...AMBUSH IN THE NIGHT... by Bob Marley
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*from 'Survival' (1979)*
Intro:
D Bm G
(Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, ooh-wa), see them fighting for power,
D Bm G
(Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, ooh-wa), but they know not the hour.
D Bm G
(Ooh-wee), so they bribing with their guns, spare-parts and money.
D Bm G
Trying to be-little our, integrity, now.
Verse 1:
Em A
They say what we know, is just what they teach us.
Em D
And we're so ignorant, 'cos every-time they can reach us.
G Em
Through po-litical strategy, they keep us hungry.
G A
When you gonna get some food, your brother got to be your enemy.
Chorus 1:
Bm G A
Ambush in the night; all guns aiming at me.
Bm G A
Ambush in the night; they opened fire on me.
Bm G A
Ambush in the night; protected by His Majesty.
Bridge 1:
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D Bm G
(Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, ooh-wa),
D Bm G
(Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, ooh-wa).
D Bm G
(Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, ooh-wa),
D Bm G
(Ooh-wee, ooh-wee, ooh-wa).
Verse 2:
Em A
Well, what we know, is not what they tell us.
Em D
We're not ignorant, I mean it, and they just could not touch us.
G Em
Through the powers of the Most-I, we keep on surfacing.
G A
Through the powers of the Most-I, we keep on surviving.
Chorus 2:
Bm G A
Ambush in the night; planned by so-ciety,
Bm G A
Ambush in the night; they trying to conquer me.
Bm G A
Ambush in the night; anything money can bring,
Bm G A
Ambush in the night; planned by so-ciety.
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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D Bm G Em A
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
