Peter Tosh

Mystic Man

Peter Tosh


Tom: Dm

Dm 

[Verse 1]
        Dm   
I'm a mystic man (such a mystic man)
           Dm  
I'm just a mystic man (mystic man)
       Dm  
I man don't (I man don't I man don't)
                Dm   
I don't drink no champagne (don't drink no champagne)  No I don't
           Dm  
And I man don't (I man don't) no (I man don't)
                       Dm  
I don't sniff them cocaine (don't sniff no cocaine) Choke brain
      Dm  
I man don't (I man don't) no I don't (I man don't)
      Dm  
Don't take them morphine (don't take no morphine) Dangerous
        Dm  
I man don't (I man don't I man don't) 
                Dm
I don't take no heroin (Don't take no heroin) nonono

[Chorus]
          Bb        
'Cause I'm a man of the past
    C 
And I'm living in the present
    D
And I'm walking in the future
D  
  Stepping in the future
Bb
   Man of the past
    C
And I'm living in the present
    D
And I'm walking (walking in the future)
D
 walking(stepping in the future)

[Verse 2]
                Dm
And I'm just a mystic man (such a mystic man)
Dm  
Got to be a mystic man (mystic man)
       Dm  
I man don't (I man don't, I man don't)
Dm  
  Eat up your fried chicken (eat up your fried chicken) Not licking
       Dm  
I man don't (I man don't I man don't)
             Dm  
Eat up them frankfurters (eat up them frankfurters) Garbage
      Dm  
I man don't (I man don't, I man don't)
                 Dm  
Eat down the hamburger (eat down thehamburger) can't do thar
       Dm  
I man don't (I man don't, I man don't)
       Dm  
Drink pink blue yellow green soda (sodapop, sodapop)

[Chorus]
           Bb
'Cause I'm a man of the past
     C
And I'm living in the present
    D
And I'm walking in the future
D
  Stepping in the future
Bb  
   I'm a Man of the past
    C
And I'm living in the present
    D
And I'm walking (walking in the future)
        D
keep on walking (stepping in the future)

[Verse 3]
       Dm
Just a mystic man (such a mystic man)
             Dm  
Got to be a mystic man (mystic man)
      Dm  
I man don't....no I don't
            Dm  
Play fools' games on a sad day
           Dm  
And I man don't ....no I don't
                 Dm  
Congregate on a Sunday ....no I don't
        Dm  
(Such a mystic man) 
       Dm
(mystic man)
        Dm  
(Such a mystic man) 
        Dm
(mystic man)

[Chorus]
             Bb
'Cause I'm a    man of the past
     C
And I'm living in the present
    D
And I'm walking in the future
 D
  Stepping in the future
Bb
  Man of the past
    C
And I'm living
     D
And I'm walking in the future, 
D
  stepping in the future

[Refrain]
Dm
Such a mystic man (such a mystic man)
            Dm  
Got to be a mystic man (mystic man)
       Dm  
Just a mystic man (such a mystic man)
Dm  
    Such a, such a, such a mystic man (such a mystic man)