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                            Jah War
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ARTIST: The Ruts
ALBUM: The Crack
YEAR: 1979

tabbed by : pp1pete

CAPO: 0
TUNING: standard



INTRO Bass lick


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 Em  Bm  Em  D 


VERSE 1
Em 
 The air was thick with a smell of oppression
Bm
 The militants joined with angry position
Em
 Redemption type with a strain of repression
D6
 Young blood boiling hot with agression


CHORUS
Am        G  
 Jah war fighting fighting
Am         D   
 Jah war, too close frightening


BRIDGE
      Em        Bm           Em         D
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VERSE2
Em
 The winds were blowing and stirring up reaction
Bm
 A storm broke out a militant action
Em
 Hot heads came in uniform
D
 Thunder and lightning in a violent form


CHORUS
Am        G  
 Jah war fighting fighting
Am        D 
 Jah war, too close frightening

BRIDGE
      Em        Bm           Em         D
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INSTRUMENTAL
  Em - Bm - Em - D

CHORUS
Am        G  
 Jah war fighting fighting
Am        D  
 Jah war, too close frightening

VERSE 3

Em 
 The air was thick with a smell of oppression
Bm
 The militants joined with angry position
Em
 Redemption type with a strain of repression
D
 Young blood boiling hot with agression


CHORUS
Am        G  
 Jah war fighting fighting
Am        D  
 Jah war, too close frightening

CHORUS 2
Em                 Bm
 Fighting fighting Jah war
Em                     D
 Too close frightening Jah war
Em                 Bm
 Fighting fighting Jah war
Em                      D
 Too close frightening Jah war


VERSE 4
Am        
 Clarence Baker
G  
 No trouble maker
Am        
 Said the truncheon came down
G  
 Knocked him to the ground
Am          
 Said the blood on the streets that day
G  
 The blood and the madness
Am          
 Said the blood on the streets that day
D 
....Hey


ENDING
Em                  Bm
 Fighting fighting Jah war 
Em                  Bm
 Fighting fighting Jah war
Em                  Bm
 Fighting fighting Jah war
Em                  D
 Fighting fighting Jah war