Mercedes-Benz

By Janis Joplin and Michael McClure
Rise Up Singing chapter: America, p.3
D - G D / D - - - / - - G D / - - G D
or the way I like to play it:
D - G D / D - - A / D - G D / - - G D

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz?
My friends all have Porsches, I must make amends
[I don't think it would be such a wild guess to suggest that Janis Joplin probably didn't know what 'to make amends' meant. I a friend of mine wrote that in a poem, I'd cringe. Somehow it seems to carry the weight of history in this song, however.]
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz?

Oh Lord won't you buy me a colour T.V.?
Dialing for dollars is trying to find me
I'll wait for delivery each day until three

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town?
I'm counting on You, Lord, please don't let me down
Prove that you love me and buy the next round