Intro:

B5  D5  E5 (x2)

Bridge 1:

    B5        E5  F#5
Dem dread seh,
    B5        E5  F#5
Dem dread seh.
    B5        E5  F#5
Dem dread seh,
    B5        E5  F#5
Dem dread seh.

   B5                        E5  F#5
No matter how you bad, I man;    badder than you,
   B5                          E5  F#5
No matter how you dread, I man;    dreader than you.
   B5                         E5          F#5
No matter how you hard, I man harder than you,
   B5                         E5          F#5
No matter how you raw, I more-weak heart, back way so.

Chorus 1:

B5                    E5            F#5
 A bad man no want go back into cap-tivity,
B5                    E5      F#5
 A bad man no want go back to slavery.
   B5      E5       F#5           B5     E5  F#5
Up-rising, from the claws of the wicked.

Verse 1:

    B5                   E5      F#5
Two bulls can't reign in one pen,
    B5                    E5        F#5
Two lions can't roar in a small den.
    B5                           E5        F#5
Two scorpions don't sting at the same spot,
    B5                  E5          F#5
Two guns can't fire the same bullet shot, so;

Chorus 2:

B5                    E5            F#5
 A bad man no want go back into cap-tivity,
B5                    E5      F#5
 A bad man no want go back to slavery.
   B5      E5       F#5           B5     E5  F#5
Up-rising, from the claws of the wicked.

Verse 2:

    B5                   E5         F#5
Two kings don't wear the same crown,
    B5                      E5        F#5
Two beauties don't have the same gown on.
   B5                    E5         F#5
To-morrow is too late to leave town,
B5
 If you're still here at noon,
                              E5        F#5
There'll be one big, big, big showdown, so;

Chorus 3:

   B5      E5   F#5
Up-rising, upri-sing,
   B5      E5   F#5
Up-rising, upri-sing.

Break:

F#5               B5
 I give you 'till noon to go,
F#5                 B5
 On your way to sur-vival, where;
F#5                        B5
 Your heart will beat more fonder with life,
F#5                           B5
 And breath still enters your body.

Bridge 2:

    B5        E5  F#5
Dem dread seh,
    B5        E5  F#5
Dem dread seh.
    B5        E5  F#5
Dem dread seh,
    B5        E5  F#5
Dem dread seh.

   B5                        E5  F#5
No matter how you bad, I man;    badder than you,
   B5                          E5  F#5
No matter how you dread, I man;    dreader than you.
   B5                         E5          F#5
No matter how you hard, I man harder than you,
   B5                         E5          F#5
No matter how you raw, I more-weak heart, back way so.

Verse 3:

B5                       E5      F#5
 If you still coming; me nah run,
B5                       E5     F#5
 If you still coming; me ah go, drop you.
B5                       E5      F#5
 If you still coming; me nah run,
B5                         E5      F#5
 So better stop running be-fore I, break you.

B5                        E5       F#5
 So run and hide before I find you,
B5                        E5       F#5
 Woe betide if I catch up on you.
B5                      E5      F#5
 If you still coming; I box you down,
B5                      E5        F#5
 If you still coming; I clart you down.

Break:

B5    E5    F#5
 Long time...
B5                    E5  F#5
 We deh under backraw.
B5                           E5   F#5
 Long time we deh under back-raw,
B5                           E5   F#5
 Long time we deh under back-raw.
B5                           E5   F#5
 Long time we deh under back-raw,
B5                           E5   F#5
 Long time we deh under back-raw.

Verse 4:

     B5            E5  F#5
Four hundred years,
            B5     E5  F#5
(Many, many years).
     B5            E5  F#5
Four hundred years,
            B5     E5  F#5
(Many, many years).

B5        E5  F#5
 Slavery,
B5        E5  F#5
 Slavery.
B5        E5  F#5
 Slavery,
B5
 Days...

Coda:

B5  E5           F#5
 Oh, you've been bought,
B5  E5           F#5
 Oh, you've been sold.
B5  E5    F#5
 Oh, cast over me,
B5                 E5         F#5
 Got strung up for nothing at all.
B5       E5    F#5
 Strange fruit,
B5       E5    F#5
 Strange fruit.
B5       E5    F#5
 Strange fruit,
B5       E5    F#5
 Strange fruit.

Outro:

B5  E5  F#5

(Repeat to Fade)



Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY