*from 'True Democracy' (1982)*


Intro:

B5  Bb5  Ab5 (x2)

Ab5  Eb5  E5  F#5

Verse 1:

   Ab5       Eb5    E5              F#5
Re-joice, re-joice; good tidings I bring you.
Ab5   Eb5  E5             F#5
 Hear ye;   a message to you my friend.
Ab5  Eb5      E5           F#5
 Voi-ces cry, invoke your angels,
Ab5            Eb5             E5       F#5
 When pressure drop, it cannot conquer dread, no.

Ab5        Eb5      E5      F#5
 So blow a-way your bluesy feeling.
Ab5      Eb5           E5              F#5
 Spirits say; take the world off your shoulder.
Ab5              Eb5      E5               F#5
 One foot in the grave; a foolish step to take.
Ab5         Eb5          E5       F#5
 Who sow in tears, shall reap in joy.

         Ab5       Eb5  E5            F#5
Wise man doctrines,      assure your safety,
Ab5      Eb5                   E5            F#5
 No more stumbling block; back stabbers get down.
Ab5     Eb5                     E5             F#5
 To the righteous revealed, the secret of the scriptures.
Ab5             Eb5        E5           F#5        Eb5      Ab5
 The wicked dem portion is vanity, dis-ciples of Lucifer...

Bridge 1:

F#5       C#5    Ab5
 In your hands, lie your destination,
C#5          Eb5                     Ab5
 The book of true life; you hold the key.
F#5        C#5        Ab5
 Mystical powers, to you unfold,
C#5          Eb5           E5          F#5
 Seek ye the half that has never been told.

Break:

Eb5
 Get behind me, Satan, get behind me, Satan. I've got to;

Chorus 1:

F#5     C#5  Ab5
 Chant,  a  Psalm a day, (I want to);
C#5    Eb5  Ab5
 Chant,  a  Psalm a day, (I've got to);
F#5     C#5  Ab5
 Chant,  a  Psalm a day, (I want to);
C#5    Eb5  Ab5
 Chant,  a  Psalm a day.

Interlude:

F#5                     C#5     Ab5
 Chant a Psalm a day, (Chant a Psalm a day),
(Chant a Psalm a day, chant a Psalm a day).
C#5                    Eb5     Ab5
 Chant a Psalm a day, (Chant a Psalm a day),
(Chant a Psalm a day, chant a Psalm a day).
F#5                     C#5     Ab5
 Chant a Psalm a day, (Chant a Psalm a day),
(Chant a Psalm a day, chant a Psalm a day).
C#5                    Eb5     Ab5
 Chant a Psalm a day, (Chant a Psalm a day),
(Chant a Psalm a day, chant a Psalm a day).

Break:

B5  Bb5  Ab5

Verse 2:

(n.C5 )                      Ab5      Eb5         E5           F#5
 I reach ya, I reach ya, I reach ya, reach in a vision, yeh, come on.
Ab5   Eb5          E5    F#5
 Come walkies down easy street.
Ab5            Eb5       E5               F#5
 Attract these angels in dreams and your prayers.
Ab5           Eb5                 E5             F#5
 Remember the Three Holy Children, remember the visions of Daniel,
Ab5           Eb5             E5  F#5
 Remember the magic of Moses, so;

Ab5        Eb5      E5      F#5
 So dash a-way your bluesy feeling.
Ab5      Eb5           E5              F#5
 Spirits say; take the world off your shoulder.
Ab5              Eb5      E5               F#5
 One foot in the grave; a foolish step to take.
Ab5         Eb5          E5       F#5
 Who sow in tears, shall reap in joy.

Ab5            Eb5             E5       F#5
 When pressure drop, it cannot conquer dread, no.
Ab5            Eb5             E5       F#5
 When pressure drop, it cannot conquer dread, no.
       Ab5      Eb5       E5         F#5
Got to be wise, yes, yes, in dis ya I-wah,
Ab5     Eb5          E5          F#5        Ab5
 Woe be-tide for the wicked dis-ciples of Lucifer...

Break:

Eb5
 Get behind me, Satan, get behind me, Satan.

Chorus 2:

F#5     C#5  Ab5
 Chant,  a  Psalm a day, (I've got to);
C#5    Eb5  Ab5
 Chant,  a  Psalm a day.

Break:

F#5                     C#5     Ab5
 Chant a Psalm a day, (Chant a Psalm a day),
(Chant a Psalm a day, chant a Psalm a day).
C#5                    Eb5     Ab5
 Chant a Psalm a day, (Chant a Psalm a day),
(Chant a Psalm a day, chant a Psalm a day).

Coda:

F#5        C#5  Ab5
 Moses he did, chant, chant,
C#5        Eb5  Ab5
 Samson he did, chant, chant.
  F#5       C#5  Ab5
E-lijah he did, chant, chant, so;
C#5         Eb5            Ab5
 I want the whole a we fe, chant.

F#5          C#5  Ab5
 Solomon he did, chant, chant,
    F#5          C#5    Ab5
His father King David, chant, chant.
F#5        C#5      Ab5
 John the Baptist, chant, chant,
C#5         Eb5            Ab5
 I want the whole a we fe, chant.

(Repeat to Fade)

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY
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