...STATE OF EMERGENCY... by Steel Pulse
------------------------...............


*from 'State of Emergency' (1988)*


Intro:

(Drums)

(n.c)
 State of emergency,
State of emergency,
State of emergency.
State of emergency,
State of emergency,
State of emergency.

Interlude:

G#m  A, G#m  B (x2)

Verse 1:

G#m (133111@4)From Brixton,
   ATo (x02220@1)Cape Town,
G#m (133111@4)   A (x02220@1)Unrest all around.
G#m (133111@4)From Handsworth,
   ATo (x02220@1)Uitenhage,
G#m (133111@4)Lawlessness,
     A'Pon (x02220@1)rampage.

Bridge 1:

G#m (133111@4)Sticks and stones,
They're throwing,
A (x02220@1)Set ablaze,
The buildings.
G#m (133111@4)Youthful minds,
Are stirring,
A (x02220@1)Time to make,
A change.

G#m (133111@4)Who they think,
They're fooling?
A (x02220@1)No want no,
Diverse doctrine,
    G#mFor-ever (133111@4)we,
Will strive,
A (x02220@1)Fighting,
Against Apartheid.

Chorus 1:

G#m (133111@4)               A (x02220@1)State of emergency,
G#m (133111@4)State of emergency,
  BI (x2444x@1)never seen,
Such urgency.

G#m (133111@4)               A (x02220@1)State of emergency,
G#m (133111@4)State of emergency,
  BI (x2444x@1)never seen,
Such urgency.

Break:

G#m (133111@4)      A (x02220@1)(Forever,
        G#m (133111@4)    BWe (x2444x@1)will strive).
G#m (133111@4)      A (x02220@1)(Forever,
        G#mWe (133111@4)will strive),
  BI (x2444x@1)never seen a thing,
Like this before.

Bridge 1:

G#m (133111@4)Sticks and stones,
They're throwing,
A (x02220@1)Set ablaze,
The buildings.
G#m (133111@4)Youthful minds,
Are stirring,
A (x02220@1)Time to make,
A change.

G#m (133111@4)Who they think,
They're fooling?
A (x02220@1)No want no,
Diverse doctrine,
    G#mFor-ever (133111@4)we,
Will strive,
A (x02220@1)Fighting,
Against...

Chorus 2:

G#m (133111@4)               A (x02220@1)State of emergency,
G#m (133111@4)State of emergency,
  BI (x2444x@1)never seen,
Such urgency.

G#m (133111@4)               A (x02220@1)State of emergency,
G#m (133111@4)State of emergency,
  BI (x2444x@1)never seen,
Such urgency.

G#m (133111@4)               A (x02220@1)State of emergency,
G#m (133111@4)State of emergency,
  BI (x2444x@1)never seen,
Such urgency.

G#m (133111@4)               A (x02220@1)State of emergency,
G#m (133111@4)State of emergency,
  BI (x2444x@1)never seen,
Such urgency.

Break:

G#m (133111@4)      A (x02220@1)(Forever,
        G#mWe (133111@4)will strive),
    BThe (x2444x@1)whole wide,
World is burning.
G#m (133111@4)      A (x02220@1)(Forever,
        G#mWe (133111@4)will strive),
B (x2444x@1)Pring pring,
Gun shot ring.

Coda:

G#m (133111@4)From Brixton,
To Cape Town,
A (x02220@1)Unrest all around.
     G#mFrom (133111@4)Handsworth,
To Durban,
A (x02220@1)No satisfaction.

G#m (133111@4)We will strive,
For freedom now,
A (x02220@1)We will strive,
For freedom now.

G#m (133111@4)We will strive,
For freedom now,
A (x02220@1)We will strive,
For freedom now.

Outro:

G#m  A, G#m  B (x2), G#m


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G#m (133111@4)   A (x02220@1)     B (x2444x@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xxx444  xxx655  xxx877
                                    ____
           _             __   __   |  __|  __    __
          | |   _   _   |   /  |  | |__      / /
  _____   | |  | | | |  |       |  |__  |    / /
 |  ___|  | |  | | | |  | |_/| |   __| |      /
 | |= =   | |  | |_| |  | | = | |  |____|     | |
 | |      | |  |_____|  | |   | |   = = =     | |
 | |___   | |   = = =   | |   | |             | |
 |_____|  | |           |_|   |_|             | |
  = = =   | |_____       =     =    Tabbed by |_|
          |_______|  Joel from cLuMsY, 2008    =
           = = = =      (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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