...REVOLUTION... by Bob Marley
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*from Natty Dread (1974)*
Intro:
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Chorus 1:
Reve-lation, re-veals the truth; reve-lation.
(Revolution, revolution, revolution).
Interlude:
,
(Revolution, ooh, (doo-doo-doo-doo).
Chorus 2:
It takes a revo-lution, (revolution),
To make a so-lution, (doo-doo-doo-doo).
Too much con-fusion, (aaa-aaah),
So much frus-tration.
Verse 1:
I don t wanna live in the park, (live in the park);
Can t trust no shadows after dark, (shadows after dark).
So, my friend, I wish that you could see,
Like a bird in the tree; the prisoners must be free, yeah! (Free).
Chorus 3:
Never make a poli-tician, (aaa-aaah),
Grant you a favour, (doo-doo-doo-doo).
They will always want to, (aaa-aaah),
Control you for-ever, (forever, forever).
Bridge 1:
So if a fire make it burn, (make it burn, make it burn).
And if a blood make ya run, (make ya run, run, run).
Rasta de pon top, can t you see? (Doo-doo-doo-doo),
So you can t predict the flop, eh-eh! (Doo-doo-doo-doo).
Chorus 4:
We got lightning, (lightning), thunder, (thunder).
Brimstone, (brimstone) and fire, fire, (fire, fire).
Lightning, (lightning), thunder, (thunder).
Brr-brimstone, (brimstone) and fire, fiyah, fire, fiyah!
Chorus 5:
Kill, cramp and paralyze, (aaa-aaah),
All weak at con-ception, (doo-doo-doo-doo).
Wipe them out of cre-ation, (creation), yeah-eah! (Creation).
Wa-Jah, Jah, Jah! Wa-Jah, Jah, Jah! (Creation).
Wa-Jah, Jah, Jah! (Cre-ation).
Let Isis I es, (I es), and Isis black, (I es),
And Isis red, (i es), and Isis dread, yeah.
Let righteousness, cover the earth,
Like the water, (aaa-aaah), cover the sea, yeah, yeah!
Coda:
Lightning, (lightning), doo-doo-doo-doo, (thunder).
Doo-doo-doo-doo, (brimstone), doo-doo-doo-doo, (fire, fire).
A lightning, (lightning), thunder, (thunder).
Brimstone, (brimstone) and fire.
(Fade)
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
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