...BAD MAN... by Steel Pulse
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*from 'Handsworth Revolution' (1978)*


Intro:

Bm  D  Em (x2)

Bridge 1:

    Bm        Em  F#
Dem dread seh,
    Bm        Em  F#
Dem dread seh.
    Bm        Em  F#
Dem dread seh,
    Bm        Em  F#
Dem dread seh.

   Bm                        Em  F#m
No matter how you bad, I man;    badder than you,
   Bm                          Em  F#
No matter how you dread, I man;    dreader than you.
   Bm                         Em          F#
No matter how you hard, I man harder than you,
   Bm                         Em          F#
No matter how you raw, I more-weak heart, back way so.

Chorus 1:

Bm                    Em            F#m
 A bad man no want go back into cap-tivity,
Bm                    Em      F#m
 A bad man no want go back to slavery.
   Bm      Em       F#           Bm     Em  F#
Up-rising, from the claws of the wicked.

Verse 1:

    Bm                   Em      F#
Two bulls can't reign in one pen,
    Bm                    Em        F#
Two lions can't roar in a small den.
    Bm                           Em        F#
Two scorpions don't sting at the same spot,
    Bm                  Em          F#
Two guns can't fire the same bullet shot, so;

Chorus 2:

Bm                    Em            F#m
 A bad man no want go back into cap-tivity,
Bm                    Em      F#m
 A bad man no want go back to slavery.
   Bm      Em       F#           Bm     Em  F#
Up-rising, from the claws of the wicked.

Verse 2:

    Bm                   Em         F#m
Two kings don't wear the same crown,
    Bm                      Em        F#m
Two beauties don't have the same gown on.
   Bm                    Em         F#m
To-morrow is too late to leave town,
Bm
 If you're still here at noon,
                              Em        F#m
There'll be one big, big, big showdown, so;

Chorus 3:

   Bm      Em   F#
Up-rising, upri-sing,
   Bm      Em   F#
Up-rising, upri-sing.

Break:

F#m               Bm
 I give you 'till noon to go,
F#m                 Bm
 On your way to sur-vival, where;
F#m                        Bm
 Your heart will beat more fonder with life,
F#m                           Bm
 And breath still enters your body.

Bridge 2:

    Bm        Em  F#
Dem dread seh,
    Bm        Em  F#
Dem dread seh.
    Bm        Em  F#
Dem dread seh,
    Bm        Em  F#
Dem dread seh.

   Bm                        Em  F#m
No matter how you bad, I man;    badder than you,
   Bm                          Em  F#
No matter how you dread, I man;    dreader than you.
   Bm                         Em          F#
No matter how you hard, I man harder than you,
   Bm                         Em          F#
No matter how you raw, I more-weak heart, back way so.

Verse 3:

Bm                       Em      F#
 If you still coming; me nah run,
Bm                       Em     F#
 If you still coming; me ah go, drop you.
Bm                       Em      F#
 If you still coming; me nah run,
Bm                         Em      F#
 So better stop running be-fore I, break you.

Bm                        Em       F#
 So run and hide before I find you,
Bm                        Em       F#
 Woe betide if I catch up on you.
Bm                      Em      F#
 If you still coming; I box you down,
Bm                      Em        F#
 If you still coming; I clart you down.

Break:

Bm    Em    F#
 Long time...
Bm                    Em  F#
 We deh under backraw.
Bm                           Em   F#
 Long time we deh under back-raw,
Bm                           Em   F#
 Long time we deh under back-raw.
Bm                           Em   F#
 Long time we deh under back-raw,
Bm                           Em   F#
 Long time we deh under back-raw.

Verse 4:

     Bm            Em  F#
Four hundred years,
            Bm     Em  F#
(Many, many years).
     Bm            Em  F#
Four hundred years,
            Bm     Em  F#
(Many, many years).

Bm        Em  F#
 Slavery,
Bm        Em  F#
 Slavery.
Bm        Em  F#
 Slavery,
Bm
 Days...

Coda:

Bm  Em           F#
 Oh, you've been bought,
Bm  Em           F#
 Oh, you've been sold.
Bm  Em    F#
 Oh, cast over me,
Bm                 Em         F#
 Got strung up for nothing at all.
Bm       Em    F#
 Strange fruit,
Bm       Em    F#
 Strange fruit.
Bm       Em    F#
 Strange fruit,
Bm       Em    F#
 Strange fruit.

Outro:

Bm  Em  F#

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Bm      D       Em        F#        F#m

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EAD G B E  EAD G B E
 799777  x57775  x79987  x91111119  x91111109


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)