...RASTAMAN LIVE UP!... by Bob Marley
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*from 'Confrontation' (1983)*
Chorus 1:
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Rastaman, live up; Bongoman, don't give up.
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Congoman, live up, yeah, Binghi-man don't give up.
Verse 1:
c F G
Keep your culture; don't be a-fraid of the vulture.
c F G
Grow your dreadlock; don't be a-fraid of the wolf-pack.
Chorus 2:
c F G
Rastaman, live up; Binghi-man don't give up.
c F G
Congoman, live up, yeah, Bongoman, don't give up.
Verse 2:
c F G
David slew Goliath with a sling and a stone;
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Samson slew The Philistines with a donkey jawbone.
Chorus 3:
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Iyaman, live up; Rastaman, don't give up!
c F G
Binghi-man, live up; Congoman, don't give up.
Verse 3:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bob_marley/rastaman_live_up_crd.html ]
c F G
Trodding through creation, in an Irie meditation;
c F G
Seen many visions, in-a this yah Armagiddyon.
Chorus 4:
c F G
Rastaman, live up; Bongoman, don't give up.
c F G
Congoman, live up, yeah, Binghi-man don't give up.
Verse 4:
c F G
Saw it in the beginning; so shall it be in this iwa;
c F G
And they fallen in confusion, well-a just a step from Babel Tower.
Chorus 5:
c F G
Rastaman, live up; Bongoman, don't give up.
c F G
Congoman, live up, yeah, Binghi-man don't give up.
Verse 5:
c F G
Grow your dreadlock; don't be a-fraid of the wolf-pack.
c F G
A-tell you, one man a-walkin' and a billion man a-sparkin'.
Chorus 6:
c F G
Rastaman, live up; Bongoman, don't give up.
c G
Congoman, live up, yeah, don't give up, don't give up, don't give up!
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)