...POMP & PRIDE... by Toots & The Maytals
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*from 'Funky Kingston' (1973)*
Intro:
E B F# B (x2)
Verse 1:
E B
Everybody just cryin' out, (cry out), calm down, (calm down),
F# B
Have your pomp and pride.
B E
Calm down, (calm down), calm down, (calm down),
F# B
Have your pomp and pride.
Verse 2:
E B
Everybody just cryin' out, (cry out), calm down, (calm down),
F# B
Have your pomp and pride.
E B
Is it an opulin, Iceland, calm down,
F# B
Have your pomp and pride.
Chorus 1:
E B F# B
For to-day, to-day, to-day is a happy day.
E B C# F#7
For to-night, to-night, can be another night...
F#7
Do re mi, fah so la te do...
Verse 3:
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E B
Everybody just crying, crying, sighing, sighing,
F# B
Dying to see the light.
E B
And when they see it, they see it's not bright,
F# B
Can this be right?
Break:
E B F# B (x2)
Verse 4:
E B
Everybody just cryin' out, (cry out), calm down, (calm down),
F# B
Have your pomp and pride.
E B
Is it an opulin, Iceland, calm down,
F# B
Have your pomp and pride.
Chorus 2:
E B F# B
For to-day, to-day, to-day is a happy day.
E B C# F#7
For to-night, to-night, can be another night...
F#7
Do re mi, fah so la te do...
Verse 5:
E B
Everybody just cryin' out, (cry out), calm down, (calm down),
F# B
Have your pomp and pride.
E B
Is it an opulin, Iceland, calm down,
F# B
Have your pomp and pride.
(Repeat to Fade)
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
