...WE AND DEM... by Bob Marley
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*from 'Uprising' (1980)*
Intro:
Bm
Chorus 1:
Am
We no know how we and dem a-go work this out, oy!
We no know how we and dem a-go work it out.
Verse 1:
Bm Em
But someone will 'ave to pay,
C D
For the innocent blood,
Bm Em
That they, shed every day.
C D
Oh, children, mark my word;
Bm Em D C
It's what the Bible say, yeah, yeah!
Chorus 2:
Am
We no know how we and dem a-go work this out, oy!
We no know how we and dem a-go work it out.
Verse 2:
Bm Em
But in the beginning,
C D
Jah cre-ated every-thing;
Bm Em C D
He gave man dom-inion over all things.
Bm Em
But now it's too late;
C D (Bm)
You see, men has lost their faith, hey-ey-hey!
Bm Em C D
Eating up all the flesh from off the earth, eh!
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Chorus 3:
Am
We no know how we and dem a-go work this out, oy!
We no know how we and dem a-go work it out. (No, we don't know).
Break:
(with Vocal Ad-libs)
Bm Em, C D (x3)
Chorus 4:
Am
We no know how we and dem a-go work this out; them a flesh and bone!
We no know how we and dem a-go work it out.
Verse 3:
Bm Em C D
But we now have no friends, in-a high socie-ty, yeah,
Bm Em C D
We no have no friends; oh, mark my identi-ty.
Bm Em C D
We no have no friends... oh-oh, yeah!
Coda:
Am
We no know how we and dem a-go work it out, (no, we no know),
We no know how we and dem a-go work it out, (we no know).
We no know how we and dem a-go work it out, (no, we no know),
We no know how we and dem a-go work it out. Rasta!
We no know how we and dem a-go work this out, Ilyabom!
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)