• Song:

    Revolution

  • Artist:

    Bob Marley

...REVOLUTION... by Bob Marley
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*from 'Natty Dread' (1974)*

Intro:

Am  D7, F  Em

Chorus 1:

Am (x02210@1)       D7 (xx0212@1)                  F (133211@1)    EmReve-lation, (022000@1)re-veals the truth; reve-lation.
Am (x02210@1)         D7 (xx0212@1)        F (133211@1)          Em (022000@1)(Revolution, revolution, revolution).

Interlude:

Am (x02210@1)D7, F (133211@1)          Em (022000@1)        (Revolution, ooh, (doo-doo-doo-doo).

Chorus 2:

Am (x02210@1)             D7 (xx0212@1)It takes a revo-lution, (revolution),
F (133211@1)           Em (022000@1)To make a so-lution, (doo-doo-doo-doo).
Am (x02210@1)          D7 (xx0212@1)Too much con-fusion, (aaa-aaah),
F (133211@1)           Em (022000@1)So much frus-tration.

Verse 1:

F (133211@1)            Am (x02210@1)I don't wanna live in the park, (live in the park);
F (133211@1)             Am (x02210@1)Can't trust no shadows after dark, (shadows after dark).
F (133211@1)               Am (x02210@1)So, my friend, I wish that you could see,
       GLike (320003@1)a bird in the tree; the prisoners must be free, yeah! (Free).

Chorus 3:

Am (x02210@1)               D7 (xx0212@1)Never make a poli-tician, (aaa-aaah),
F (133211@1)          Em (022000@1)Grant you a favour, (doo-doo-doo-doo).
Am (x02210@1)              D7 (xx0212@1)They will always want to, (aaa-aaah),
F (133211@1)              Em (022000@1)Control you for-ever, (forever, forever).

Bridge 1:

Am (x02210@1)                  C (x32010@1)So if a fire make it burn, (make it burn, make it burn).
F (133211@1)                     G (320003@1)And if a blood make ya run, (make ya run, run, run).
Am (x02210@1)           C (x32010@1)Rasta de 'pon top, can't you see? (Doo-doo-doo-doo),
F (133211@1)                       G (320003@1)So you can't predict the flop, eh-eh! (Doo-doo-doo-doo).

Chorus 4:

Am (x02210@1)                    D7We (xx0212@1)got lightning, (lightning), thunder, (thunder).
F (133211@1)                         Em (022000@1)Brimstone, (brimstone) and fire, fire, (fire, fire).
Am (x02210@1)                     D7 (xx0212@1)Lightning, (lightning), thunder, (thunder).
F (133211@1)                             Em (022000@1)Brr-brimstone, (brimstone) and fire, fiyah, fire, fiyah!

Chorus 5:

Am (x02210@1)             D7 (xx0212@1)Kill, cramp and paralyze, (aaa-aaah),
F (133211@1)              Em (022000@1)All weak at con-ception, (doo-doo-doo-doo).
                     Am (x02210@1)              D7Wipe (xx0212@1)them out of cre-ation, (creation), yeah-eah! (Creation).
F (133211@1)Wa-Jah, Jah, Jah! Wa-Jah, Jah, Jah! (Creation).
                       EmWa-Jah, (022000@1)Jah, Jah! (Cre-ation).

Am (x02210@1)                        D7 (xx0212@1)Let Isis I'es, (I'es), and Isis black, (I'es),
    F (133211@1)                   EmAnd (022000@1)Isis red, (i'es), and Isis dread, yeah.
    Am (x02210@1)          D7Let (xx0212@1)righteousness, cover the earth,
         F (133211@1)                          EmLike (022000@1)the water, (aaa-aaah), cover the sea, yeah, yeah!

Coda:

Am (x02210@1)                                 D7 (xx0212@1)Lightning, (lightning), doo-doo-doo-doo, (thunder).
            F (133211@1)                           EmDoo-doo-doo-doo, (022000@1)(brimstone), doo-doo-doo-doo, (fire, fire).
  Am (x02210@1)                    D7A (xx0212@1)lightning, (lightning), thunder, (thunder).
F (133211@1)                         Em (022000@1)Brimstone, (brimstone) and fire.

(Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Am (x02210@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)      F (133211@1)      Em (022000@1)    G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)EADGBE  EADGBE  EAD G B E  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 577555  x57575  x81010108  x79987  355433  x35553

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