• Song:

    Roots Rock Reggae

  • Artist:

    Bob Marley

  • Album:

    1976 Live At The Roxy ...

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From: Olivier@globenet.gn.apc.org
Date: Mon,  4 Sep 95 18:04:00 +0000
Subject: Roots, Rock, Reggae (B.Marley)

Roots Rock Reggae
Words and Music Vincent Ford
(c) 1976 Bob Marley Music

tabbed by Olivier Grenet, Olivier@globenet.gn.apc.org

Here is some Bob Marley song. We have to fill this Bob_Marley directory.

There are only three chord in this song,but the most
important is to have a really cool right-hand rythm.
A pretty good exercise for playing reggae !

So, the general pattern of the song goes like this ...

       Bm               Em               Bm               F#m
IeI---------------------7-------7--------------------------9--------9-----------|
IBI----7------7---------8-------8--------7------7----------10-------10----------|
IGI----7------7---------9-------9--------7------7----------11-------11----------|
IDI----9------9--------------------------9------9-------------------------------|
IAI-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
IEI-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bm            Em
Play I some music
   Bm                F#m
This a reggae music.
Bm                   Em
Roots, Rock, Reggae,
       Bm            F#m
This a reggae music.

Bm                    Em
Roots, Rock, Reggae,
        Bm            F#m
This a reggae music.
Bm               Em
Hey mister music,
Bm               Em   F#m
sure sound good to me

I can't refuse it
what to be, got to be
Feel like dancing
dance 'cause we are free
Feel like dancing,
come dance with me

Roots Rock Reggae
This a reggae music
Roots Rock Reggae
This a reggae music
Play I some music
This a reggae music
Play I some music
This a reggae music

  Bm               Em
Play I some R an B      whoaa
  Bm                       F#m
Want all my people to see
We bubbling on the top one hundred
just like a mighty dread

Play I some R and B
Want all my people to see
We bubbling on the top one hundred
Just like a mighty dread

Enjoy, and peace, Jah live !
Olivier@Globenet.gn.apc.org
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