...PREDICTION... by Steel Pulse
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*from 'Handsworth Revolution' (1978)*


Intro:

G5 ,

B5  A5 (x8)

Verse 1:

B5                      A5
 Prediction, prediction foretold.
B5                         A5
 Prediction, yeh, from the days of old.
B5                     A5
 Prediction, yeh, from way back when,
The years Jah send, years Jah send.
B5                        A5
 Prediction, a long, long time ago.

Verse 2:

   B5                    A5
Se-lassie was neglected; tell me when?
         B5                             A5
Like the tales of The Messiah, yah, all over again.
B5                    A5
 Garvey was rejected; tell me when?
           B5                                   A5
Unlike the Baptist he has kept his head, I said vank!
        B5
William Gordon and Paul Bogle led a rebellion,
                           A5
'Cos they used their heads, but had their necks in a noose.
           B5
Martyrs of freedom , freedom condemned,
    A5
But Jah Jah cut them loose, heh heh.

Verse 3:

B5                 A5
 Prophesised that, we would suffer by,
B5                             A5
 Those who think themselves su-perior to our colour, yes sah;
B5              A5
 Descendants of, Naiman the Leper.
     B5                    A5
Ask Elisha, offspring's of, Naiman the Leper.

Chorus 1:

     F#5
If a lie, ask Elisha, ask Elisha,
     Ab5
If a lie, ask Elisha, ask Elisha.
     F#5
If a lie, ask Elisha, ask Elisha,
     Ab5
If a lie, ask Elisha, ask Elisha.
     F#5
If a lie, ask Elisha, ask Elisha,
     Ab5
If a lie, ask Elisha, ask Elisha.

Chorus 2:

   F#5
To-morrow's what we're on about,
                                     Ab5
To-morrow's what we're on about; not yesterday.
   F#5
To-morrow's what we're on about,
                                     Ab5
To-morrow's what we're on about; not yesterday.
     F#5
It's up to man to understand, to have success upon this land;
          Ab5
He better have some faith.

Break:

F#5              Ab5
 Have some faith, have some faith.
F#5              Ab5
 Have some faith, have some faith.
F#5      Ab5
 Have... some.
F#5            Ab5
 Have, some... faith.
F#5       Ab5
 Have...  some.
F#5            Ab5
 Have, some... faith.

Interlude:

F#5  Ab5 (x8)

Coda:

(Spoken):

F#5             Ab5
 The impossible, have a habit of happening.
F#5
 If you think a lie, I a-tell;

(Sung):

Ab5         F#5
 Ask Elisha, ask Elisha,
Ab5         F#5
 Ask Elisha, ask Elisha.

(Repeat to Fade)

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY