...RIDE NATTY RIDE... by Bob Marley
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*from 'Survival' (1979)*
Intro:
Bb F (x3), Gm
Verse 1:
Bb Gm
Dready got a job to do,
Eb F
And he's got to fulfill that mission.
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To see his hurt could be their, greatest am-bition.
Bb Gm Eb F
But we will sur-vive in this world of compe-tition.
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'Cos no matter what they do; Natty keep on coming through.
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And no matter what they say; Natty de deh every day.
Chorus 1:
Bb Gm Eb F
Natty dread rides again, thru the mystics of to-morrow.
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Natty dread rides again, have no fear, have no sorrow.
Verse 2:
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All and all you can see a gwan,
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Is to fight against the Rasta-man.
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So they build their world on great con-fusion,
Bb F Gm
To force us in the devil's il-lusion.
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But the stone that the builder re-fuse,
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Shall be the head corner-stone.
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And no matter what games they play,
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We've got something they could never take a-way,
Bb F Gm
We've got something they could never take a-way.
Bridge 1:
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Gm
And it's the fire, (fire), it's the fire, (fire),
Eb Bb
That's burning down every-thing.
Gm
Feel that fire, (fire), the fire, (fire),
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Only the birds have wings.
Eb Bb
No time to be de-ceived,
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Brothers, you should know and not be-lieve.
Eb Gm
Jah says this judgment, could never be with water,
Eb Gm
No water could put out this fire, (fire).
This this fire, this this fire, this, this fire a-yaga, y'all!
Chorus 2:
Bb Gm
Ride Natty, ride.
Eb F
Go deh dready, dready, go deh.
Verse 3:
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Now the fire is out of con-trol,
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Panic in the cities; wicked weeping for their souls.
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Every-where the fire is burning;
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Des-troying and melting their gold,
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Des-troying and wasting their souls.
Chorus 3:
Bb Gm
Ride Natty, ride,
Eb F
Go deh dready, dready, go deh, tell you what...
Verse 4:
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Now the people gather on the beach,
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And the leader try to make a speech.
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But the dread again to tell them it's too late;
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Fire is burning man; pull your own weight,
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Fire is burning man; pull your own weight.
Chorus 4:
Bb Gm
Natty dread rides again, (Natty dread rides again),
Eb F
And me say; go deh dready, dready, go deh, (go deh, go deh).
Bb Gm
Go ride Natty, ride, (Natty dread rides again),
Eb F
Go deh dready, dready, go deh, (go deh, go deh).
Bb Gm
Riding through the storm,
Eb F
Riding through the calm, (go deh, go deh).
Bb Gm
Oh, ride Natty ride,
Eb F
Go deh dready, dready, go deh.
Bb Gm
Ride Natty ride,
Eb F
Go deh dready, dready, go deh.
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
