...BLUES DANCE RAID... by Steel Pulse
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*from 'True Democracy' (1982)*


Intro:

Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)Bm,

Bm  C
     Music a bubble,
G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)   Not looking for trouble.

Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)Bm,

Bm  C
     Some shekels.
Fe I shenks,
G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)    Just aburn (x02210@1)up,
De lamb's bread.

Em,

Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)CEm  Am (x02210@1)CEm  Am (x02210@1)C (x32010@1)Verse 1:

Em (022000@1)From time to time,
Dem a watch I,
Dem a spy wid dem bad eye,
Am (x02210@1)(Come a raid I blues dance),
C (x32010@1)(Come a raid I blues).
Em (022000@1)Tipped off by informers,
Dem a watch who come out,
And come in,
Am (x02210@1)(Come a raid I blues dance),
C (x32010@1)(Come a raid I blues).
         EmYes (022000@1)they knew when,
The time would be right,
Run come gate crash I party
Am (x02210@1)(Come a raid I blues dance),
C (x32010@1)(Come a raid I blues).
Em (022000@1)Raid blues dance,
Raid I blues,
Am (x02210@1)(Come a raid I blues dance),
C (x32010@1)(Come a raid I blues).
Em (022000@1)Kick off the door,
Woe I name dem call,
I back against de wall,
A rub A daughter,
Am (x02210@1)(Come a raid I blues dance),
C (x32010@1)(Come a raid I blues).

Chorus 1:

Bm (x24432@1)                   Am (x02210@1)Dem a run come kill I vibe,
Interfere wid I,
C (x32010@1)                  Bm (x24432@1)The pigs come to de-stroy,
      A (x02220@1) GRasta (320003@1)cry blood,
Bm (x24432@1)        A (x02220@1) G (320003@1)Dreadlocks cry blood.

Verse 2:

Em (022000@1)Raid,
Am (x02210@1)(Come a raid I blues dance),
C (x32010@1)(Come a raid I blues).

Break:

Em (022000@1)Raid blues dance,
Raid blues dance,
Raid I,
Raid blues dance,
Am (x02210@1)(Raid blues dance),
C (x32010@1)(Raid I blues).

Verse 3:

       EmOut (022000@1)of darkness,
Out of night,
       AmPeople (x02210@1)screaming,
Batons wheeling,
         CA (x32010@1)lot of bleeding,
Bruised feelings.
       EmSearch (022000@1)warrant for,
Their outivation,
Walkie talkies,
Reinforcements.
Am (x02210@1)From dem pocket,
Dem draw handcuff,
C (x32010@1)Dis ya session it rough.
      EmEvery (022000@1)step of the way,
Got to retaliate yeh,
Fight dem back,
Am (x02210@1)(Come a raid I blues dance),
Mash dem up,
C (x32010@1)(Come a raid I blues).
Em (022000@1)Vex to death,
Dem a threat,
Mek arrest,
Kiss me neck,
Am (x02210@1)(Come a raid I blues dance),
C (x32010@1)(Come a raid I blues).
Em (022000@1)Raid blues dance,
Raid I blues,
Am (x02210@1)(Come a raid I blues dance),
  CA (x32010@1)run come a run come who,
 (Come a raid I blues).

Chorus 2:

Bm (x24432@1)               Am (x02210@1)A run come kill I vibe,
Interfere wid I,
C (x32010@1)                  Bm (x24432@1)The pigs come to destroy,
      A (x02220@1) GRasta (320003@1)cry blood,
Bm (x24432@1)        A (x02220@1) G (320003@1)Dreadlocks cry blood.

Interlude:

Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)(Come a raid I blues dance),
C (x32010@1)(Come a raid I blues).

Break:

Em (022000@1)Raid blues dance,
Raid blues dance,
Raid I,
Raid blues dance,
Am (x02210@1)(Come a raid I blues dance),
C (x32010@1)(Come a raid I blues).
Em (022000@1)(Raid blues dance),
(Raid I Blues),
Am (x02210@1)(Raid blues dance),
C (x32010@1)(Raid).

Coda:

       EmCome (022000@1)a kick in I speaker,
Come a mash up I tweeter,
       AmCome (x02210@1)a lick out I window,
       CCome (x32010@1)a grab up I ratchit.
       EmCome (022000@1)a move out I soft drink,
Come a rough up the people,
       AmCome (x02210@1)a turn off me system,
        CHave (x32010@1)fe give you,
Some bitch lick.
       EmCome (022000@1)a smash up I turntable,
Come a scratch up I music,
       AmCome (x02210@1)a drive up you meat van,
                     CCome (x32010@1)a come a come a raid.

Outro:

Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)C (x32010@1)(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Em (022000@1)    D (xx0232@1)     C (x32010@1)     Bm (x24432@1)    G (320003@1)     A (x02220@1)     Am (x02210@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xxx987  xxx775  xxx553  xxx432  xxx433  xxx655  xxx555


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