...NATTY DREAD... by Bob Marley
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*from 'Natty Dread' (1974)*
Intro:
Cm7 Dm7 (x2)
Chorus 1:
Bb Eb
Dread, Natty Dread now,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread),
Bb Eb
Dreadlock Congo Bongo I.
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread),
Bb Eb
Natty Dreadlock in a Babylon,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread),
Bb Eb
A dreadlock Congo Bongo I.
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread).
Verse 1:
Bb Eb
Children get your culture,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread),
Bb Eb
And don't stay there and gesture,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread).
Bb Eb
Or the battle will be hotter,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread),
Bb Eb
And you won't get no supper,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread).
Chorus 2:
Bb Eb
Dread, Natty Dread now,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread),
Bb Eb
Dreadlock Congo Bongo I.
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread),
Bb Eb
Natty Dreadlock in a Babylon,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread),
Bb Eb
Roots Natty, roots Natty!
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread).
Verse 2:
Bb Eb
Then I walk up the first street,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread),
Bb
And then I walk up,
Eb
The second street to see,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread).
Bb Eb
Then I trod on through third street,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread),
Bb
And then I talk to some Dread,
Eb
On fourth street,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread).
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Bb Eb
Natty Dreadlock in a fifth street,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread),
Bb
And then I skip one fence,
Eb
To sixth street.
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread),
Bb Eb
I've got to reach seventh street.
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread).
Chorus 3:
Bb Eb
Natty Dreadlock Bingy Bongo I,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread),
Bb Eb
Natty dread, Natty Dread, now,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread),
Bb Eb
Roots Natty Congo I,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread).
Break:
Cm7
Oh, Natty, Natty,
Dm7
Natty 21,000 miles,
Away from home, yeah.
Cm7
Oh, Natty, Natty,
Dm7
And that's a long way,
For Natty to be from home.
Verse 3:
Bb Eb
Don't care what the world seh,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread),
Bb Eb
I'n'I couldn't never go astray,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread).
Bb Eb
Just like a bright and sunny day;
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread),
Bb Eb
Oh, we're gonna have things our way,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread).
Chorus 4:
Bb Eb
Natty Dread, Natty Dreadlock,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread),
Bb Eb
A dreadlock Congo Bongo I.
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread).
Bb Eb
Don't care what the world seh,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread),
G Eb
I'n'I gonna have things our way,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread).
Bb Eb
If I head Natty inna the red,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread),
Bb Eb
If I head Natty inna the red,
Gm Cm
(Natty Dread).
G
Natty Dread,
Eb Gm Cm
Natty Dreadlock...
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Cm7 Dm7 Bb Eb Gm Cm
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
