• Song:

    Buffalo Soldier

  • Artist:

    Bob Marley

  • Album:

    One Love: The Very Best...

Buffalo soldier 

Intro -   A-D
Chorus 1
  A                   D 
  Buffalo Soldier,Dreadlock Rasta,
                    A
  There was a Buffalo Soldier,
           D
  In the heart of America
  A                         D
  Stolen from Africa,brought to America
  A                         D
  Fighting on arrival,fighting for survival

Verse 1
                D         C#m           D         C#m
  I mean it, when I analyse the stench,
C#m7       Bm7      D
  To me it makes a lot of sense
D             C#m         D      C#m
  How the Dreadlock Rasta
C#m7      Bm7     D
  Was the Buffalo Soldier

Chorus 2
                   A                        D
  And he was taken from Africa,brought to America
  A                          D
  Fighting on arrival,fighting for survival
                      A                     D
  Said he was a Buffalo Soldier,Dreadlock Rasta
  A                             D
  Buffalo Soldier,in the heart of America

Verse 2
D         C#m          D         C#m
  If you know your history
C#m7                 Bm7                    D
  Then you would know where your coming from
D              C#m                  D          C#m
  Then you wouldnt have to ask me_
C#m7      B#m         D
  Who the heck do I think I am

Chorus 3
                 A
  I'm just a Buffalo Soldier
           D
  In the heart of America
  A                         D
  Stolen from Africa,brought to America
                    A
  Said he was fighting on arrival
  D
  Fighting for survival
                      A
  Said he was a Buffalo Soldier
              D
  Win the war for America

Link 1
             A
  Said he, woe yoe yoe,woe woe yoe yoe
  D                              A
  Woe yoe yoe yo,yo yo yo yo
  (A)
  Woe yoe yoe,woe woe yoe yoe
  D                              A
  Woe yoe yoe yo,yo yo yo yo

Bridge
  D
  Buffalo Soldier
                                D       C#m
  Trodding through the land
                       F#m
  Said he wanna ran
 (F#m)
  Then you wanna hand
                                D             C#m  E
  Trodding through the land,yea,yea

Chorus 4
  (E)                 A
  Said he was a Buffalo Soldier
              D
  Win the war for America
  A                    D
  Buffalo Soldier,Dreadlock Rasta
  A                          D
  Fighting on arrival,fighting for survival
  A
  Driven from the mainland
  D
  To the heart of the Carribean

Link 2
             A
  Singing,woe yoe yoe,woe woe yoe yoe
  D                              A
  Woe yoe yoe yo,yo yo yo yo
 (A)
  Woe yoe yoe,woe woe yoe yoe
  D                              A
  Woe yoe yoe yo,yo yo yo yo

Chorus 5
  A
  Trodding through San Juan
  D
  In the arms of America
  A                                       D
  Trodding through Jamaica,a Buffalo Soldier
  A                          D
  Fighting on arrival,fighting for survival
  A                    D
  Buffalo Soldier,Dreadlock Rasta

Coda
  A
  Woe yoe yoe,woe woe yoe yoe
  D                               A
  Woe yoe yoe yo,yo yo yo yo
  (A)
  Woe yoe yoe,woe woe yoe yoe
  D                              A
  Woe yoe yoe yo,yo yo yo yo
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