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


Intro:

Bm  F#m (x4)

Break:

   Bm (x24432@1)    F#mDu-tallee! (244222@1)   Bm (x24432@1)    F#mDu-tallee! (244222@1)   Bm (x24432@1)    F#mDu-tallee! (244222@1)   Bm (x24432@1)    F#mDu-tallee! (244222@1)
Verse 1:

    BmAnd (x24432@1)when,
F#m (244222@1)Soldiers came;
         BmThem (x24432@1)say war.
Them said them come,
   F#mTo (244222@1)make us tame,
              BmAnd (x24432@1)from that day,
      F#mUntil (244222@1)now on;
Bm (x24432@1)We were jeered,
    F#mAnd (244222@1)laughed to scorn.

                  BmThings (x24432@1)used to be ire;
            F#m(Before (244222@1)the soldiers came),
                  BmThings (x24432@1)used to be nice,
   F#mSo (244222@1)nice now.
                  BmThings (x24432@1)used to be ire;
            F#m(Before (244222@1)the soldiers came),
                  BmThings (x24432@1)used to be nice,
            F#mSo (244222@1)nice, so nice.

Chorus 1:

G (320003@1)Our country them,
    ADid (x02220@1)enter, yeah,
       GTroops (320003@1)trodding left,
          ARight (x02220@1)and centre,
(Everywhere).
G (320003@1)One moment at,
Peace with Nature,
    BmNow (x24432@1)victims,
Of a massacre.
G (320003@1)We got our spears,
We got our shields,
          BmBut (x24432@1)their guns,
Were greater,
Prepare for,
A slaughter!

Interlude:

A  C#m (strum C#m (x4))

Verse 2:

(n.c)
 Give I back,
I witch doctor,
Bm (x24432@1)Give I back,
  F#m
I Black Ruler.
Bm (x24432@1)Me no want,
   F#mNo (244222@1)dictator,
Bm (x24432@1)Me no want no,
F#m (244222@1)Tyrant on yah.

Break:

   Bm (x24432@1)    F#mDu-tallee! (244222@1)   Bm (x24432@1)    F#mDu-tallee! (244222@1)   Bm (x24432@1)    F#mDu-tallee! (244222@1)   Bm (x24432@1)    F#mDu-tallee! (244222@1)
Interlude:

Bm  F#m (x4)

Chorus 2:

G  A (x2)
G  Bm (x2)
A  C#m (strum C#m (x4))

(Spoken over Above Chords):

Way down in Africa,
Where the backra,
Still rules,
Day after day,
The Black Man is,
Suffering now,
Far more,
Than when he,
Was a slave.
Is there a,
Need for war?
No.
Peace my bredren;
Here them bawl.
Bodies in,
Mutilated condition,
Faces scarred,
Beyond recognition.
Is this what,
Civilization,
Means to me?
Then without it,
I prefer to be,
So...

Verse 3:

(n.c)
 Give I back,
I witch doctor,
Bm (x24432@1)Give I back,
  F#m
I Black Ruler.
Bm (x24432@1)Me no want,
   F#mNo (244222@1)dictator,
Bm (x24432@1)Me no want no,
F#m (244222@1)Tyrant on yah.

Coda:

   Bm (x24432@1)    F#mDu-tallee! (244222@1)   Bm (x24432@1)    F#mDu-tallee! (244222@1)   Bm (x24432@1)    F#mDu-tallee! (244222@1)   Bm (x24432@1)    F#mDu-tallee! (244222@1)
(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------

   Bm (x24432@1)    F#m (244222@1)   G (320003@1)     A (x02220@1)    C#m (x13321@4) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xxx432  xxx222  xxx433  xxx655  xxx654


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