• Song:

    War

  • Artist:

    Bob Marley

  • Album:

    Songs of Freedom

...WAR... by Bob Marley
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*from 'Positive Vibration' (1976)*

Intro:

Bbm  Ab7 (x2)

Verse 1:

Bbm (x13321@1)          Ab7 (xx1112@1)          Bbm (x13321@1)            Ab7 (xx1112@1)Until the phi-losophy, which hold one race su-perior,
      Bbm (x13321@1)  Ab7 (xx1112@1)Bbm (x13321@1)  Ab7And (xx1112@1)a-nother;  in-ferior.
   Bbm (x13321@1)   Ab7 (xx1112@1) Bbm (x13321@1)       Ab7Is (xx1112@1)finally,  and permanently,
    Bbm (x13321@1)    Ab7 (xx1112@1)   Bbm (x13321@1)    Ab7Dis-credited, (xx1112@1) and a-bandoned,
              Bbm (x13321@1)Ab7 (xx1112@1)    Bbm (x13321@1)Ab7Everywhere (xx1112@1)is war,   me say war.

Verse 2:

Bbm (x13321@1)          Ab7 (xx1112@1)         BbmThat (x13321@1)until there no longer, first class,
                 Ab7 (xx1112@1)            Bbm (x13321@1)  Ab7And (xx1112@1)second class citizens, of any nation.
Bbm (x13321@1)                  Ab7 (xx1112@1)             Bbm (x13321@1)           Ab7 (xx1112@1)Until the colour of a man's skin, is of no more signifi-cance,
         Bbm (x13321@1)              Ab7 (xx1112@1)    Bbm (x13321@1)Ab7Than (xx1112@1)the colour of his eyes;  me say war.

Verse 3:

Bbm (x13321@1)           Ab7That (xx1112@1)until the basic human rights,
    Bbm (x13321@1)                 Ab7Are (xx1112@1)equally guaranteed to all,
        Bbm (x13321@1)          Ab7 (xx1112@1)   Bbm (x13321@1)Ab7Without (xx1112@1)regard to race;  dis a-war.
     Bbm (x13321@1)          Ab7 (xx1112@1) Bbm (x13321@1)            Ab7That (xx1112@1)until that day,  the dream of lasting peace,
Bbm (x13321@1)          Ab7 (xx1112@1) Bbm (x13321@1)         Ab7 (xx1112@1)       Bbm (x13321@1)  Ab7 (xx1112@1)World citizen-ship, rule of inter-national mo-rality,
        Bbm (x13321@1)                     Ab7Will (xx1112@1)re-main in but a fleeting il-lusion,
          Bbm (x13321@1)Ab7 (xx1112@1)          Bbm (x13321@1)  Ab7To (xx1112@1)be pur-sued,  but never at-tained,
                  Bbm (x13321@1)Ab7 (xx1112@1)Bbm (x13321@1)Ab7Now (xx1112@1)everywhere is war.       War.

Verse 4:

Bbm (x13321@1)        Ab7 (xx1112@1)         BbmAnd (x13321@1)until the ig-noble, and un-happy regimes,
     Ab7 (xx1112@1)                   Bbm (x13321@1)Ab7 (xx1112@1)Bbm (x13321@1)      Ab7That (xx1112@1)hold our brothers in An-gola,  in Mozambique,
      Bbm (x13321@1)  Ab7 (xx1112@1)      Bbm (x13321@1)   Ab7South (xx1112@1)Africa,  subhuman bondage,
          Bbm (x13321@1)   Ab7 (xx1112@1)         Bbm (x13321@1)  Ab7Have (xx1112@1)been toppled,  utterly des-troyed,
                    Bbm (x13321@1)Ab7 (xx1112@1)    Bbm (x13321@1)Ab7Well, (xx1112@1)everywhere is war,   me say war.

Bridge 1:

Bbm (x13321@1)            Ab7 (xx1112@1)Bbm (x13321@1)           Ab7 (xx1112@1)War in the East,     war in the West.
Bbm (x13321@1)         Ab7 (xx1112@1)Bbm (x13321@1)          Ab7 (xx1112@1)War up North,     war down South.
Bbm (x13321@1)     Ab7 (xx1112@1)Bbm (x13321@1)          Ab7 (xx1112@1)War, war,     rumours of war.

Verse 5:

Bbm (x13321@1)          Ab7 (xx1112@1) Bbm (x13321@1)         Ab7And (xx1112@1)until that day,  the African conti-nent,
     Bbm (x13321@1)          Ab7 (xx1112@1)Bbm (x13321@1)         Ab7Will (xx1112@1)not know peace,  we Africans will fight.
           Bbm (x13321@1)     Ab7 (xx1112@1) Bbm (x13321@1)            Ab7We (xx1112@1)find it necessary,  and we know we shall win,
   Bbm (x13321@1)            Ab7 (xx1112@1)   Bbm (x13321@1)   Ab7 (xx1112@1)         Bbm (x13321@1)Ab7As (xx1112@1)we are confident, in the victory, of good over evil.

Coda:

Bbm (x13321@1)      Ab7 (xx1112@1)       Bbm (x13321@1)Ab7Good (xx1112@1)over evil, yeah!  Good over evil.
          Bbm (x13321@1)      Ab7 (xx1112@1)       Bbm (x13321@1)Ab7Good (xx1112@1)over evil, yeah!  Good over evil.

Outro:

Bbm  Ab7

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Bbm (x13321@1)   Ab7 (xx1112@1)EADGBE  EADGBE
 688666  464544

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