...MR. BROWN... by Bob Marley
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*Released 1970*
Intro:
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Verse 1:
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(Who, ooh, ooh, ooh, is Mr. Brown?)
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Mr Brown is a clown who rides to town in a coffin.
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(Where he be found?) In the coffin,
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Where there is three crows on top and two is laughing.
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Oh, what a con-fusion! Ooh, yeah, yeah!
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What a bother-ation, ooh, now, now!
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Who is Mr. Brown? I wanna know now!
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He is nowhere to be found.
Verse 2:
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From Mandeville to Slide-a-ville, coffin runnin' a-round,
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Up-setting, upsetting, up-setting the town, asking for Mr. Brown.
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From Mandeville to Slide-a-ville, coffin runnin' a-round,
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Up-setting, upsetting, up-setting the town, asking for Mr. Brown.
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I wanna know who... (is Mr. Brown)?
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Is Mr. Brown controlled by remote?
Bridge:
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Oh, calling Duppy Conqueror,
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I'm the ghost-catcher; this is your chance,
Oh big, big Bill bull-bucka,
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Take your chance; prove yourself! Oh, yeah!
Verse 3:
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Down in pa-rade,
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People runnin' like a masquerade.
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The po-lice make a raid,
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Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, they think it fade.
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What a thing in town,
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Crows chauffeur-driven a-round.
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Skankin' as if they had never known,
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The man they call "Mr. Brown".
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I can tell you where he's from now...
Coda:
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From Mandeville to Slide-a-ville, coffin runnin' a-round,
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Up-setting, upsetting, up-setting the town, asking for Mr. Brown.
(Fade)
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)