...BOOTSTRAPS... by Steel Pulse
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*from 'Vex' (1994)*


Intro:

(Drums)

(n.C)

Fmaj7, Abmaj7, E

Verse 1:

Am
 Forward ever, backward never.
Stick together, and last forever.

Dm                                  Am
 The race is not for the swift but,  for those who endure.
Dm                            Am
 We've been tried and tested,  and know the score.

Chorus 1:

Bb                                   Am
 So pick up your bootstraps and back-side,
Bb                          Am
 We moving forward; no back-slide, woah now, woah now.

Verse 2:

Am
 Stop your fighting, back away back biting,
Let's unite now, not dividing.
These are things that I can't stand,
Says we're acting like crabs in a can now.

Dm                              Am
 Nuff a fe we youth dem turn to, drugs and crime.
Dm                                    Am
 Come lets save the rest, 'cos we are, loosing time now.

Chorus 2:

Bb                                   Am
 So pick up your bootstraps and back-side,
Bb                          Am
 We moving forward; no back-slide.
Bb                  Am
 We moving forward, we moving forward, hey!
Bb                          Am
 We moving forward; no back-slide, woah now, woah now.

Rap: (by REBEL)

(Am)
(Dm, Am (x2))

Chorus 3:

Bb                                   Am
 So pick up your bootstraps and back-side,
Bb                          Am
 We moving forward; no back-slide, woah now, woah now.

Verse 3:

Am
 Are you ready for this message?
Seize the time to be progressive.
Take you stance now and be counted; it's now or never.

Dm                                    Am
 Blessed are those who are struggling, in a-Jah name.
Dm                          Am
 Iniquity workers bow their, heads in shame, yeah.

Chorus 4:

Bb                                   Am
 So pick up your bootstraps and back-side,
Bb                          Am
 We moving forward; no back-slide.
Bb                  Am
 We moving forward, we moving forward, hey!
Bb                          Am
 We moving forward; no back-slide, woah now, woah now.

Rap: (by REBEL)

(Am)

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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  Fmaj7   Abmaj7   E       Am      Dm      Bb

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x03210  xx6543  x79997  577555  x57765  688766
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           _             __   __   |  __|  __    __
          | |   _   _   |  \ /  |  | |__   \ \  / /
  _____   | |  | | | |  |       |  |__  |   \ \/ /
 |  ___|  | |  | | | |  | |\_/| |   __| |    \  /
 | |= =   | |  | |_| |  | | = | |  |____|     | |
 | |      | |  |_____|  | |   | |   = = =     | |
 | |___   | |   = = =   | |   | |             | |
 |_____|  | |           |_|   |_|             | |
  = = =   | |_____       =     =    Tabbed by |_|
          |_______|  Joel from cLuMsY, 2008    =
           = = = =      (clumsyband@hotmail.com)