...REVOLUTION... by Bob Marley
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*from 'Natty Dread' (1974)*
Intro:
Am D7, F Em
Chorus 1:
Am D7 F Em
Reve-lation, re-veals the truth; reve-lation.
Am D7 F Em
(Revolution, revolution, revolution).
Interlude:
Am D7, F Em
(Revolution, ooh, (doo-doo-doo-doo).
Chorus 2:
Am D7
It takes a revo-lution, (revolution),
F Em
To make a so-lution, (doo-doo-doo-doo).
Am D7
Too much con-fusion, (aaa-aaah),
F Em
So much frus-tration.
Verse 1:
F Am
I don't wanna live in the park, (live in the park);
F Am
Can't trust no shadows after dark, (shadows after dark).
F Am
So, my friend, I wish that you could see,
G
Like a bird in the tree; the prisoners must be free, yeah! (Free).
Chorus 3:
Am D7
Never make a poli-tician, (aaa-aaah),
F Em
Grant you a favour, (doo-doo-doo-doo).
Am D7
They will always want to, (aaa-aaah),
F Em
Control you for-ever, (forever, forever).
Bridge 1:
Am C
So if a fire make it burn, (make it burn, make it burn).
F G
And if a blood make ya run, (make ya run, run, run).
Am C
Rasta de 'pon top, can't you see? (Doo-doo-doo-doo),
F G
So you can't predict the flop, eh-eh! (Doo-doo-doo-doo).
Chorus 4:
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Am D7
We got lightning, (lightning), thunder, (thunder).
F Em
Brimstone, (brimstone) and fire, fire, (fire, fire).
Am D7
Lightning, (lightning), thunder, (thunder).
F Em
Brr-brimstone, (brimstone) and fire, fiyah, fire, fiyah!
Chorus 5:
Am D7
Kill, cramp and paralyze, (aaa-aaah),
F Em
All weak at con-ception, (doo-doo-doo-doo).
Am D7
Wipe them out of cre-ation, (creation), yeah-eah! (Creation).
F
Wa-Jah, Jah, Jah! Wa-Jah, Jah, Jah! (Creation).
Em
Wa-Jah, Jah, Jah! (Cre-ation).
Am D7
Let Isis I'es, (I'es), and Isis black, (I'es),
F Em
And Isis red, (i'es), and Isis dread, yeah.
Am D7
Let righteousness, cover the earth,
F Em
Like the water, (aaa-aaah), cover the sea, yeah, yeah!
Coda:
Am D7
Lightning, (lightning), doo-doo-doo-doo, (thunder).
F Em
Doo-doo-doo-doo, (brimstone), doo-doo-doo-doo, (fire, fire).
Am D7
A lightning, (lightning), thunder, (thunder).
F Em
Brimstone, (brimstone) and fire.
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Am D7 F Em G C
EADGBE EADGBE EAD G B E EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
