Chord/Tab song: Blues Dance Raid

...BLUES DANCE RAID... by Steel Pulse


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from 'True Democracy' (1982)

Intro:

Em D C Bm,

[Bm] [C] Music a bubble,
[G] [A] Not looking for trouble.

Em D C Bm,

[Bm] [C] Some shekels.
Fe I shenks,
[G] [A] Just a burn up,
De lamb's bread.

Em,

[Em] [Am] [C]
[Em] [Am] [C]
[Em] [Am] [C]
Verse 1:

[Em] From time to time,
Dem a watch I,
Dem a spy wid dem bad eye,
[Am] (Come a raid I blues dance),
[C] (Come a raid I blues).
[Em] Tipped off by informers,
Dem a watch who come out,
And come in,
[Am] (Come a raid I blues dance),
[C] (Come a raid I blues).
Yes they [Em]knew when,
The time would be right,
Run come gate crash I party
[Am] (Come a raid I blues dance),
[C] (Come a raid I blues).
[Em] Raid blues dance,
Raid I blues,
[Am] (Come a raid I blues dance),
[C] (Come a raid I blues).
[Em] Kick off the door,
Woe I name dem call,
I back against de wall,
A rub A daughter,
[Am] (Come a raid I blues dance),
[C] (Come a raid I blues).

Chorus 1:

[Bm] Dem a run come kill I [Am]vibe,
Interfere wid I,
[C] The pigs come to de-[Bm]stroy,
Rasta [A]cry [G]blood,
[Bm] Dreadlocks [A]cry [G]blood.

Verse 2:

[Em] Raid,
[Am] (Come a raid I blues dance),
[C] (Come a raid I blues).

Break:

[Em] Raid blues dance,
Raid blues dance,
Raid I,
Raid blues dance,
[Am] (Raid blues dance),
[C] (Raid I blues).

Verse 3:

Out of [Em]darkness,
Out of night,
People [Am]screaming,
Batons wheeling,
A lot of [C]bleeding,
Bruised feelings.
Search [Em]warrant for,
Their outivation,
Walkie talkies,
Reinforcements.
[Am] From dem pocket,
Dem draw handcuff,
[C] Dis ya session it rough.
Every [Em]step of the way,
Got to retaliate yeh,
Fight dem back,
[Am] (Come a raid I blues dance),
Mash dem up,
[C] (Come a raid I blues).
[Em] Vex to death,
Dem a threat,
Mek arrest,
Kiss me neck,
[Am] (Come a raid I blues dance),
[C] (Come a raid I blues).
[Em] Raid blues dance,
Raid I blues,
[Am] (Come a raid I blues dance),
A [C]run come a run come who,
(Come a raid I blues).

Chorus 2:

[Bm] A run come kill I [Am]vibe,
Interfere wid I,
[C] The pigs come to des[Bm]troy,
Rasta [A]cry [G]blood,
[Bm] Dreadlocks [A]cry [G]blood.

Interlude:

[Em]
[Am] (Come a raid I blues dance),
[C] (Come a raid I blues).

Break:

[Em] Raid blues dance,
Raid blues dance,
Raid I,
Raid blues dance,
[Am] (Come a raid I blues dance),
[C] (Come a raid I blues).
[Em] (Raid blues dance),
(Raid I Blues),
[Am] (Raid blues dance),
[C] (Raid).

Coda:

Come a [Em]kick in I speaker,
Come a mash up I tweeter,
Come a [Am]lick out I window,
Come a [C]grab up I ratchit.
Come a [Em]move out I soft drink,
Come a rough up the people,
Come a [Am]turn off me system,
Have fe [C]give you,
Some bitch lick.
Come a [Em]smash up I turntable,
Come a scratch up I music,
Come a [Am]drive up you meat van,
Come a come a come a [C]raid.

Outro:

[Em] [Am] [C]
(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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[Em] [D] [C] [Bm] [G] [A][Am]
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
([email protected])