...POMP & PRIDE... by Toots & The Maytals
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*from 'Funky Kingston' (1973)*


Intro:

E  B  F#  B (x2)

Verse 1:

               E                      B
Everybody just cryin' out, (cry out), calm down, (calm down),
F#                  B
 Have your pomp and pride.
B                        E
 Calm down, (calm down), calm down, (calm down),
F#                  B
 Have your pomp and pride.

Verse 2:

               E                      B
Everybody just cryin' out, (cry out), calm down, (calm down),
F#                  B
 Have your pomp and pride.
E                 B
 Is it an opulin, Iceland, calm down,
F#                  B
 Have your pomp and pride.

Chorus 1:

       E       B       F#             B
For to-day, to-day, to-day is a happy day.
       E         B          C#         F#7
For to-night, to-night, can be another night...
F#7
 Do re mi, fah so la te do...

Verse 3:

               E               B
Everybody just crying, crying, sighing, sighing,
F#                B
 Dying to see the light.
              E            B
And when they see it, they see it's not bright,
F#           B
 Can this be right?

Break:

E  B  F#  B (x2)

Verse 4:

               E                      B
Everybody just cryin' out, (cry out), calm down, (calm down),
F#                  B
 Have your pomp and pride.
E                 B
 Is it an opulin, Iceland, calm down,
F#                  B
 Have your pomp and pride.

Chorus 2:

       E       B       F#             B
For to-day, to-day, to-day is a happy day.
       E         B          C#         F#7
For to-night, to-night, can be another night...
F#7
 Do re mi, fah so la te do...

Verse 5:

               E                      B
Everybody just cryin' out, (cry out), calm down, (calm down),
F#                  B
 Have your pomp and pride.
E                 B
 Is it an opulin, Iceland, calm down,
F#                  B
 Have your pomp and pride.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   E       B       F#      C#      F#7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx9997  xx9877  xxx676  xx6664  xxx646


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