...AFRICAN HERBSMAN... by Bob Marley
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*from 'African Herbsman' (1973)*
Intro:
Bb Gm (x2)
Verse 1:
Bb Gm
All twinklin' lee,
Bb
Can't see the right rose,
Gm
When the streams a-bate.
Bb
The old slave men,
Gm
Might grind slow,
Eb F
But it grinds fine, yeah.
Chorus 1:
Bb
African herbsman,
Gm
Why linger on?
Bb
Just concen-trate,
Gm
'Cos heaven lives on.
Bb
Greet-I-eth slave men,
Gm
Will look with a scorn,
Eb
With a transplanted heart,
F (n.c)
(Yes, how quick,
Bb Gm
They had to part),
Bb Gm
(They had to part).
Verse 2:
Bb
The re-membrance,
Gm
Of to-day,
Bb
Is the sad feelin',
Gm
Of to-morrow,
Bb
(...How quick...),
Gm
Oh (...part), oh yeah.
Chorus 2:
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Bb
African herbsman,
Gm
Seize your time,
Bb
I'm takin' il-lusion,
Gm
On the edge of my mind.
Bb
I'm takin' losers,
Gm
Down through my life,
Eb
Down thru my life, yeah,
F (n.c)
(Yes, how quick,
Bb Gm
They had to part),
Bb Gm
(They had to part).
Verse 3:
Bb
Dideh part,
Gm
Yes, they part,
Bb
The re-membrance,
Gm
Of to-day,
(How quick they,
Bb Gm
Had to part).
Chorus 3:
Bb
African herbsman,
Gm
Why linger on?
Bb
Just concen-trate,
Gm
'Cos heaven lives on.
Bb
Greet-I-eth slave men,
Gm
Will look with a scorn,
Eb
With a transplanted heart,
F (n.c)
(Yes, how quick,
Bb Gm
They had to part),
Bb Gm
(They had to part).
Verse 4:
Bb
In re-membrance,
Gm
Of to-day,
Bb
Brings sad feelings,
Gm
Of to-morrow.
Eb
Lead me on, oh, Lord,
F
I pray to you.
Coda:
Bb
(African herbsman),
Gm
(African herbsman),
Bb
(African herbsman),
Gm
(African herbsman).
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
