Van Dyke Parks - Your Own Comes First Chords

[Intro]
 
(Hey these songs are really lifting me up)
 
E F#m B E D C# F#m E B E B
 
[Verse]
 
E                          A
If I talk again it could drive me mad
          E                      B
I try to talk to the people of Trinidad
E                         A
If I talk again it could set me mad
      E                                 B
I'm tired if talkin' to the people of Trinidad
E                             B
All kinds of people come and doin' well
                                E       D
And you the Trinidadians only catchin' hell
           C#                     F#m
How many times do you want to be told
                 B                  E
Your own comes first all over the world
 
[Verse]
 
B   E                    A
If you think I lie, I invite you please
E                             B
Just take a trip through the West Indies
E                         A
Make your first stop at Grenada
E                                B
Tell them that you come to look for labor
E                                 B
If you miss and say you're from Trinidad
                                    E   D
They lick you from Grenada down to Fyzabad
         C#                    F#m
But you can't blame them on a whole
               B                      E
My friend, that's the policy of the world
 
[Chorus]
 
B     E        F#m
So, Granadians for Granadians
B                 E        D
Jamaicians for Jamaicians
       C#                    F#m
Even Barbados take the same route
               E           B       E   B
Trinidadians, buck up and follow suit
 
[Verse]
 
E                           A
Well now you really lookin for blows
         E                        B
If you think you goin' anchor in Barbados
     E                     A
The Bajuns goin tell you bloomin' fast
E                                   B
Don't you know Bajuns first and outsiders last
           E                    B
Then you heist your anchor to Jamaica
                                    E      D
Feelin' that your chances might be better
             C#              F#m
But as I've led you to understand
                    B                 E
Boy, we only have work here for Jamaicans
 
[Chorus]
 
B     E        F#m
So, Granadians for Granadians
B                 E        D
Jamaicians for Jamaicians
       C#                    F#m
Even Barbados take the same route
               E           B       E  B
Trinidadians, buck up and follow suit
 
[Interlude]
 
E F#m B E D C# F#m E B E B
 
[Bridge]
 
E                       F#m
I'm not all selfish, I love to give
         G#m          C#m         A       B
And I believe in the slogan live and let live
E                            F#m
If the other islands aren't doin' that
             G#m         C#m             A       B
Well I don't see why we should be Miss Howard's cat
      E                     F#m
It's time to go into the reverse
                                        E
Do like other nations put your people first
D                       F#m
You must do as you are told
             A                         B    E    B
Or you would be the laughing stock of the world
 
[Chorus]
 
  E        F#m
Granadians for Granadians
B                 E        D
Jamaicians for Jamaicians
       C#                    F#m
Even Barbados take the same route
               E           B       E  F#m
Trinidadians, buck up and follow suit
 
[Outro]
 
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