RENDITION OF MORGAN HERITAGE'S
"NOTHING TO SMILE ABOUT" 

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CHORDS ( C, Am, G, F )

intro
C  Am  Am  C

VERSE
G    G    C  C  C    G     G      F     
enuff people come to jamaica
and no no how we live and think
say everything is fine and 
we full of vibes and things aeh aeh
dem say dem too wan fell to the max
and when they overstand and fell 
the real thing yeah (yeah)

VERSE
F         C          C     
day i told one day afar a whiteman 
come all the way from norway
and him turn to me and say 
how come jamaica full of so much screwfaces
G    G    C   C   C   G     G      F 
same time me lift me head to the sky
and tear drop fall from me eye
mi say ma yute come and mi go 
for a drive let mi show why mi cry

CHORUS
G    G    C   C   C   G     G      F 
look upon golli side do you see 
anything to smile about
look at the hungry child do you 
see anything fi smile about
look at the school the yute fi com
to get the their education
do you see anything fi smile about
look at the conditions of our 
police stations do you
see nothing fi smile about no

VERSE
G    G    C   C   C   G     G      F 
sametime the brother say how come
the nation be living this way
and the next thing him say (say)
how come the government play
so many games sametime mi heart fall
to the ground cos with much doubt
where this come from cos certain places
they are worse than slum yuteman come
and take a look pon river tan (river tan)

CHORUS
G    G    C   C   C   G     G      F 
do you see anything fi smile 
look upon plain land di you see
anything to smile fi smile about
francas bay and morthingo bay......
all the same do you see anything fi
smile about no  no  no no..........

VERSE
G    G    C   C   C   G     G      F 
now mi say enuff people come to jamaica
and no no how we live and think
say everything is fine and 
we full of vibes and things aeh aeh
dem say dem too wan fell to the max
and when they overstand and fell 
the real thing yeah (yeah)

CHORUS
G    G    C   C   C   G     G      F 
look upon golli side do you see 
nothing dey fi smile about
look at the hungry child yeah ah dem no 
see nothing dey fi smile about
look pon schools the yute fi com
to get the their education
dem no see nothing dey fi smile about
look at the sight off, conditions of our 
police stations do you
see nothing dey fi smile about no

VERSE
G    G    C   C   C   G     G      F 
mi story day i told one day afar  
a whiteman come all the way from norway
and him turn to me and say (and say)
how come jamaica is full of so much screwfaces
same time me lift me head to the sky
and tear drop fall from me eye
mi say ma yute come and mi go 
for a drive let mi show why mi cry

CHORUS
G    G    C   C   C   G     G      F 
do you see anything fi smile 
look upon plain land di you see
anything to smile fi smile about
francas and morthingo bay......
all the same do you see anything fi
smile about..................