...PASS IT ON... by Bob Marley
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*from 'Burnin'' (1973)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: Bb)
Intro:
G Am7, D
Am7 D7 G
Verse 1:
G
What your hands do,
Cmaj7 Bm7
It's your own eyes,
D9
That've seen,
So won't you,
Judge your actions,
Am7
To make sure the,
D7 G
Re-sults are clean?
Gmaj7
It's your own conscience,
Cmaj7 Bm7
That is gonna,
D9
Re-mind you,
That it's your heart,
And nobody else's,
Am7 D7 G
That is gonna judge.
Bridge 1:
G
Be not selfish,
C
In your doings,
G
Pass it on.
C C/B G
(Pass it on, children).
D
Help your brothers,
C
In their needs,
Em7 Am7
Pass it on.
G
Live for yourself,
And you will,
C
Live in vain,
D
Live for others,
G
You will live a-gain.
Chorus 1:
G
In the kingdom of Jah,
C
Man shall reign.
Em7 Am7
Pass it on, pass it on.
Em7 Am7
Pass it on, pass it on.
Verse 2:
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G
What's in the darkness,
Cmaj7 Bm7 D9
Must be re-vealed to light.
We're not here to judge,
What's good from bad,
Am7 D7
But to do the things,
G
That are right.
Gmaj7
On a hot, sunny day,
Cmaj7 Bm7
Follow the shadows,
D9
For rescue.
But as the day grows old,
Am7 D7
I know the sun,
G
Is gonna find you.
Bridge 2:
G
Be not selfish,
C
In your doings,
G
Pass it on.
C C/B G
(Pass it on, children).
D
Help your brothers,
C
In their needs,
Em7 Am7
Pass it on.
G
Live for yourself,
And you will,
C
Live in vain,
D
Live for others,
G
You will live a-gain.
Chorus 2:
G
In the kingdom of Jah,
C
Man shall reign.
Em7 Am7
Pass it on, pass it on.
Em7 Am7
Pass it on, pass it on.
Coda:
G
You better,
Cmaj7 Bm7 D9
Pass it on.
Am7 D7 G
G Cmaj7 Bm7 D9,
Am7 D7 G
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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G Am7 D D7 Cmaj7 Bm7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EAD GBE EADGBE
xx5433 xxx555 xx7775 xx7778 xx10987 xxx777
D9 Gmaj7 C C/B Em7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x5455x xxx777 xxx988 xxx987 xxx987
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
