E5 C5
Spit fire like dragon, thinking them can escape
G5
The works of William Gordon
E5 C5
Dem fire as Judas come, thinking them can ride on
G5
The words of Marcus Garvey
E5
(oh man de were) Filling up our heads with visions
C5
while it's our souls on which they bargain
E5
Live as they all live, blind as they are blind
A5 G5 A5 G5
They'll never know that, for this here price
A5 C5
We shall give our lives to them
D5 C5
Now did ya, did ya see dem ride into the war
D5 C5
Gone so long they call out to the one
D5
Son I'm here for you they trapped him to belong,
C5
When they were all
E5 D5 G5
Standing at the foot of the moutain as we tried to
A5 D5 G5 A5 D5
Warn them oh Jah Jah, we warn them
A5 G5 A5 G5 A5
Still they come with their silver tongue show
G5 A5 D5 G5 A5 D5
Yes, and we chant them oh Rasta, we whant dem
A5 G5 A5 G5 A5
They man come with their silver tongue show
G5 A5
(Good man say) You're just a string in the puppet show
Solo:
( E5 C5 G5 ) x2
E5 C5
Spit fire like dragon, thinking them can escape
G5
The works of Mohandis Gandhi
E5 C5
Spit fire as Judas come, thinking them can destroy
G5
The words of Bantu Biko
E5
(oh man de were) Filling up our heads with visions
C5
While it's our souls 'pon which they bargain
E5
Oh the crisis de man light, the fittest de man fight,
A5 G5 A5 G5
They'll never know that, for this here price,
A5 C5
We shall give our lives to them
D5 C5
Now did ya, did ya see dem ride into the war
D5 C5
Conquered us so long they hold their head up high
D5
As them pray on the poor and juvenile
C5
When they were all
E5 D5 G5
Standing at the foot of the mountain
A5 D5 G5 A5 D5
As we tried to warn them oh Jah Jah, we warn them
A5 G5 A5 G5 A5
Still they come with their silver tongue show
G5 A5 D5 G5 A5 D5
Yes, and we chant them oh Rasta, we chant them
A5 G5 A5 G5 A5
They man come with their silver tongue show
G5 A5
Chant them down, chant them down no they'll never know
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Solo:
E5 F#5 E5 Bm A5
E5 (v?rios compassos)
E5 C5 E5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 C5
D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 E5 D5
G5 A5 D5 G5 A5 D5
Warn them oh Jah Jah, we warn them
A5 G5 A5 G5 A5
Still they come with their silver tongue show
G5 A5 D5 G5 A5 D5
Yes, and we chant them oh Rasta, we chant them
A5 G5 A5 G5 A5
They man come with their silver tongue show
G5 A5
(Good man say) You're just a string in the puppet show
