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


Intro:

Am  Em (x4)

Am (x02210@1)Em (022000@1)G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)Em, Am(x2) (x02210@1)
Break:

Am (x02210@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)Em (022000@1)Woy!
Am (x02210@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)Em (022000@1)Woy!
Am (x02210@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)Em (022000@1)Woy!
Am (x02210@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)Em (022000@1)Woy!

Chorus 1:

Am (x02210@1)Woy!
Desperation,
Dm (xx0231@1)    Em (022000@1)Has re-turn,
Am (x02210@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)Sodom and Go-morrah,
       EmNo (022000@1)deh yah so!
Am (x02210@1)Woy!
Desperation,
Dm (xx0231@1)    Em (022000@1)Has re-turn,
     AmOver (x02210@1)yonder,
Am (x02210@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)Sodom and Go-morrah,
       EmNo (022000@1)deh yah so!

Bridge 1:

Am (x02210@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)Em (022000@1)Wild one,
You are like the,
Am (x02210@1)               Dm (xx0231@1)Em (022000@1)Prodigal Son yeah,
Am (x02210@1)And if you're the,
         Dm (xx0231@1)    EmProdigal (022000@1)Son, my friend,
     Am (x02210@1)            DmThen (xx0231@1)you're the one.

Verse 1:

Em (022000@1)You left,
Am (x02210@1)Taking your,
Dm (xx0231@1)      Em (022000@1)Only pos-session
     Am (x02210@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)EmYour (022000@1)culture.
   AmTo (x02210@1)enter a world,
          Dm (xx0231@1)       EmKnown (022000@1)for hacklings,
   Am (x02210@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)EmIn (022000@1)abundance, yeah.
    AmThe (x02210@1)hustlers of life,
     DmHave (xx0231@1)hooked,
    EmAnd (022000@1)drained you.
Am (x02210@1)From the man,
         DmFrom (xx0231@1)the man,
         EmFrom (022000@1)the man,
         AmFrom (x02210@1)the man,
         DmThat (xx0231@1)you used,
Em (n.c)
 To be,
                  A (x02220@1) GTurn (320003@1)your back on us.

Verse 2:

       AmReturn (x02210@1)Rastaman,
Dm (xx0231@1)       Em (022000@1)Where you came from,
    Am (x02210@1)         DmThe (xx0231@1)land of your,
       EmForefa-thers. (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)Reaching the gates,
          DmWith (xx0231@1)your two,
           EmLong (022000@1)hands,
Am (x02210@1)Stretching out,
          Dm (xx0231@1)   EmFor (022000@1)clean water.

Bridge 2:

Am (x02210@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)Em (022000@1)Wild one,
Am (x02210@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)Em (022000@1)Prodigal Son.
Am (x02210@1)And if you're the,
         Dm (xx0231@1)    EmProdigal (022000@1)Son, my friend,
     Am (x02210@1)            Dm (xx0231@1) EmThen (022000@1)you're the one, eh!

Verse 3:

Am (x02210@1)Prodigal come forth,
       DmAnd (xx0231@1)re-joice,
          EmWith (022000@1)your voice,
       AmTo (x02210@1)the heavens.
Dm (xx0231@1)        Em (022000@1)Chant some song,
Am (x02210@1)Prodigal come forth,
       DmAnd (xx0231@1)re-pent;
      EmRasta-fari (022000@1)sins,
    Am (x02210@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)EmFor-given. (022000@1)
Chorus 2:

Am (x02210@1)Woy!
Desperation,
Dm (xx0231@1)    Em (022000@1)Has re-turn,
Am (x02210@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)Sodom and Go-morrah,
       EmNo (022000@1)deh yah so!
Am (x02210@1)Woy!
Desperation,
Dm (xx0231@1)    Em (022000@1)Has re-turn,
     AmOver (x02210@1)yonder,
Am (x02210@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)Sodom and Go-morrah,
       EmNo (022000@1)deh yah so!

Interlude:

Am  Em (x4)

Verse 4:

          AmOne (x02210@1)has returned,
        DmWithout, (xx0231@1)      EmOne's (022000@1)soul,
        Am (x02210@1)           DmAnd (xx0231@1)has squandered all,
        EmHis (022000@1)pos-sessions
       AmLet (x02210@1)us cleanse,
              Dm (xx0231@1)EmYour (022000@1)body now,
          AmFrom (x02210@1)your service,
       Dm (xx0231@1)   EmTo (022000@1)the swine, because;
Am (x02210@1)You've been dead,
And now to,
  Dm (xx0231@1)       EmA-noint (022000@1)your head;
     AmWith (x02210@1)wisdom, knowledge,
         Dm (xx0231@1)      EmAnd (022000@1)over-standing.
  AmA (x02210@1)lesson has been,
Taught unto,
Dm (xx0231@1)    Em (022000@1)You my friend,
Am (x02210@1)Time for a feast,
       Dm (xx0231@1)    EmAnd (022000@1)re-joicing.

Bridge 3:

Am (x02210@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)Em (022000@1)Wild one,
Am (x02210@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)Em (022000@1)Prodigal Son.
Am (x02210@1)And if you're the,
         Dm (xx0231@1)    EmProdigal (022000@1)Son, my friend,
     Am (x02210@1)            Dm (xx0231@1) EmThen (022000@1)you're the one, eh!

Verse 5:

Am (x02210@1)Prodigal come forth,
       DmAnd (xx0231@1)re-joice,
          EmWith (022000@1)your voice,
       AmTo (x02210@1)the heavens.
Dm (xx0231@1)        Em (022000@1)Chant some song,
Am (x02210@1)Prodigal come forth,
       DmAnd (xx0231@1)re-pent;
      EmRasta-fari (022000@1)sins,
    Am (x02210@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)EmFor-given. (022000@1)
Chorus 3:

Am (x02210@1)Woy!
Desperation,
Dm (xx0231@1)    Em (022000@1)Has re-turn,
Am (x02210@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)Sodom and Go-morrah,
       EmNo (022000@1)deh yah so!
Am (x02210@1)Woy!
Desperation,
Dm (xx0231@1)    Em (022000@1)Has re-turn,
     AmOver (x02210@1)yonder,
Am (x02210@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)Sodom and Go-morrah,
       EmNo (022000@1)deh yah so!

Coda:

Am (x02210@1)             Dm (xx0231@1)Prodigal has re-turned;
       EmTo (022000@1)his culture,
Am (x02210@1)             Dm(n.c) (xx0231@1) Prodigal has re-turned;
Give him water,
Am (x02210@1)             Dm (xx0231@1)Prodigal has re-turned,
       EmHas (022000@1)re-turned...
       AmHas (x02210@1)re-turned,
Has returned,
       Dm(n.c) (xx0231@1)Has re-turned, Eh!
Am (x02210@1)             Dm (xx0231@1)Prodigal has re-turned;
       EmTo (022000@1)his culture,
Am (x02210@1)             Dm(n.c) (xx0231@1) Prodigal has re-turned;
Give him water,
Am (x02210@1)             Dm (xx0231@1)    Em (022000@1)Prodigal has re-turned,
Am (x02210@1)             Dm(n.c) (xx0231@1)  Am (x02210@1)Prodigal has re-turned now.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Am (x02210@1)    Em (022000@1)    G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)    A (x02220@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xxx555  xxx987  xxx787  xxx775  xxx765  xxx655


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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