5) (D) (G) (Em) (C) (C5) (D)
(G) (Em) (C5) (D) (G) (Em) (C) (C5) (D) (G)
Words Kargicak, Turkey, 01 & 02 November 2012,
Music Göttingen, Germany, 10 November 2012
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