• Song:

    Duppy Conqueror

  • Artist:

    Bob Marley

  • Album:

    Classic Bob Marley & Th...

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...DUPPY CONQUEROR... by Bob Marley
---------------------..............

*from 'Burnin'' (1973)*


Intro:

C  F  G  F

Verse 1:

C        F      G  F
 Yes, me friend,
         C        F    G  F
We deh a street a-gain.
C        F
 Yes, me friend,
   G           F
Me good friend,
           C      F    G
Dem say we free a-gain.

    F
The bars could,
    C       F  G
Not hold me;
F
 Force could not,
    C       F    G  F
Con-trol me now.
They try to keep,
   C     F     G  F
Me down, yeah!
                C
But Jah put I a-round.
F     G   F
 Yeah!

               C
Yes, I've been accused,
       F      G   F
Many a times,
              C         F  G
And wrongly a-bused now.
Oh, but through,
    F             C
The powers of the Most-I,
        F
They've got to,
        C     F  G  F
Turn me loose.

Bridge 1:

Am
 Don't try to cold me up,
C
 On this bridge, now,
Am
 I've got to reach,
      C
Mount Zion, the highest region.
Am                C
 So if you a bull-bucka,
Let me tell you this...

Chorus 1:

G
 I'm a duppy conqueror,
Conqueror. Oh, yeah!

Verse 2:

C        F      G  F
 Yes, me friend,
         C        F    G
We deh a street a-gain.
F
 Ooh!
C        F
 Yes, me friend,
   G           F
Me good friend,
           C      F    G
Dem say we free a-gain.
F
 Ooh! Oh!

Bridge 2:

Am
 Don't try to cold me up,
C
 On this bridge, now,
Am
 I've got to reach,
      C
Mount Zion, the highest region.
Am                C
 So if you a bull-bucka,
Let me tell you this...

Chorus 2:

G
 I'm a duppy conqueror,
Conqueror. Oh, yeah!

Verse 3:

C        F      G  F
 Yes, me friend,
         C        F
We deh a street a-gain.
G    F
 Oh! Oh, yeah!
C       F
Yes, me friend,
         G        F
We deh a street a-gain.
C        F
 Yes, me friend,
   G           F
Me good friend,
           C      F    G
Dem say we free a-gain.
F
 Oh! Oh, yeah!

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   C       F       G       Am

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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