...JAH LIVE... by Bob Marley
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*Recorded 1976*
*CAPO 4th FRET*
(Original Key: B)
Intro:
C C/B F
C C/B Am
Chorus 1:
C
Jah live,
C/B Am
Children yeah,
C
Jah Jah live,
C/B F
Children yeah,
C
Jah live,
C/B Am
Children yeah,
C
Jah Jah live,
C/B F
Children yeah.
Verse 1:
C C/B
The truth,
F
Is an of-fence,
C C/B F
But not a sin.
C C/B
Is he who,
F
Laugh last, children,
C C/B F
Is he who win.
C C/B F
Is a foolish dog,
C C/B F
Bark at a flying bird.
C C/B F
One sheep must learn,
C C/B F
To re-spect the shep-herd.
Chorus 2:
C
Jah live,
C/B Am
Children yeah,
C
Jah Jah live,
C/B F
Children yeah,
C
Jah live,
C/B Am
Children yeah,
C
Jah Jah live,
C/B F
Children yeah.
Guitar Solo:
C C/B F
C C/B Am
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bob_marley/jah_live_crd.html ]
Verse 2:
C C/B F
Fools say in their heart,
C C/B F
Rasta your God is dead,
C C/B F
But I and know,
C
Jah Jah dread,
C/B F
It shall be Dreader Dread.
Chorus 3:
C
Jah live,
C/B Am
Children yeah,
C
Jah Jah live,
C/B F
Children yeah,
C
Jah live,
C/B Am
Children yeah,
C
Jah Jah live,
C/B F
Children yeah.
Verse 3:
C C/B F
Let jah a-rise,
C C/B
Now that the enemies,
F
Are scattered.
C C/B F
Let jah a-rise,
C C/B
Now that the enemies,
F
Are scattered.
Coda:
C
Jah live,
C/B Am
Children yeah,
C
Jah Jah live,
C/B F
Children yeah,
C
Jah live,
C/B Am
Children yeah,
C
Jah Jah live,
C/B F
Children yeah.
(Repeated to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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C C/B F Am
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)