Bad Man Steel Pulse
...BAD MAN... by Steel Pulse
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*from 'Handsworth Revolution' (1978)*
Intro:
Bm D Em (x2)
Bridge 1:
Dem [Bm]dread seh,[Em] [F#]
Dem [Bm]dread seh.[Em] [F#]
Dem [Bm]dread seh,[Em] [F#]
Dem [Bm]dread seh.[Em] [F#]
No [Bm]matter how you bad, I man;[Em] [F#m]badder than you,
No [Bm]matter how you dread, I man;[Em] [F#]dreader than you.
No [Bm]matter how you hard, I man [Em]harder than [F#]you,
No [Bm]matter how you raw, I more-[Em]weak heart, [F#]back way so.
Chorus 1:
[Bm] A bad man no want go [Em]back into cap-[F#m]tivity,
[Bm] A bad man no want go [Em]back to [F#m]slavery.
Up-[Bm]rising, [Em]from the [F#]claws of the [Bm]wicked.[Em] [F#]
Verse 1:
Two [Bm]bulls can't reign in [Em]one pen,[F#]
Two [Bm]lions can't roar in a [Em]small den.[F#]
Two [Bm]scorpions don't sting at the [Em]same spot,[F#]
Two [Bm]guns can't fire the [Em]same bullet [F#]shot, so;
Chorus 2:
[Bm] A bad man no want go [Em]back into cap-[F#m]tivity,
[Bm] A bad man no want go [Em]back to [F#m]slavery.
Up-[Bm]rising, [Em]from the [F#]claws of the [Bm]wicked.[Em] [F#]
Verse 2:
Two [Bm]kings don't wear the [Em]same crown,[F#m]
Two [Bm]beauties don't have the [Em]same gown [F#m]on.
To-[Bm]morrow is too late to [Em]leave town,[F#m]
[Bm] If you're still here at noon,
There'll be one big, big, big [Em]showdown, [F#m]so;
Chorus 3:
Up-[Bm]rising, [Em]upri-[F#]sing,
Up-[Bm]rising, [Em]upri-[F#]sing.
Break:
[F#m] I give you 'till [Bm]noon to go,
[F#m] On your way to sur-[Bm]vival, where;
[F#m] Your heart will beat more [Bm]fonder with life,
[F#m] And breath still enters your [Bm]body.
Bridge 2:
Dem [Bm]dread seh,[Em] [F#]
Dem [Bm]dread seh.[Em] [F#]
Dem [Bm]dread seh,[Em] [F#]
Dem [Bm]dread seh.[Em] [F#]
No [Bm]matter how you bad, I man;[Em] [F#m]badder than you,
No [Bm]matter how you dread, I man;[Em] [F#]dreader than you.
No [Bm]matter how you hard, I man [Em]harder than [F#]you,
No [Bm]matter how you raw, I more-[Em]weak heart, [F#]back way so.
Verse 3:
[Bm] If you still coming; me [Em]nah run,[F#]
[Bm] If you still coming; me [Em]ah go, [F#]drop you.
[Bm] If you still coming; me [Em]nah run,[F#]
[Bm] So better stop running be-[Em]fore I, [F#]break you.
[Bm] So run and hide before I [Em]find you,[F#]
[Bm] Woe betide if I catch up [Em]on you.[F#]
[Bm] If you still coming; I [Em]box you [F#]down,
[Bm] If you still coming; I [Em]clart you [F#]down.
Break:
[Bm] Long [Em]time..[F#].
[Bm] We deh under backraw.[Em] [F#]
[Bm] Long time we deh under back-[Em]raw,[F#]
[Bm] Long time we deh under back-[Em]raw.[F#]
[Bm] Long time we deh under back-[Em]raw,[F#]
[Bm] Long time we deh under back-[Em]raw.[F#]
Verse 4:
Four [Bm]hundred years,[Em] [F#]
(Many, many [Bm]years).[Em] [F#]
Four [Bm]hundred years,[Em] [F#]
(Many, many [Bm]years).[Em] [F#]
[Bm] Slavery,[Em] [F#]
[Bm] Slavery.[Em] [F#]
[Bm] Slavery,[Em] [F#]
[Bm] Days...
Coda:
[Bm] Oh,[Em] you've been [F#]bought,
[Bm] Oh,[Em] you've been [F#]sold.
[Bm] Oh,[Em] cast [F#]over me,
[Bm] Got strung up for [Em]nothing at [F#]all.
[Bm] Strange [Em]fruit,[F#]
[Bm] Strange [Em]fruit.[F#]
[Bm] Strange [Em]fruit,[F#]
[Bm] Strange [Em]fruit.[F#]
Outro:
[Bm] [Em] [F#]
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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