The Saga Begins Chords & Tabs

by "Weird Al" Yankovic

[Verse 1]
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A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far away, Naboo was under an attack. And I thought
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me and Qui-Gon Jin, could talk the Federation into maybe cutting them a little slack. But
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their response it didn't thrill us, they locked the doors and tried to kill us. We escaped
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from that gas, and met Jar Jar and Boss Nass, we took a Bongo from the scene and we went
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to Theed to see the Queen, we all wound up on Tatooine, that's where, we found.. this
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boy

[Chorus]
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Oh my, my this here Anakin guy, maybe Vader Someday later now he's just a small fry.
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He left his home kissed his mommy goodbye sayin' soon I'm gonna be a Jedi'. Soon
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I'm gonna be a Jedi'

[Verse 2]
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Did you know this Junkyard slave isn't even old enough to shave, but he can use the
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force they say' ahh do you see him hitting on the queen though he's just nine and she's
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fourteen, yeah he's probably gonna marry her someday. Well I know he built C-3PO and
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I've heard how fast his Pod can go, and we were broke it's true, so we made a wager or
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two Ooo he was a prepubescent flying ace and the minute Jabba started off that race I
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knew who would win first place, oh yes, it was, our boy,       we started singing'..

[Chorus]
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Oh my, my this here Anakin guy, maybe Vader Someday later now he's just a small fry.
    G       C                G        D           Em                  A7    Em  
He left his home kissed his mommy goodbye sayin' soon I'm gonna be a Jedi'. Soon
                D7  
I'm gonna be a Jedi'

[Verse 3]
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Now we finally got to Coruscant the Jedi Council we knew would want to see how good
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the boy could be, so we took him there and we told a tale how his midichlorians were off
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the scale and he might fulfill that prophecy. Well the council was impressed of course,
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could he bring balance to the force, they interviewed the kid, oh training they forbid,
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because Yoda sensed in him much fear, and Qui-Gon said now listen here, just stick it in
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your pointy ear, I still will teach, this boy.

[Chorus]
   G   C             G     D          G              C              G            D  
Oh my, my this here Anakin guy, maybe Vader Someday later now he's just a small fry.
    G       C                G        D           Em                  A7    Em 
He left his home kissed his mommy goodbye sayin' soon I'm gonna be a Jedi. Soon
                D7 
I'm gonna be a Jedi

[Verse 4]
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We caught a ride back to Naboo, cause Queen Amidala wanted to, I frankly would have
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liked to stay, we all fought in that epic war, and it wasn't long at all before little hot shot
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flew his plane and saved the day, and in the end some Gungans died, some ships blew
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up and some pilots fried, a lot of folks were croakin', the battle droids were broken, and
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the Jedi I admire most, met up with Darth Maul and now he's toast, well I'm still here
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and he's a ghost, I guess, I'll train, this boy.

[Chorus]
   G   C             G     D          G              C              G            D  
Oh my, my this here Anakin guy, maybe Vader Someday later now he's just a small fry.
    G       C                G        D           Em                  A7    Em 
He left his home kissed his mommy goodbye sayin' soon I'm gonna be a Jedi. Soon
                D7 
I'm gonna be a Jedi
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Oh my, my this here Anakin guy, maybe Vader Someday later now he's just a small fry.
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He left his home kissed his mommy goodbye sayin' soon I'm gonna be a Jedi.