• Song:

    So Jah Seh

  • Artist:

    Bob Marley

...SO JAH SEH... by Bob Marley
----------------..............

*from 'Natty Dread' (1974)*


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)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Bm      A      Bbdim    E7      G       D       F#m

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 799777  577655  x7565x  x79797  355433  x57775  244222


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