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Ganja Gun Tom: Am Intro: Am Dm Am Em
Am Dm Am Em
I'm gonna smoke'a de ganja until I go blind.
Am Dm Am Em
You know I smoke'a de ganja all a de time.
Am Dm Am Em
Smoke'a de ganja when I'm with friends.
Am Dm Am Em
We gonna smoke'a de ganja until the very end.
Am Dm Am Em Whoo-oo Ganja ganja Am Dm Am Em Whoo-oo Ganja gun Am Dm Am Em Whoo-oo Ganja ganja Am Dm Am Em Whoo-oo Ganja gun
Am Dm Am Em Whoo-oo Ganja ganja Am Dm Am Em Whoo-oo Ganja gun Am Dm Am Em Whoo-oo Ganja ganja Am Dm Am Em Whoo-oo Ganja gun
Am Dm Am Em
Smoke'a de ganja every day
Am Dm Am Em
Ya you gonn' smoke'a de ganja in many different ways
Am Dm Am Em
You can smoke'a de ganja in a big fat bowl or you can smoke'a de ganja in a bong
Am Dm
N' keep ya' very lucky you can smoke it in a bong
Am Em
When you smoke it in a bong,you are baked all night long Mista...
Am Dm Am Em Whoo-oo Ganja ganja Am Dm Am Em Whoo-oo Ganja gun Am Dm Am Em Whoo-oo Ganja ganja Am Dm Am Em Whoo-oo Ganja gun
Night Shift Tom: D Intro: D, D G F D
(x2)
Verse 1:
D G F D
The sun shall not smite I by day, nor the moon by night.
D G F D
And everything that I do, shall be upfull and right.
Chorus 1:
D D7
And if it's all night,
G G7
It got to be all right!
D D7
If it's all night,
G G7
Got to be all right!
Verse 2:
D G Your mamma won't lose this one; you're the lucky one, under the sun. D G If you make me move, then you know you got the groove.
Chorus 2:
D D7
All night,
G G7
It's all right!
D D7
All night,
G G7
It's all right!
Verse 3:
D G F D
Working on a forklift, in the night shift.
D G F D
Working on a night shift, with the forklift.
D G F D
From a.m, (did you say that? Why did you say that?) To p.m, (working all night!)
D G F D
Working on a night shift, (did you say that? Upfull and right!)
Chorus 3:
D D7 Well, if it's (all night!) If it's, G G7 (All right!) all night. D D7 (All night!) warehouse, G G7 (All right!), you're empty, yeah!
Verse 4:
D G7 Go around the corner, bring your goods! D G7 Go around the other corner, bring your suitcases.
Chorus 4:
D (All night!) By the sweat of my brow, G7 (All right!) Eat your bread! D (All night!) By the sweat of my brow, G7 (All right!) Eat your bread!
D D7 All night, (all night)! G G7 All right, (all right)! D D7 All night, (all night)! G G7 All right, (all right)!
Coda:
D G F D
Oh, yeah! (Moon by night),
D G F D
Why did you say that? Oh, yeah, (upfull and right!)
D G F D
Working on a night shift, with the forklift. (Moon by night),
D G F D
Working on the night shift, oh, yeah! (Upfull and right!)
(Fade)
Ambush In The Night Tom: D
Intro:
D Bm G (Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, ooh-wa), see them fighting for power, D Bm G (Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, ooh-wa), but they know not the hour. D Bm G (Ooh-wee), so they bribing with their guns, spare-parts and money. D Bm G Trying to be-little our, integrity, now.
Verse 1:
Em A
They say what we know, is just what they teach us.
Em D
And we're so ignorant, 'cos every-time they can reach us.
G Em
Through po-litical strategy, they keep us hungry.
G A
When you gonna get some food, your brother got to be your enemy.
Chorus 1:
Bm G A Ambush in the night; all guns aiming at me. Bm G A Ambush in the night; they opened fire on me. Bm G A Ambush in the night; protected by His Majesty.
Bridge 1:
D Bm G
(Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, ooh-wa),
D Bm G
(Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, ooh-wa).
D Bm G
(Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, ooh-wa),
D Bm G
(Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, ooh-wa).
Verse 2:
Em A
Well, what we know, is not what they tell us.
Em D
We're not ignorant, I mean it, and they just could not touch us.
G Em
Through the powers of the Most-I, we keep on surfacing.
G A
Through the powers of the Most-I, we keep on surviving.
Chorus 2:
Bm G A Ambush in the night; planned by so-ciety, Bm G A Ambush in the night; they trying to conquer me. Bm G A Ambush in the night; anything money can bring, Bm G A Ambush in the night; planned by so-ciety.
(Fade)
So Jah Seh Tom: Bm Intro: Bm, Bm A, Bbdim, Bm
Chorus 1:
Bm E7 So Jah seh; Bm G D "Not one of my seeds, shall sit in the sidewalk and beg bread". Bm E7 (No, they can't, and you know that they won't!) Bm E7 So Jah seh; Bm G D "Not one of my seeds, shall sit in the sidewalk and beg your bread". Bm E7 (No, they can't, and you know that they won't!)
Verse 1:
Bm G F#m
"And verily, verily, I'm saying unto thee, I,
Bm G F#m
I, u-nite oneself and love humani-ty.
Bm
'Cos puss and dog, they get together:
G F#m
What's wrong with loving one a-nother?
Bm
Puss and dog, they get together:
G F#m
What's wrong with you, my brother?
Chorus 2:
Bm E7 So Jah seh; Bm "Ye are the sheep of my pasture; G D Bm E7 So verily, thou shall be very well." Bm E7 So Jah seh, yeah! Bm "Ye are the sheep of my pasture; G D Bm E7 So verily, thou shall be very well."
Verse 2:
Bm G F#m
And down here in the ghetto,
Bm G F#m
And down here we suffer.
Bm G F#m
But I'n'I a-hang on in there, and I'n'I, I naw leggo;
Bm G F#m
And I'n'I a-hang on in there, and I'n'I, I naw leggo.
Chorus 3:
Bm E7
For so Jah seh, yeah;
Bm
"I'm going to prepare a place,
G D Bm E7
That where I am, thou shall a-bide," yeah!
Bm E7
So Jah seh;
Bm
"Fear not for mighty dread,
G D Bm, E7
'Cos I'll be there at your side."
Verse 3:
Bm G F#m
And, and down there, dowh there in the ghetto,
Bm G F#m
And down there, we suffer.
Bm G F#m
But I'n'I a-hang on in there, and I'n'I, I naw leggo;
Bm G F#m
I'n'I a-hang on in there, and I'n'I, I naw leggo.
Outro:
Bm E7, Bm G D Bm So Jah seh...
Bm E7, Bm E7, G D Bm
(Fade)
The Heathen Tom: Em Intro: Em
Chorus 1:
Em C G De heathen back dey, 'pon de wall, Em C G De heathen back, 'pon de wall. Em C G De heathen back dey, 'pon de wall, Em C G De heathen back, 'pon de wall.
Verse 1:
Em C G
Rise up fallen fighters,
Em C G
Rise and take your stance a-gain.
Em C G
'Tis he who fight and run a-way,
C G
Live to fight a-nother day. With...
Chorus 2:
Em C G De heathen back dey, 'pon de wall, Em C G De heathen back, 'pon de wall. Em C G De heathen back dey, 'pon de wall, Em C G De heathen back, 'pon de wall.
Verse 2:
Em C G As a man sow; shall he reap, Em C G And I know that talk is cheap. Em C G But the hotter the bat-tle; Em C G A-the sweeter Jah victo-ry.
Chorus 3:
Em C G Put de heathen back dey, 'pon de wall, Em C G De heathen back, 'pon de wall. Em C G De heathen back dey, 'pon de wall, Em C G De heathen back, 'pon de wall.
Em C G De heathen back dey, 'pon de wall, Em C G De heathen back, 'pon de wall. Em C G De heathen back dey, 'pon de wall, Em C G De heathen back, 'pon de wall.
Verse 3:
Em C G
Rise up fallen fighters,
Em C G
Rise and take your stance a-gain.
Em C G
'Tis he who fight and run a-way,
C G
Live to fight a-nother day.
Chorus 4:
Em C G De heathen back dey, 'pon de wall, Em C G De heathen back, 'pon de wall. Em C G De heathen back dey, 'pon de wall, Em C G De heathen back, 'pon de wall.
Em C G De heathen back dey, 'pon de wall, Em C G De heathen back, 'pon de wall. Em C G De heathen back dey, 'pon de wall, Em C G De heathen back, 'pon de wall.
(Repeat to Fade)
Top Rankin Tom: Bm Intro: Bm
Verse 1:
Bm G Bm They don't want to see us u-nite. G All they want us to do is, A Keep on fussing and fighting.
Bm G Bm They don't want to see us live to-gether. G All they want us to do is, A Keep on killing one another.
Chorus 1:
G A
Top rankin', top rankin',
Bm
Are you skankin'? (Skankin', skankin'),
Are you skankin'? (Skankin', skankin').
G A
Woah-ho, top rankin', ah, did you mean what you said now?
Bm
Are you, how are you, are you, Lord, Lord. (Skankin', skankin').
Verse 2:
A
They say the blood runs, and it runs through our line,
G Bm
And our hearts, heart of hearts di-vine.
A
And John saw them comin',
G Bm
A-with the truth from an ancient time.
G
Brotherly love, (brotherly love),
A
The sisterly love, (brotherly love).
Bm
I feel this morning, I feel this morning.
G
Brotherly love, (brotherly love),
A
The sisterly love, (brotherly love).
Bm
I feel this morning, I feel this morning.
Verse 3:
Bm G Bm They don't want to... u-nite. G All they want us to do is, A Keep on fussing and fighting.
Bm G Bm They don't want to see us live to-gether. G All they want us to do is, A Keep on killing one another.
Chorus 2:
G A
Top rankin', did you mean what you said now?
Bm
Are you skankin'? (Skankin', skankin'),
Are you skankin'? (Skankin', skankin').
G A
Top rankin', did you mean what you said now?
Bm
Are you? (Skankin', skankin'),
Are you? (Skankin', skankin').
G A
Top rankin', top rankin', top rankin', top rankin',
Bm
Are you? (Skankin', skankin'),
Are you? (Skankin', skankin').
(Fade)
We And Dem Tom: Bm Intro: Bm
Chorus 1:
Am We no know how we and dem a-go work this out, oy! We no know how we and dem a-go work it out.
Verse 1:
Bm Em
But someone will 'ave to pay,
C D
For the innocent blood,
Bm Em
That they, shed every day.
C D
Oh, children, mark my word;
Bm Em D C
It's what the Bible say, yeah, yeah!
Chorus 2:
Am We no know how we and dem a-go work this out, oy! We no know how we and dem a-go work it out.
Verse 2:
Bm Em
But in the beginning,
C D
Jah cre-ated every-thing;
Bm Em C D
He gave man dom-inion over all things.
Bm Em
But now it's too late;
C D (Bm)
You see, men has lost their faith, hey-ey-hey!
Bm Em C D
Eating up all the flesh from off the earth, eh!
Chorus 3:
Am We no know how we and dem a-go work this out, oy! We no know how we and dem a-go work it out. (No, we don't know).
Break:
(with Vocal Ad-libs)
Bm Em, C D (x3)
Chorus 4:
Am We no know how we and dem a-go work this out; them a flesh and bone! We no know how we and dem a-go work it out.
Verse 3:
Bm Em C D
But we now have no friends, in-a high socie-ty, yeah,
Bm Em C D
We no have no friends; oh, mark my identi-ty.
Bm Em C D
We no have no friends... oh-oh, yeah!
Coda:
Am We no know how we and dem a-go work it out, (no, we no know), We no know how we and dem a-go work it out, (we no know). We no know how we and dem a-go work it out, (no, we no know), We no know how we and dem a-go work it out. Rasta! We no know how we and dem a-go work this out, Ilyabom!
(Fade)
Hallelujah Time Tom: C Intro:G
Verse 1:
C D G G7 Hear the children cryin', Am G But I know they cry not in vain. C D G G7 Now the times are changin', Am G Love has come to bloom a-gain.
Bridge 1:
F C G Smelling the air when Spring comes by raindrops, F C G Reminds us of youthful days. F C G But now it's not rain, that water the cane crops, F But the sweat from man's brow, Fm The substance from our spine. We gotta keep on living, living on borrowed time.
Chorus 1:
C Am
(Hallelujah time),
Dm G
Yes, you can hear the children singing.
C Am
(Hallelujah time),
Dm G
As they go singing by and by.
C Am
(Hallelujah time), ooh, hallelujah,
Dm G
Singing in the morning.
C Am
(Hallelujah time),
Dm G
Let them sing, don't let them cry.
Verse 2:
C D G G7
Over rocks and mountains,
Am G
The sheep are scattered all a-round.
C D G G7
Over hills and valleys,
Am G
They are everywhere to be found.
Bridge 2:
F C G But though we bear our burdens now, F C G All af-flictions got to end, somehow. F C G From swinging the hammer, pulling the plough, F Fm Why won't you let us be, to live in harmony? We like to be free, like birds in a tree.
Chorus 2:
C Am
(Hallelujah time),
Dm G
Yes, you can hear the children singing.
C Am
(Hallelujah time),
Dm G
As they go singing by and by.
C Am
(Hallelujah time), ooh, hallelujah,
Dm G
Singing in the morning.
C Am
(Hallelujah time),
Dm G
Let them sing, never let them cry.
C Am (Hallelujah time), ooh, hallelujah, Dm G Singing in the morning...
(Fade)
One Foundation Tom: G Intro: G C/G F/G C/G (x2)
Verse 1:
G C D G Got to build our love on one foun-dation, G C D G Got to build our love on one foun-dation. G C D G Got to build our love on one foun-dation, G C D G There will never be, yeah, no love at all, G C D G There will never be, no love at all.
Verse 2:
G C D G
Got to put a-side them segre-gation, yeah!
G C D G
Got to put a-side them organi-sation.
G C D G
Got to put a-side, them denomi-nation,
C D G
There will, there will never be, no love at all,
G C D G
I mean; there will never be, no love at all.
Verse 3:
C D G
(Got to build our love on one foun-dation,
C D G
Got to build our love on one foun-dation.
C D G
Got to build our love on one foun-dation),
Bridge:
G C/G F/G C/G G Or there will never be, a single drop of love, C/G F/G C/G You won't have no freedom now, yeah!
Verse 4:
G C D G Got to come to-gether; we are birds of a feather, G C D G We got to come to-gether, 'cos we are birds of a feather. G C D G Got to come to-gether, 'cos we are birds of a feather. G C D G Or there will never be, (Lord, have mercy), no love at all, G C D G There will never be, no love at all.
Verse 5:
G C D G We also got to realise, we are one people, yeah! G C D G Got to rea-lise that we are one people. G C D G We got to realise, we are one people, G C D G Or there will never be, no love at all, G C D G There will never, never, never be, no love at all.
Verse 6:
G C D G Got to build our love on one foun-dation, G C D G Got to build our love on one foun-dation. G C D G Got to build our love on one foun-dation, G C D G Got to build our love on one foun-dation.
(Repeat to Fade)
Back Out Tom: C Intro: C F7 (x4)
Chorus 1:
C F7 Back out; this is the rout, C F7 Back out, and shut your mouth! C F7 Back out; you ain't got no behaviour! C F7 Back out; don't know who could be your saviour?
Verse 1:
F G Yahso, Mistress Martin; F G Couldn't speak like yahso! F G Yahso, Mistress Martin; F G G7 Couldn't speak like yahso, yahso, yahso, yahso! Yeah!
Chorus 2:
C F7
Back out, and shut your mouth!
C F7
Back out; ooh, yeah!
C F7 C
Back out; you're makin' things go slow,
F7
Back out; on the go.
Verse 2:
F G Yahso, Mistress Martin; F G Couldn't speak like yahso! F G Yahso, Mistress Martin; F G G7 Could never speak like yahso, yahso, yahso, yahso! Ooh, yeah!
Organ Solo:
C F7 (x8)
Verse 3:
F G Yahso, Mistress Martin; F G Couldn't speak like yahso! F G Yahso, Mistress Martin: F G G7 Could never speak like yahso, yahso, yahso, yahso! Yeah!
Coda:
C F7
Back out now, and shut your mouth!
C F7
(Back out!) Shut your mouth!
C F7 C
(Back out!) Makin' things go slow!
F7
(Back out!) Now you're on the go!
C F7
(Back out!) You're back, back, back, now!
C F7
(Back out!) You never, never knew,
C F7
(Back out!) You would be back, back, back now!
(Fade)
Dont Rock My Boat Tom: A Intro: A C#m Bm E7 (x2)
Chorus 1:
A C#m Bm E7
Oh, please don't you rock my boat,
A C#m Bm E7
'Cos I don't want my boat to be rocking, anyhow.
A C#m Bm E7
Please don't you rock my boat, no,
A C#m Bm E7
'Cos I don't want my boat to be rocking.
I'm telling you that...
Bridge 1:
D E7
Oh-ooh-oh, I like it a-like this, (can you miss?)
D
And you should know, ooh oh,
E7
When I like it a-like a-this, I'm a-really is, ooh yeah.
Verse 1:
Bm E
You satis, satis, satisfy my soul,
Bm E
Morning time, evening cold; satis-fy my soul.
Bm
Yes, I been a-telling you;
E7
We'll play the sweetest games.
D A
I'm happy inside, all the time.
D A
Oh, can't you see, what you've done for me?
You make me feel like...
Verse 2:
Bm E When we bend a new corners, Bm E We feel like sweep-stake winners, yeah. Bm E When we bend them new corners, Bm E We feel like sweep-stake winner. And I said;
Bridge 2:
D E7
Oh-ooh-oh, I like it a-like this, (yes I do),
D
And you should know, ooh ah,
E7
When I like it, a-like a-this, I've got it; just can't miss.
Verse 3:
Bm E
Satis, satis-fy my soul, darling,
Bm E
Make me love you in the morning time.
Bm E
If I ever treated you bad; make it up to me one time,
D A
'Cos I'm happy in-side, all the time.
D A
I want you be-side me, yeah, to be mine.
Verse 4:
Bm
One thing you got to do;
E
Is when we're, holding hands together,
Bm E
You got to know that; we love, a-love each other, yeah.
Bm E
And if any time you should walk away from me now,
Bm E
You'll know I'll need your sympathy.
Bridge 3:
D Can you see; do you believe me? E7 Oh darling, darling, I'm calling, calling. D Satisfy my soul, satisfy my soul, E7 Never, never, never give it up now.
Coda:
Bm E Bm E
All in the same boat, rocking on the same rope,
Bm E
We gotta get to-gether, loving each other.
D A
And can't you see what I've got for you, yeah?
D
I'm happy, happy, happy, happy, happy,
A
And not even time to be blue now,
Bm
Come a little closer...
(Fade)
Im Hurting Inside Tom: A Intro: F#m E D E (x2)
Verse 1:
A E D E When I was just a little child, A E D E Happi-ness was there awhile. A E D E Then from me, yeah, it slipped one day, yeah, A E D E Happi-ness, come back, I say.
Bridge 1:
F#m
'Cos if you don't come,
E D
I've got to go lookin' for happiness.
E F#m
Well, if you don't come,
E D E
I've got to go lookin' Lord, for happiness, happiness. Said that...
Chorus 1:
A A7 D
Said, I'm-a hurtin' (in-side), and it's loneliness;
A A7 D E
I'm hurtin', I'm hurtin' deep in-side, oh good God, now.
Interlude:
F#m E D E F#m E
Oh, hear my cry, hear my cry;
D E
Yeah, my, my, my, my, my, my, my cry.
Verse 2:
A E D E Been to-gether like school children, A E D E Then you hurt me just in vain. A E D E Oh Lord, I'm your weary child; oh, A E D E Happi-ness, come back a-while.
Bridge 1:
F#m
'Cos if you don't come,
E D
I've got to go lookin' for happiness.
E
The road is dangerous;
F#m E D E
I've got to go lookin' for happiness, happiness.
Chorus 2:
A A7 D E Said, I'm, don't you know I'm, I'm hurting, hurting inside. A A7 D E Oh, I'm hurtin', who cares? who cares?
Interlude:
F#m E D
Coda:
(D) E A A7
Does the one who loves,
D E
Oh, feel the pain, feel the pain?
A A7 D E
Does the one who loves, feel the pain, feel the pain?
A A7 D
Been to-gether, been together like school children...
(Fade)
Im Still Waiting Tom: Bbm Intro: Bbm Ab, Bbm Ab
Chorus 1:
Bbm Ab Bbm Ab
I'm still wait-ing, I'm still wait-ing.
Bbm Ab Bbm Ab
I'm still wait-ing, I'm still wait-ing.
Ab Eb C# Ab Eb
For you..., why, oh why? why, oh why?
Verse 1:
Ab Bbm Cm Bbm
I said-a my feet, won't keep me up anymore.
Ab Bbm
With-a, ev'ry little beat my heart beats, girl,
Cm Bbm
It's at-a your door.
Ab Bbm
I just wanna love you,
Cm Bbm
And I'm never gonna hurt you, girl.
Ab
So why won't you come out to me now, girl?
Bbm Cm Bbm
Oh, can't you see I'm under your spell?
Ab Bbm
But I got to, got to go. Why, girl?
Cm Bbm
Oh why, girl? Oh!
Verse 2:
Ab Bbm
Woah, my gosh the rain is fallin',
Cm Bbm
And I just can't stop callin'.
Ab Bbm
And I just can't tell the raindrops,
Cm Bbm Ab Bbm
From my teardrops falling down my face.
Cm Bbm Ab
Mmm, look at it, yeah it isn't really raindrops.
Chorus 2:
Bbm Ab
(I'm still wait-ing). Teardrops falling down my face.
Bbm Ab Bbm Ab
(I'm still wait-ing, I'm still wait-ing), I'm still waiting.
Bbm Ab
(I'm still wait-ing), yes, I will.
Verse 3:
Ab Bbm Cm Bbm
I wait in the rain, I wait in the sun, please,
Ab Bbm Cm Bbm Ab Bbm
Relieve me, from these pains, oh pains, just pains.
Cm Bbm
I love you, yes I do. But tell me;
Ab Bbm Cm Bbm
Do you really love me, too?
Outro:
Ab Bbm Cm Bbm
(Repeat to Fade)
Lick Samba Tom: C Intro: G C
Chorus 1:
C G
Lick Samba, Lick Samba, Lick Samba;
Dm7 F C
Woa-oh, Lick Samba.
C Am
A me say; Lick Samba, Lick Samba, oh now,
Dm7 F C
(Woa-oh, Lick Samba)
Verse 1:
C
I could not re-sist...
G
(Lick Samba, Lick Samba, Lick Samba), woah now,
Dm7 F C
(Woa-oh, Lick Samba).
C
Another like dis.
Am
(Lick Samba, Lick Samba, Lick Samba), woah now,
Dm7 F C
(Wo-aoh, Lick Samba).
C G
And though I know you hurt me a-gain,
Dm7 F C
(Woa-oh, Lick Samba).
Am
I'll go on; I'll feel the pain:
Dm7 F C
(Woa-oh, Lick Samba).
C G
And it's not that I am weak,
Dm7 F C
(Woa-oh, Lick Samba).
Am
But it's that I'm on a peak, oh darlin'.
Dm7 F C
(Woa-oh, Lick Samba).
Chorus 2:
C G
A just-a lick Samba, Lick Samba, Lick Samba, I say:
Dm7 F C
(Woa-oh, Lick Samba).
C G Dm7 F C
Woah, now! (Woa-oh, Lick Samba).
C Am Dm7 F C
Woah, now, now! (Woa-oh, Lick Samba).
Verse 2:
C G
Bring it up a-lick it one time right here;
Dm7 F C
(Woa-oh, Lick Samba).
Am
I'll settle, a little a flame;
Dm7 F C
(Woa-oh, Lick Samba).
C G
You can write it down in my name;
Dm7 F C
(Woa-oh, Lick Samba).
Am
Morning time, noon or night;
Dm7 F C
(Woa-oh, Lick Samba).
Chorus 2:
C G A just-a lick Samba, Lick Samba, Lick Samba; Dm7 F C Woa-oh, Lick Samba. C Am Lick Samba, Lick Samba, Lick Samba, oh now, Dm7 F C (Woa-oh, Lick Samba).
Coda:
C G
Yeah, woah, darlin'!
Dm7 F C
(Woa-oh, Lick Samba).
Am
If it's morning time, I'm ready,
Dm7 F C
(Woa-oh, Lick Samba).
G
If it's late at night, I'm steady.
Dm7 F C
(Woa-oh, Lick Samba).
Am
Give it to you any-time, oh darlin',
Dm7 F C
(Woa-oh, Lick Samba).
G
I'm not a preacher but I am callin',
Dm7 F C
(Woa-oh, Lick Samba).
(Fade)
Mr Brown Tom: C# Intro: C# F# Ab F# (x4)
Verse 1:
C# F# Ab F# C#
(Who, ooh, ooh, ooh, is Mr. Brown?)
F# Ab F# C# F# Ab F#
Mr Brown is a clown who rides to town in a coffin.
C# F#
(Where he be found?) In the coffin,
Ab F# C# F# Ab
Where there is three crows on top and two is laughing.
F# C# F# Ab F# C# F# Ab
Oh, what a con-fusion! Ooh, yeah, yeah!
F# C# F# Ab F# C# F# Ab
What a bother-ation, ooh, now, now!
F# C# F# Ab F# C# F# Ab
Who is Mr. Brown? I wanna know now!
F# C# F# Ab F#
He is nowhere to be found.
Verse 2:
C# F# Ab F#
From Mandeville to Slide-a-ville, coffin runnin' a-round,
C# F# Ab F#
Up-setting, upsetting, up-setting the town, asking for Mr. Brown.
C# F# Ab F#
From Mandeville to Slide-a-ville, coffin runnin' a-round,
C# F# Ab F#
Up-setting, upsetting, up-setting the town, asking for Mr. Brown.
C# F# Ab F# C# I wanna know who... (is Mr. Brown)? F# Ab F# Is Mr. Brown controlled by remote?
Bridge:
F# Bb F# Bb
Oh, calling Duppy Conqueror,
F# Bb
I'm the ghost-catcher; this is your chance,
Oh big, big Bill bull-bucka,
Ab
Take your chance; prove yourself! Oh, yeah!
Verse 3:
C# F# Ab F# C# F#
Down in pa-rade,
Ab F# C# F# Ab F#, C# F#
People runnin' like a masquerade.
Ab F# C# F# Ab F#
The po-lice make a raid,
C# F# Ab F#, C# F# Ab
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, they think it fade.
F# C# F#
What a thing in town,
Ab F# C# F# Ab F#
Crows chauffeur-driven a-round.
C# F# Ab
Skankin' as if they had never known,
F# C# F# Ab F#, C#
The man they call "Mr. Brown".
F# Ab F#
I can tell you where he's from now...
Coda:
C# F# Ab F# From Mandeville to Slide-a-ville, coffin runnin' a-round, C# F# Ab F# Up-setting, upsetting, up-setting the town, asking for Mr. Brown.
(Fade)
Screwface Tom: D Intro: D G (x2)
Chorus 1:
D G
Screwface know-a who fe frighten,
D G
Screwface know-a who fe frighten, like I told...
Verse 1:
A G They say, "Coward, men", gonna keep sound bones, A G And all violent man, gonna weep and moan. A G He that exalteth himself, yeah, shall be abased. A G Remember Jah, Jah children; deh don't dread no pain.
Bridge 1:
Bm Em D G
Here do we go now through the rivers of un-Godly waters,
Bm G Bm G
We fear no foe, (fear no foe, fear no foe), wher-ever I go.
Bm G Bm
Not even the pestilence that crawleth by night,
G Bm G
Can't do, wo-wo-wo, me no wrong, (just can't do me no wrong).
Verse 2:
Bm A Bm A
I tell you already, I tell you a-gain;
D G
(Screwface know-a who fe frighten).
Coda:
D G
Screwface know-a who fe frighten,
D G
Screwface know-a who fe frighten.
D G
Screwface know-a who fe frighten,
D G
Screwface know-a who fe frighten.
(Repeat to Fade)
Smile Jamaica Tom: Bm Intro: Bm
Verse 1:
G A Feeling up, feeling down; G A This feeling wouldn't leave me alone. G A Then I came the one that said; G A Hey Dread; fly Natty Dread.
Chorus 1:
Bm And smile, (in Jamaica), Want you to smile, (in Jamaica, y'all). Get it to together right now, (in Jamaica), Get things together right now, (in Jamaica, y'all).
Verse 2:
G A Soulful town, roots people, G A Said I see that you're having fun. G A Rockin' to the roots man rocker, G A Oh island in the sun.
Chorus 2:
Bm (In Jamaica), Want you to get it together, (in Jamaica), Get this together right now (in Jamaica), Get this together right now, (in Jamaica, y'all).
Verse 3:
G A Help the children, help them right, G A Oh Lord; help them decide. G A Cast away that evil spell; G A Throw some water in the well, well, well, well, well...
Chorus 3:
Bm (In Jamaica), C'mon and smile, (in Jamaica). Get things together right now, (in Jamaica), Get it together right now, (in Jamaica, y'all).
Verse 4:
G A G Dry your tears, have no fear. A G A Fly Natty Dread, fly Natty Dread, G A Rise...sighs.
Chorus 4:
(with Scatting)
Bm
Verse 5:
G A
Help, help,
G A
Help us tonight.
G A
Cast away that evil spell;
G A
Throw some water in the well, well, well.
Chorus 5:
Bm (In Jamaica), in Jamaica y'all, In Jamaica, (in Jamaica y'all).
Verse 6:
G A Feeling up, feeling down; G A This feeling wouldn't leave me alone. G A Then I came the one that said; G A Hey Dread; fly Natty Dread.
Chorus 6:
Bm And smile. (In Jamaica, in Jamaica y'all).
Interlude:
Bm, G A (x4)
Bm (In Jamaica, in Jamaica y'all).
Bm, G A (x4) Bm
Verse 7:
G A G Dry your tears, have no fear. A G A Fly Natty Dread. G A Rise...sighs.
Chorus 6:
(with Scatting)
Bm
Verse 8:
G A G
Help, help,
A
Help us tonight.
G A
Evil spell,
G A
In the well.
Chorus 7:
Bm (In Jamaica, in Jamaica y'all). (In Jamaica, in Jamaica y'all).
Interlude:
G A (x4)
Chorus 8:
Bm (In Jamaica, in Jamaica y'all). (In Jamaica, in Jamaica y'all).
Outro:
G A (x2)
Babylon System Tom: C
C AM7
We refuse to be
C AM7
What you wanted us to be;
DM7
We are what we are:
DM7 C G C G
That's the way (way) it's going to be. If you don't know!
C AM7
You can't educate I
DM7
For no equal opportunity:
F
(Talkin' 'bout my freedom) Talkin' 'bout my freedom,
C G C G
People freedom (freedom) and liberty!
C AM7
Yeah, we've been trodding on the winepress much too long:
DM7 G7
Rebel, rebel!
C AM7
Yes, we've been trodding on the winepress much too long:
DM7 G7
Rebel, rebel!
G F C
Babylon system is the vampire, yea! (vampire)
F C G
Suckin' the children day by day, yeah!
G F C
Me say: de Babylon system is the vampire, falling empire,
F C G
Suckin' the blood of the sufferers, yea-ea-ea-ea-e-ah!
G F C
Building church and university, wo-o-ooh, yeah! -
F C G
Deceiving the people continually, yea-ea!
G F C
Me say them graduatin' thieves and murderers;
F C
Look out now: they suckin' the blood of the sufferers (sufferers).
G
Yea-ea-ea! (sufferers)
G G Tell the children the truth; C AM7 Tell the children the truth; D G Tell the children the truth right now! G G Come on and tell the children the truth; C AM7 Tell the children the truth; G G Tell the children the truth; C AM7 Tell the children the truth; G D G Come on and tell the children the truth.
G C AM7
'Cause - 'cause we've been trodding on ya winepress much too long:
DM7 G7
Rebel, rebel!
C AM7
And we've been taken for granted much too long:
DM7 G7
Rebel, rebel now!
(Trodding on the winepress) Trodding on the winepress (rebel): got to rebel, y'all (rebel)! We've been trodding on the winepress much too long - ye-e-ah! (rebel) Yea-e-ah! (rebel) Yeah! Yeah!
From the very day we left the shores (trodding on the winepress) Of our Father's land (rebel), We've been trampled on (rebel), Oh now! (we've been oppressed, yeah!) Lord, Lord, go to ...
[*Sleeve notes continue: Now we know everything we got to rebel Somebody got to pay for the work We've done, rebel.]
How Many Times Tom: C# Intro: C# A#m F# G# (Intro)
C# A#m F# G# Doo, do-do-wop, choo-wop, choo-wop C# A#m F# G# Doo, do-do-wop, choo-wop, choo-wop
C# A#m F# G# How many times I've told you/ I love you? C# A#m F# G# But now you want to say that/ we are through C# A#m Oh, what more/ can I do? F# G# What more, can I/ say to you? C# A#m F# G# Now you're gone...
C# A#m F# G# Do you remember that first/ night we met? C# A#m F# G# That was a moment /I never will forget C# A#m F# G# Love was at fiiirst sight C# A# You came walking/ through the pale, mF# G# Pale moonlight C# A#m F# G# Pale moonlight
C# A#m F# G# Do you remember that first/ night we met? C# A#m F# G# That was a moment I'll-ahh/ never will forget C# A#m F# G# Love was at your first sight C# A#m F# G# You came walking/ through the p-p-pale, p-p-pale, C# A#m F# G# Pale moonlight F# G# Pale moonlight
C# A#m F# G# Doo, do-do-wop, choo-wop, choo-wop C# A#m F# G# Doo, do-do-wop, choo-wop, choo-wop
Guiltiness Tom: Dm
Dm
Guiltiness (talkin' 'bout guiltiness)
Am
Pressed on their conscience. Oh yeah, oh yeah!.
Dm
And they live their lives (they live their lives)
Am
On false pretence everyday; each and everyday. Yeah.
Dm
These are the big fish
Am
Who always try to eat down the small fish, just the small fish.
Dm
I tell you what: they would do anything
Am
To materialize their every wish. Oh yeah-eah-eah-eah.
C Am
Say: Woe to the downpressors:
F G
They'll eat the bread of sorrow!
C Am
Woe to the downpressors:
F G
They'll eat the bread of sad tomorrow!
C Am
Woe to the downpressors:
F G
They'll eat the bread of sorrow!
Am
Oh, yeah-eah! Oh, yeah-eah-eah-eah!
Dm
Guiltiness
Am
Pressed on their conscience. Oh yeah. Oh yeah
Dm
These are the big fish
Am
Who always try to eat down the small fish,
just the small fish.
Dm
I tell you what: they would do anything
Am
To materialize their every wish. Oh, yeah-eah-eah-eah-eah-eah.
C Am
Say: Woe to the downpressors:
F G
They'll eat the bread of sorrow!
C Am
Woe to the downpressors:
F G
They'll eat the bread of sad tomorrow!
C Am
Woe to the downpressors:
F G
They'll eat the bread of sorrow!
Am
Oh, yeah-eah! Oh, yeah-eah-eah-eah!
C Am
Guiltiness. Oh yeah. Ah!
F G
They'll eat the bread of sorrow everyday
All Day And All Night Tom: Am Intro: Am, Dm, Am
Am Said I´ll never gonna give my love to nobody but you babe I´m never gonna give my love to nobody but you babe
G F So love me Forever
G F I say love me Forever
E7 F E7 F Love me no just for pleasure, love me always forever
G Am cause I love you, it´s couldn´t be better
Am say I gonna give my love to you babe you got my love say I gonna give my love to you babe you got my love
Am you say you never gonna give your love to nobody but me babe you say you never gonna give your love to nobody but me babe
G F so love me Forever . . .
Coming In From The Cold Tom: C Intro: |C C|C C|A# F|F F| |C C|C C|F F|F F|
C C C In this life, in this life, in this life C In this oh sweet life F We're coming in from the cold C Coming in, coming in, coming in, coming in, coming in, coming in F We're coming in from the cold C F G C It's you, it's you, it's you I'm talking to Am Am Well you, it's you, it's you F G C It's you I'm talking to now Am F G C why do you look so sad and forsaken Am When one door is closed F G C Don't you know another is open F Would you let the system F Make you kill your brotherman Dm C Am No dread no F Would you make system F Make you kill your brotherman Dm C Am No dread no F Would you make system F Get on top of your head again Dm C Am No dread no G Well the biggest man you ever G Did she was just a baby In this life, in this life In this oh sweet life We're coming in from the cold We're coming in from the cold Coming in from the cold It's life. it's life, it's life Coming from the cold We're coming in, coming in, coming in Coming in from the cold
It's you, it's you, it's you I'm talking to Well you, it's you, it's you It's you I'm talking to now why do you look so sad and forsaken When one door is closed Don't you know another is open
Would you let the system Make you kill your brotherman No dread no Would you make system Make you kill your brotherman No dread no Would you make system Get on top of your head again No dread no Well the biggest man you ever Did see was just a baby
In this life, in this life In this oh sweet life We're coming in from the cold We're coming in, coming in, coming in Coming in from the cold We're coming in, coming in, coming in
Whos The Cap Fit Tom: A#
A# Man to man is so unjust, children: Cm Ya don't know who to trust.
A# Your worst enemy could be your best friend, Cm And your best friend your worst enemy.
D# F Some will eat and drink with you, D# F Then behind them su-su 'pon you. D# F Only your friend know your secrets, D# F So only he could reveal it.
Gm Cm
And who the cap fit, let them wear it!
Gm Cm
Who the cap fit, let them wear it!
Gm Cm
Said ah throw meh corn, me no call no fowl;
Gm Cm
Ah saying, "Cook-cook-cook, cluk-cluk-cluk."
A# Some will hate you, pretend they love you now, Cm Then behind they try to eliminate you. A# But who Jah bless, no one curse; Cm Thank God, we're past the worst.
D# F Hypocrites and parasites D# F Will come up and take a bite. D# F And if your night should turn to day, D# F Ah lot of people would run away.
Gm Cm
And who the cap fit, let them wear it!
Gm Cm
Who the cap fit, let them wear it!
Gm Cm
Said ah throw meh corn, me no call no fowl;
Gm Cm
Ah saying, "Cook-cook-cook, cluk-cluk-cluk.
/Instrumental break/
D# F Some will eat and drink with you, D# F Then behind them su-su 'pon you. yeah! D# F And if your night should turn to day, D# F Ah lot of people would run away.
Gm Cm
And who the cap fit, let them wear it!
Gm Cm
Who the cap fit, let them wear it!
Gm Cm
Said ah throw meh corn, me no call no fowl;
Gm Cm
Ah saying, "Cook-cook-cook, cluk-cluk-cluk.
Gm Cm
Cook-cook-cook, cluk-cluk-cluk
Gm Cm
throw meh corn, me no call no fowl
Fade./
Ride Natty Ride Tom: A
(A F#m D E) Dready got a job to do And he's got to fulfill that mission To see his hurt is their Greatest ambition But we will survive In this world of competition 'Cause no matter what they do Natty keep on coming thru And no matter what they say Natty de deh every day
(A F#m D E) Natty dread rides again Thru the mystics of tomorrow Natty dread rides again Having no fear, having no sorrow
A E A
All and all you can see a gwan
A E A
Is to fight against the Rastaman
A E A
So they build their world
In great confusion
A F#m
To force us in the devil's illusion
A E A
But the stone that the builder refuse
A E A
Shall be the head cornerstone
A E A
And no matter what games they play
A F#m
There is something they could
Never take away
A F#m
Something they could never take away
F#m F#m
And it's the fire, it's the fire, fire
D A
Burning down everything
F#m F#m
Feel the fire, fire, the fire, the fire
D A
Only the birds have wings
A D A
No time to be deceived
A D A
You should know and not believe
A D
Jah says this judgment
F#m
Could never be with water
D F#m
So no water could put out this fire
This this fire, this this fire
(them repeat from start) This this fire Ride Natty Ride Go deh Dready, go deh Dready, go deh
Now the fire is burning Out of control panic in the city Wicked weeping for their gold Everywhere the fire is burning Destroying and melting their gold Destroying and wasting their souls
Ride Natty Ride Go deh Dready, go deh Dready Go deh Dready, go deh
Now the people gather on the beach And the leader try to make a speech But dread again tell them it's too late Fire is burning Man pull your own weight Fire is burning Man pull your own weight
Natty dread rides again Go deh Dready, go deh Dready go deh Oh Ride Natty Ride Natty dread rides again Go deh Dready, go deh, go deh Dready go deh Riding thru the storm And we're riding thru the calm Go deh, go deh We riding thru the thick We riding thru the thin Ride Natty, Ride Natty
Am-a-do Tom: B
B B / A A Am-a-do, you´ve got to pay your dues
B B / A A Am-a-do you baby and am-a-do you too, one more time
B B / A A Am-a-do, you´ve got to pay your dues
B B / A A Am-A-do you baby and Am-A-do you too
E E / F# F# Hey woman you´ve got your love
E E / F# F# And I´ve got mine
E E / F# F#
And then we put them together E E / F# F# ´Cause they´re gonna work so fine
F# F# / F# F# Still ya-ba-pa woman I´ve got you on my mind
Gm# Gm# / Gm# Gm# And I´ve got to get it with you again, woman
Gm# Gm# / Gm# Gm# And I´ve got to do it with you again, got to say
B B / B B Do it with your badself, c´mon home today
B B / B B Do it with your badself, I wanna do it with my badself
B B / B B Do it with your badself, are you tellin´ me to do it?
B B / B B Do it with your badself, thank you woman
Gm# Gm# / F# F# / B B ´Cause every man needs a woman
Gm# Gm# / F# F# / B B Every woman, every woman needs her man
E E / F# F# Closer together they would be
E E / F# F# Sharing the world so free
E E / F# F# And though we´re far apart
E E / F# F# You´re still in my... still ya-ba-pa
F# F# / F# F# You´re in the bottom of my heart
Gm# Gm# / Gm# Gm# And I´ve got to do it with you again
Gm# Gm# / Gm# Gm# Say I´ve got to do it with you again, oh
B B / B B Do it with your badself, thank you baby
B B / B B Do it with your badself, say woman
B B / B B Do it with your badself, jive me in the mood
B B / B B Do it with your badself, let me feel rude
Gm# Gm# / F# F# / B B Every man needs a woman
Gm# Gm# / F# F# / B B Every woman needs her man, oh
E E / F# F# Closer together they would be
E E / F# F# Sharing a world so free
E E / F# F# And though we´re far apart
E E / F# F# You´re still in my... still ya-bap
F# F# / F# F# You´re in the middle of my heart
Gm# Gm# / Gm# Gm# And I´ve got to do it with you again
Gm# Gm# / Gm# Gm# Say I´ve got to do it with you again, tell me
B B / B B Do it with your badself, invite me home
B B / B B Do it with your badself, oh baby
B B / B B Do it with your badself, hey I wanna
B B / B B Do it with your badself, do it with your badself
B B / B B Do it with your badself, hey baby
B B / B B Do it with your badself, it´s nice of you to tell me
B B / B B Do it with your badself, do it with my badself
Burnin And Lootin Tom: G Intro: Am, Dm, Am, Am (x2)
Am Dm Am Am This morning I woke up in a curfew
Am Dm E E Oh god, I was a prisoner too - yeah
Am Dm Am Am Could not recognise the faces standing over me
Am Dm E E They were all dressed in uniforms of brutality - eh
Am Dm Am Am How many rivers do we have to cross
Am Dm E
E
Before we can talk to the boss
Am Dm Am
Am
All that we got seems lost
Am Dm E
E
We must have really paid the cost (That's why we gonna be)
Am Dm Am
Am
Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight (Say we gonna burn and loot)
Am Dm Am Am
Burnin' and a-lootin' tonight (One more thing)
Chorus:
Am Dm Am
Am
Burnin all pollution tonight (Oh yeah, yeah)
Am Dm Am
Am
Burning all illusions tonight (Oh stop them)
Am Dm Am
Am
Give me the food and let me grow
Am Dm E E Let the roots man take a blow
Am Dm Am
Am
All them drugs gonna make you slow now
Am Dm E
E
It's not the music of the ghetto
Chant Down Babylon
Tom: F
Intro: A#, C, A#, C, A#, C
F, F, A#, C
F F A# C
(F, F, A#, C)
Come we go burn down Babylon One more time,
F F A#
(F, F, A#, C)
Come we go chant down Babylon one more time
A# A# Dm Dm For them soft, yes them soft
A# A# Dm Dm Them soft, yes them soft
F F
C (F, F, A#, C)
So come we go chant down Babylon one more time
Dm Dm Gm Am Men see their dreams and aspirations
Dm Dm Gm Am Crumble in front of their face
Dm Dm Gm Am Dm Dm Gm Am And all their wicked intentions to destroy the Human race.
A# A# Dm Dm A# A# Dm Dm A# A# C C C And how I know, how I know, and that's how I know
C F F
C
A Reggae Music, mek we chant down Babylon
F F A# C With music, mek we chant down Babylon
F F A# C This music, mek we chant down Babylon
F F A# C This music, come we chant down Babylon
F F A#
C (F, F, A#, C)
Come we go chant down Babylon one more time
F F A#
C (F, F, A#, C)
Come we go chant down Babylon one more time
A# A# Dm Dm For them soft, yes them soft
A# A# Dm Dm Them soft, mi say them soft
F F
C (F, F, A#, C)
So come we go chant down Babylon one more time
Dm Dm Gm Am Music you're, music you're the key
Dm Dm Gm Am Talk to who, please talk to me
Dm Dm Gm Am Bring the voice of of the Rastaman
Dm Dm Gm Am Communicating to "cating" to everyone
A# A# Dm Dm A# A# Dm Dm A# A# C CC How I, How I know, How I, How I know, And that's how I know
C F F A#
C
A Reggae Music, chant down, chant down,
F F A#
C F F
C
Chant down Babylon, Chant down Babylon, Chant down Babylon, Chant down Babylon
F F A# C Reggae Music, Chant down Babylon
F F A# C Reggae Music, Chant down Babylon
F F A# C Reggae Music, Chant down Babylon
Reggae Music
Stiff Necked Fools Tom: C Intro: C, C
C C G G C C G G Stiff necked fools, you think you're cool
C C G G Am Am F Em To deny me for simplicity
C C G G C C G G Yes you have gone, for so long
C C G G Am Am F Em With your love for vanity now
C C G G C C G G Yes you have got, the wrong interpretation
C C G G Am Am F Em Mixed up with vain imagination
Chorus:
C C G G
So take JAH Sun, and JAH Moon
C C G G
And JAH Rain and JAH Stars
C C G G Am Am F Em
And forever yes erase your fantasy, yeah
Who Colt The Game Tom: F# Intro: C#7
F# B Who colt the game F# B Who colt the game D#m G#m It's not natty dready D#m G#m It must be bald heady B C# Somebody play the wrong domino B C# And want the world to flollow B C# Someone is fillin' their sack B C# In a completry? black F# B Who colt the game F# B A you colt the game D#m G#m Why you play the bad card D#m G#m Now we catch you off guard B C# Natty dread want to shuffle B C# Not lookin' for nothin' to scuffle now B C# Natty dread want to shuffle B C# Not lookin' for nothin' to scuffle now F# B Who colt the game F# B Who colt the game D#m G#m One way in, one way out D#m G#m Some a holler some a shout B C# Natty dread want to shuffle B C# Not lookin' for nothin' to scuffle now B C# Natty dread want to shuffle B C# Not lookin' for no-one to hassle now F# B You colt the game F# B Divided in D#m G#m Why you play the bad card D#m G#m Now we catch you off guard B C# Somebody play the wrong domino B C# And cause the rest to follow B C# Someoen is fillin' ya sack B C# Well it's a completry? black F# B Who colt the game F# B Who colt the game F# B Now bout to fill your sack F# B It's a completry black F# B Natty dread want to shuffle F# B Natty dread want to shout F# B Colt and colt F# B Colt and colt F# B Speak the truth and do it ever F# B Who colt the game F# B 'cause once you did it you'll do it again F# B Who colt the game
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Hurting Inside Tom: Am
Am G F When I was just a little child, Am G F 'Appiness was there awhile. Am G F Then from me it slipped one day: Am G F 'Appiness, come back, I say, Am 'Cause if you don't come - come, G I go looking, yeah! – F For 'appiness. Am 'Cause if you don't come - come, G I go looking now! – F For 'appiness.
Am G F
Then together like school children,
Am G F
Then your hurt was just in vain.
Am G F
Lord, I'm your weary child:
Am G F
'Appiness, come back. Oh, I –
Am
'Cause if you don't come
G
Gonna go lookin', yeah! –
F
For 'appiness.
Am
And if you don't come,
G
Gonna go lookin', yeah! –
F
For 'appiness.
Am G F
Like Jah said, I'm a-hurtin' inside;
Am G F
I'm a-hurtin' inside
if you dont no how to play the chords its......
African Herbsman Tom: G
Verse 1:
G Em
All twinklin' lee
G Em
Can't see the right rose when the streams a-bate
G Em
The old slave men might grind slow
C G
But it grinds fine, yeah
Chorus 1:
G Em
African herbsman, why linger on?
G Em
Just concen-trate, 'cause heaven lives on
G Em
Greet-I-eth slave men will look with a scorn
C D G Em
With a transplanted heart (yes, how quick they had to part)
G Em
(How quick they had to part)
Verse 2:
G Em
The re-membrance of to-day
G Em
Is the sad feelin' of to-morrow
G Em C
(...How quick ...) Oh (... part), oh yeah
Chorus 2:
G Em
African herbsman, seize your time
G Em
I'm takin' il-lusion on the edge of my mind
G Em
I'm takin' losers down thru my life
C D G Em
Down thru my life, yeah (yes, how quick they had to part)
G Em
(How quick they had to part)
Verse 3:
G Em
Dideh part, yes, they part
G Em
The re-membrance of to-day
G Em
(How quick they had to part)
Chorus 3:
G Em
African herbsman, why linger on?
G Em
Just concen-trate, 'cause your heaven lives on
G Em
Greet-I-eth slave men will look with a scorn
C D G Em
With a transplanted heart, yes, how (... quick they have to part)
G Em
(How quick they had to part)
Verse 4:
G Em
In re-membrance of to-day
G Em
Brings sad feelings of to-morrow
C
(Yes, how quick they have to ...) Lead me on, oh, Lord, I pray to you
Chorus 2:
G Em
(African herbsman) (African herbsman)
G Em
(African herbsman) (African herbsman)
Crazy Baldheads Tom: Em
Em Am Them crazy, Em Am Them crazy
Chorus 1:
Em
We gonna chase those crazy
Am Em Am
Baldheads out of town;
Em Am
Chase those crazy baldheads
Em Am
Out of our town.
Verse 1:
Em Am
I'n'i build a cabin;
Em Am
I'n'I plant the corn;
Em Am
Didn't my people be-fore me
Em Am
Slave for this coun-try?
Em Am
Now you look me with that scorn,
Em Am
Then you eat up all my corn.
Chorus 2:
Em Am We gonna chase those crazy - Em Am Chase them crazy - Em Am Em Am Chase those crazy baldheads out of town!
Verse 2: (Scat Singing)
Em Am
Verse 3:
Em Am Build your peni-tentiary, Em Am We build your schools, Em Am Brainwash edu-cation Em Am To make us the fools. Em Am Hate is your reward for our love, Em Am Telling us of your God above.
Chorus 3:
Em Am We gonna chase those crazy - Em Am Chase them crazy - Em Am Em Am Chase those crazy baldheads out of town!
Instrumental Break:
Em Am
Chorus 4:
Em Am We gonna chase those crazy - Em Am Chase those crazy bunkheads - Em Am Em Am Chase those crazy baldheads out of the yown!
Verse 4:
Em Am Here comes the conman Em Am Coming with his con plan. Em Am We won't take no bribe; Em Am We've got [to] stay a-live.
Chorus 5:
Em Am We gonna chase those crazy - Em Am Chase them crazy - Em Am Em Am Chase those crazy baldheads out of town!
(Repeat to Fade)
Duppy Conqueror Tom: C Intro: C F G F
Verse 1:
C F G F
Yes, me friend,
C F G F
We deh a street a-gain.
C F G F
Yes, me friend, me good friend,
C F G F
Dem say we free a-gain.
C F G F
The bars could not hold me;
C F G F
Force could not con-trol me now.
C F G F
They try to keep me down, yeah!
C F G F
But Jah put I a-round. Yeah!
C F G F
Yes, I've been accused many a times
C F G F
And wrongly a-bused, now.
C F G F
Oh, but through the powers of the Most-I,
C F G F
They've got to turn me loose.
Bridge 1:
Am Don't try to cold me up C On this bridge, now. Am C I've got to reach Mount Zion -The highest region. Am C So if you a bull-bucka, Let me tell you this -
Chorus 1:
G I'm a duppy conqueror - conqueror. Oh, yeah!
Verse 2:
C F G F
Yes, me friend,
C F G F
We deh a street a-gain. O-oh!
C F G F
Yes, me friend, me good friend,
C F G F
Dem say we free a-gain. O-oh! Oh!
Bridge 2:
Am Don't try to cold me up C On this bridge, now. Am C I've got to reach Mount Zion -The highest region. Am C So if you a bull-bucka, Let me tell you this -
Chorus 2:
G I'm a duppy conqueror - conqueror. Oh, yeah!
Verse 3:
C F G F
Yes, me friend,
C F G F
We deh a street a-gain. Oh! Oh, yeah!
C F G F
Yes, me friend, We deh a street a-gain.
C F G F
Yes, me friend, me good friend,
C F G F
Dem say we free a-gain. Oh! Oh, yeah!
(Repeat to Fade)
Jah Live Tom: G Intro: G Bm C
Chorus 1:
G
Jah live
Bm C
Children yeah
G
Jah Jah live
Bm C
Children yeah
G
Jah live
Bm C
Children yeah
G
Jah Jah live
Bm C
Children yeah
Verse 1:
G Bm C The truth is an of-fence G Bm C But not a sin G Bm C Is he who laugh last,children G Bm C Is he who win G Bm C Is a foolish dog G Bm C Bark at the flying bird G Bm C One sheep must learn G Bm C To re-spect the shep-herd
Chorus 2:
G
Jah live
Bm C
Children yeah
G
Jah Jah live
Bm C
Children yeah
G
Jah live
Bm C
Children yeah
G
Jah Jah live
Bm C
Children yeah
Verse 2:
G Bm C Fool say in their heart G Bm C Rasta your God is dead G Bm C But I and know, Jah Jah G Bm C Dread it shall be Dreader Dread
Chorus 3:
G
Jah live
Bm C
Children yeah
G
Jah Jah live
Bm C
Children yeah
G
Jah live
Bm C
Children yeah
G
Jah Jah live
Bm C
Children yeah
Verse 3:
G Bm C
Let jah a-rise
G Bm C
Now that the enemies are scattered
G Bm C
Let Jah a-rise
G Bm C
The enemies,the enemies are scattered
Chorus 4:
G
Jah live
Bm C
Children yeah
G
Jah Jah live
Bm C
Children yeah
G
Jah live
Bm C
Children yeah
G
Jah Jah live
Bm C
Children yeah
Natty Dread Tom: G
Chorus 1:
G C Em C Dread, Natty Dread now, (Natty Dread) G C Em C Dreadlock Congo Bongo I. (Natty Dread) G C Em C Natty Dreadlock in a Babylon: (Natty Dread) G C Em C A dreadlock Congo Bongo I. (Natty Dread)
Verse 1:
G C Em C
Eh! Children get your culture (Natty Dreadlock)
G C Em C
And don't stay there and gesture, a-ah, (Natty Dreadlock)
G C Em C
Or the battle will be hotter (Natty Dreadlock)
G C Em C
And you won't get no supper. (Natty Dreadlock)
Chorus 2:
G C Em C Dread, Natty Dread now, (Natty Dread) G C Em C Dreadlock Congo Bongo I. (Natty Dread) G C Em C Natty Dreadlock in a Babylon: (Natty Dread) G C Em C Roots Natty, Roots Natty! (Natty Dread)
Verse 2:
G C Em C
Then I walk up the first street, (Natty Dreadlock)
G C Em C
And then I walk up the second street to see. (Natty Dreadlock)
G C Em C
Then I trod on through third street, (Natty Dreadlock)
G C Em C
And then I talk to some Dread on fourth street. (Natty Dreadlock)
G C Em C
Natty Dreadlock in a fifth street, (Natty Dreadlock)
G C Em C
And then I skip one fence to sixth street. (Natty Dreadlock)
G C Em C
I've got to reach seventh street: (Natty Dreadlock)
G C Em C
Natty Dreadlock Bingy Bongo I (Natty Dread)
G C Em C
Natty dread, Natty Dread, now, (Natty Dread)
G C Em C
Roots Natty Congo I. (Natty Dread)
Middle 8:
Am Oh, Natty, Natty, Natty 21,000 miles away from home, yeah! Dm Oh, Natty, Natty, And that's a long way For Natty to be from home.
Verse 3:
G C Em C
Don't care what the world seh; (Natty Dread)
G C Em C
I'n'I couldn't never go astray. (Natty Dread)
G C Em C
Just like a bright and sunny day: (Natty Dread)
G C Em C
Oh, we're gonna have things our way. (Natty Dread)
G C Em C
Natty Dread, Natty Dreadlock, (Natty Dreadlock)
G C Em C
Dreadlock Congo Bongo I. (Natty Dreadlock)
G C Em C
Don't care what the world seh; (Natty Dreadlock)
G C Em C
I'n'I gonna have things our way. (Natty Dreadlock)
G C Em C
If a egg Natty in a the red - (Natty Dreadlock)
G C Em C
If a egg Natty in a the red. (Natty Dreadlock)
G C Em C
Natty Dread, Natty Dreadlock.
(Repeat to Fade)
Punky Reggae Party Tom: Bm Intro: Bm
Verse 1:
Bm Punky punky punk Said your gonna punky punky punk Said im goin to a party And i hope you are hearty So please dont be naughty For its a punky reggae party New wave, New phrase New wave, craze
Chorus 1:
Em
Its takes joyful sound
D
To make the world go round
Em
Come with your heart and soul
D
Come and rock your bone
Em
Its a punky reggae party
D
And its to-night
Em
Its a punky reggae party
D
And its al-right
What did you say?
Verse 2:
Bm Re-jected by society Treated with impunity Projected by my dignity I search for reality New wave, new craze New wave, new wave, new phrase Im sayin
Chorus 2:
Em
The Wailers will be there
D
The Damned, the Jam, the Clash
Em
Maytals will be there
D
Dr. Feelgood too
Em
No boring old farts, no boring old farts, no boring old farts
D
Will be there!
Em
No boring old farts, no boring old farts, no boring old farts
D
Will be there!
Em
Its a punky reggae party
D
And its to-night
Em
Its a punky reggae party
D
And its al-right
Verse 3:
Bm A tip from a gypsy She said "man you gettin tipsy" Hiding from reality In your world of hypocrisy In your world of hypocrisy In your world of hypocrisy In your world of hypocrisy In your world of hypocrisy Let me tell you
Chorus 3:
Em
It takes a joyful sound
D
To make the world go round
Em
It takes a joyful sound
D
So come and rock your bone
Em
Its a punky reggae party
D
And its to-night
Em
Its a punky reggae party
D
And its al-right
Verse 4:
Bm A tip from a gypsy She said "man you gettin tipsy" Hiding from reality In your world of hypocrisy In your world of hypocrisy In your world of hypocrisy In your world of hypocrisy In your world of hypocrisy Let me tell you A bubble, a bubble Were looking for no trouble New wave, new phrase New wave, new wave, new craze
(Repeat to Fade)
Simmer Down Tom: G Intro: G C D
Chorus 1:
G C D Simmer down, you lickin' too hot, so G C D Simmer down, soon you'll get dropped, so G C D Simmer down, can you hear what I say G C D Simmer down, that why won't you, why won't you, why won't you G C D Simmer down, Simmer down.
Verse 1:
G C D
Long time people dem used to say
G C D
What sweet nanny goat a go run him bel-ly, so
Chorus 2:
G C D Simmer down, oh control your temper G C D Simmer down, for the battle will be hotter G C D Simmer down, can you hear what I say G C D Simmer down, oh that I'm a leaving you to-day G C D Simmer down.
Instrumental:
G C D
Chorus 3:
G C D Simmer down, can you hear what I say G C D Simmer down, oh that I'm a leaving you to-day G C D Simmer down.
Verse 2:
G C D
Chicken Mary, hawk de near
G C D
And when him de near, you must be-ware, so
Chorus 4:
G C D Simmer down, oh control your temper G C D Simmer down, for the battle will be hotter G C D Simmer down, and you won't get no supper G C D Simmer down, and you know you bound to suffer G C D Simmer down, simmer, simmer, simmer right down G C D Simmer down, like you never did be-fore G C D Simmer down, oh, oh, oh G C D Simmer down, can you hear what I say G C D Simmer down, you lickin' too hot so G C D Simmer down, and you know soon you'll get dropped, so G C D Simmer down, why won't you simmer, simmer down G C D Simmer down, simmer down, simmer down G C D Simmer down, simmer, simmer down G C D Simmer down, oh simmer, simmer down G C D Simmer down, like you never did be-fore
Small Axe Tom: C Intro:
G e|-----------| B|-----------| G|-----------| D|-----------| A|----0-2----| E|--3-----3--| C G G7
G e|-----------| B|-----------| G|-----------| D|-----------| A|----0-2----| E|--3--------| D G G7
Verse 1:
C G D
Why boasteth thy-self, O heathen men;
C G D
Playing smart and not being clever, oh no!
C G D D7
I say you're working iniqui-ty, to a-chieve vanity, yeah, if a-so a-so.
C G D D7
But the goodness of Jah-Jah, en-dureth for-ever.
Chorus 1:
C G G7
If you are the big tree,
D G G7
We are the small axe
C G G7
Sharpened to cut you down, (well sharp)
D G G7
Ready to cut you down, oh yeah!
Verse 2:
C G D
These are the words of my master, (Keep on tellin' me - o-oh!)
C G D
No weak heart shall prosper:
C G D D7
And whosoever diggeth a pit, Shall fall in it - shall fall in it.
C G D D7
Whosoever diggeth a pit, shall bury in it - shall bury in it.
Chorus 2:
C G G7
If you are the big tree,
D G G7
We are the small axe
C G G7
Sharpened to cut you down, (well sharp)
D G G7
Ready to cut you down,
Bridge:
C G D G Oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh to cut you down C G D G Oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh to cut you down
Verse 3:
C G D D7 Whosoever diggeth the pit, shall fall in it, fall in it, eh! C G D D7 Whosoever diggeth the pit, shall bury in it - shall bury in it.
Chorus 3:
C G G7
If you are the big tree,
D G G7
We are the small axe
C G G7
Sharpened to cut you down, (well sharp)
D G G7
Ready to cut you down,
Chorus 4:
C G G7
If you are the big tree,
D G G7
We are the small axe
C G G7
Sharpened to cut you down, (well sharp)
D G G7
Ready to cut you down,
(Repeat to Fade)
Sun Is Shining Tom: Am Intro: Am
Verse 1:
Em
Sun is shining, the weather is sweet, yeah
Make you wanna move your dancing feet now
Am
To the rescue, here I am
Em
Want to know y'all, where I stand
Am
Monday morning, here I am
Want to know, just if you can, where I stand
Verse 2:
Em
Wednesday morning, tell myself a new day is rising
Thursday evening get on the rise and a new day is dawning
Am
Friday morning, here I am
Saturday evening, want you to know just,
Want to know just where I stand
Verse 3:
Em
When the mornin' gather the rainbow, yeah, yeah
Want you to know, I'm a rainbow too now
Am
To the rescue, here I am
Want to know, just if you can, where I stand
Bridge:
Em We lift our heads and give jah praises Em We lift our heads and give jah praises
Verse 4:
Em
Sun is shining, the weather is sweet now
Make you wanna move your dancing feet, yeah
Am
So to the rescue, here I am
Want you to know just if you can, where I stand, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Verse 5:
Em Monday morning, scoo-be-doop-scoop-scoop Tuesday evening, scoo-be-doop-scoop-scoop Am Wednesday morning, scoo-be-doop-scoop-scoop Thursday evening, scoo-be-doop-scoop-scoop Em Friday morning, scoo-be-doop-scoop-scoop Saturday evening, scoo-be-doop-scoop-scoop
Verse 6:
Am So to the rescue, to the rescue, to the rescue Em A-wake from your sleep and slumber Today could be your lucky number
Coda:
Em Sun is shining and the weather is sweet Em Sun is shining and the weather is sweet Em Sun is shining and the weather is sweet
(Repeat to Fade)