...ISLANDS UNITE... by Steel Pulse
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*from 'Vex' (1994)*


Intro:

Fm  C#  Eb
         Woah, now.

Fm  C#  Eb (x2), Fm , C7

Chorus 1:

  Fm                          C#  Eb
U-nite, all the islands unite,
    Fm                                C#  Eb
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
  Fm                          C#  Eb
U-nite, all the islands unite,
    Fm                                C#  Eb
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.

Verse 1:

Fm
 First world; your bomb is sticking,
                             C#  Eb
Dirty deeds and politricking.
Fm
 A whore's a whore, a witch is a witch,
                                C#  Eb
Answer to your name; Elizabitch.
Fm
 Third world; its time for switching,
                                 C#  Eb
Watch how the tables are turning.
Fm
 We must abandon the sinking ship,
                                          C#  Eb
So here's your chance; don't make it slip.

Chorus 2:

  Fm                          C#  Eb
U-nite, all the islands unite,
    Fm                                C#  Eb
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
  Fm                          C#  Eb
U-nite, all the islands unite,
    Fm                                C#  Eb
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.

Verse 2:

Fm                                       C#  Eb
 Christopher Columbus and a-Captain Hook,
Fm                                                      C#  Eb
 Pirates of the ocean, glorified, written in your books..
Fm                                                             C#  Eb
 They never knew that this ya music would help us find our way,
Fm                                                                   C#  Eb
 It's the source I say, that makes us one, pumping through our veins.

Chorus 3:

  Fm                          C#  Eb
U-nite, all the islands unite,
    Fm                                C#  Eb
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
  Fm                          C#  Eb
U-nite, all the islands unite,
    Fm                                C#  Eb
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.

Break:

Fm

Verse 3:

Fm                                                            C#  Eb
 Independence is what we crave for, so leave our riches alone,
Fm                                                                     C#  Eb
 Don't wanna be your footstool, 'cos you rule with your heart of stone.
Fm                                                         C#  Eb
 Don't want corruption to lead us and keep the masses poor,
Fm                                                 C#  Eb
 Now prophecy must fulfill, 'pon Babylon the whore.

Chorus 4:

  Fm                          C#  Eb
U-nite, all the islands unite,
    Fm                                C#  Eb
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
  Fm                          C#  Eb
U-nite, all the islands unite,
    Fm                                C#  Eb
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.

Verse 4:

             Fm
You take the commonwealth, and make the common poor,
                                               C#  Eb
Your tables are turned, 'cos we know the score.
         Fm
We gonna scrap your script and flip your ship;
                                     C#  Eb
No more lashes from the massa's whip.
    Fm
The bomb a tick; a cause panic and when it hit,
                              C#  Eb
Your world will smash to bits.
Fm                                              C#  Eb
 Bit by bit, bit by bit, woah, no, no, na, yeah.

Chorus 5:

  Fm                          C#  Eb
U-nite, all the islands unite,
    Fm                                C#  Eb
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
  Fm                          C#  Eb
U-nite, all the islands unite,
    Fm                                C#  Eb
And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.

(Repeat to Fade)


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY