...SOLDIERS... by Steel Pulse
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from 'Handsworth Revolution' (1978)
Intro:
Bm F#m (x4)
Break:
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
Verse 1:
And [Bm]when [F#m]soldiers came; them say [Bm]war.
Them said them come to [F#m]make us tame,
And from that [Bm]day, until [F#m]now on;
[Bm] We were jeered and [F#m]laughed to scorn.
Things used to be [Bm]ire;
(Before the [F#m]soldiers came),
Things used to be [Bm]nice, so [F#m]nice now.
Things used to be [Bm]ire;
(Before the [F#m]soldiers came),
Things used to be [Bm]nice, so nice, so [F#m]nice.
Chorus 1:
[G] Our country them did [A]enter, yeah,
Troops [G]trodding left, right and [A]centre,
(Everywhere).
[G] One moment at peace with nature,
Now [Bm]victims of a massacre.
[G] We got our spears, we got our shields,
But their [Bm]guns were greater;
Prepare for a slaughter!
Interlude:
A C#m (strum C#m (x4))
Verse 2:
(n.c)
Give I back I witch doctor,
[Bm] Give I back I [F#m]Black Ruler.
[Bm] Me no want no [F#m]dictator,
[Bm] Me no want no [F#m]tyrant on yah.
Break:
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
Interlude:
Bm F#m (x4)
Chorus 2:
G A (x2)
G Bm (x2)
A C#m (strum C#m (x4))
(Spoken over Above Chords):
Way down in Africa,
Where the backra still rules,
Day after day the Black Man is suffering now,
Far more than when he was a slave.
Is there a need for war? No.
Peace my bredren; here them bawl.
Bodies in mutilated condition,
Faces scarred beyond recognition.
Is this what Civilization means to me?
Then without it, I prefer to be, so...
Verse 3:
(n.c)
Give I back I witch doctor,
[Bm] Give I back I [F#m]Black Ruler.
[Bm] Me no want no [F#m]dictator,
[Bm] Me no want no [F#m]tyrant on yah.
Coda:
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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[Bm] [F#m] [G] [A] [C#m]
[EADGBE]xx4432 [EADGBE]xxx222 [EADGBE]xx5433 [EADGBE]xx7655 [EADGBE]xx6654
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
([email protected])
--------------...............
from 'Handsworth Revolution' (1978)
Intro:
Bm F#m (x4)
Break:
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
Verse 1:
And [Bm]when [F#m]soldiers came; them say [Bm]war.
Them said them come to [F#m]make us tame,
And from that [Bm]day, until [F#m]now on;
[Bm] We were jeered and [F#m]laughed to scorn.
Things used to be [Bm]ire;
(Before the [F#m]soldiers came),
Things used to be [Bm]nice, so [F#m]nice now.
Things used to be [Bm]ire;
(Before the [F#m]soldiers came),
Things used to be [Bm]nice, so nice, so [F#m]nice.
Chorus 1:
[G] Our country them did [A]enter, yeah,
Troops [G]trodding left, right and [A]centre,
(Everywhere).
[G] One moment at peace with nature,
Now [Bm]victims of a massacre.
[G] We got our spears, we got our shields,
But their [Bm]guns were greater;
Prepare for a slaughter!
Interlude:
A C#m (strum C#m (x4))
Verse 2:
(n.c)
Give I back I witch doctor,
[Bm] Give I back I [F#m]Black Ruler.
[Bm] Me no want no [F#m]dictator,
[Bm] Me no want no [F#m]tyrant on yah.
Break:
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
Interlude:
Bm F#m (x4)
Chorus 2:
G A (x2)
G Bm (x2)
A C#m (strum C#m (x4))
(Spoken over Above Chords):
Way down in Africa,
Where the backra still rules,
Day after day the Black Man is suffering now,
Far more than when he was a slave.
Is there a need for war? No.
Peace my bredren; here them bawl.
Bodies in mutilated condition,
Faces scarred beyond recognition.
Is this what Civilization means to me?
Then without it, I prefer to be, so...
Verse 3:
(n.c)
Give I back I witch doctor,
[Bm] Give I back I [F#m]Black Ruler.
[Bm] Me no want no [F#m]dictator,
[Bm] Me no want no [F#m]tyrant on yah.
Coda:
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
Du-[Bm]tallee![F#m]
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
[Bm] [F#m] [G] [A] [C#m]
[EADGBE]xx4432 [EADGBE]xxx222 [EADGBE]xx5433 [EADGBE]xx7655 [EADGBE]xx6654
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
([email protected])
