Handsworth Revolution Steel Pulse
...HANDSWORTH REVOLUTION... by Steel Pulse
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*from 'Handsworth Revolution' (1978)*
Intro:
Bb Gm (x2)
Cm Gm (x16)
Verse 1:
I say the [Cm]people of Handsworth,[Gm]
[Cm] [Gm]Know that;
[Cm] One hand wash the other, [Gm]so they say.[Cm] [Gm] So...
Let's [Cm]join hands my bredren,
[Gm] Make the way, for our [Cm]children, (our children, our [Gm]children),
And their [Cm]children, (their children, their [Gm]children).
En-[Cm]suring that they get life's [Gm]fair share of..[Cm].[Gm]
E-[Cm]quality...[Gm] [Cm] [Gm]
[Cm] Doesn't justice, [Gm]stand for all?
[Cm] Doesn't justice, [Gm]stand for all?
[Cm] Doesn't justice, stand for [Gm]all man-kind?
We [Cm]find so-[Gm]ciety, putting us [Cm]down,[Gm]
[Cm] Crowning us, crowning us, crowning us, crown-[Gm]ing us;
[Cm] A place of evil, oh, [Gm]oh.
[Cm] Handsworth means us the black [Gm]people,
[Cm] Handsworth means us the black [Gm]people.
We're talking [Cm]now; speaking Jah Jah [Cm]language!
Chorus 1:
It's a [G7]long, long [F7]way, we're [Ab7]coming [G7]from.
To [G7]send this [F7]message a-[Ab7]cross, a-[G7]cross.
Its been [G7]hidden, for-[F7]bidden, con-[Ab7]cealed, unre-[G7]vealed,
Its [G7]got to come [F7]out in the [Ab7]open, [G7]that...
Verse 2:
[Cm] Babylon is [Gm]falling, [Cm]Babylon is [Gm]falling.
It was [Cm]foolish to build it [Gm]on the sand,
Handsworth shall [Cm]stand firm,
[Gm] Like Jah rock; fighting [Cm]back.
We once beggars, [Gm]are now choosers,
No [Cm]intention to [Gm]be losers,
Striving [Cm]forward, with am-[Gm]bition,
And if it [Cm]takes ammu-[Gm]nition,
We rebel in [Cm]Handsworth [Gm]Revolution.
Break:
[Cm] Handsworth, [Gm]Revolution,
[Cm] Handsworth, [Gm]Revolution.
[Cm] Handsworth, [Gm]Revolution,
[Cm] Handsworth, [Gm]Revolution.
Interlude:
Cm Gm (x8)
Dread [Cm]town, dread town, dread [Gm]town.
Cm Gm (x2)
Dread [Cm]town, dread town, dread [Gm]town.[Cm] [Gm]
Bridge 1:
Dread we [Cm]are for a cause, de-[Gm]prived of many things,
Ex-[Cm]perienced phony laws, [Gm]hatred Babylon brings.
[Cm] We know what [Gm]you got to offer; [Cm]we know what's [Gm]going on.
Don't [Cm]want no favours, 'cos there is still hunger,
Inno-[Gm]cent convicted, poor wage, hard labour,
Only [Cm]Babylon prospers and humble suffer.
They are [Gm]brothers...in [Cm]South of Africa,
One [Gm]Black represent all, all over the [Cm]world.[Gm]
Can't [Cm]bear it no longer, blessed with the power,
Of [Gm]Jah Creator, we will get stronger,
And [Cm]we will conquer, and forward ever and [Gm]backward never.
Break:
[Cm] Handsworth, [Gm]Revolution,
[Cm] Handsworth, [Gm]Revolution.
[Cm] Handsworth, [Gm]Revolution,
[Cm] Handsworth, [Gm]Revolution.
[Cm] Handsworth, [Gm]Revolution,
[Cm] Handsworth, [Gm]Revolution.
[Cm] Handsworth, [Gm]Revolution,
[Cm] Handsworth, [Gm]Revolution.
Coda:
[Cm] Revo-revo, [Gm]Revolution,
[Cm] Revo-revo, [Gm]Revolution.
[Cm] Revo-revo, [Gm]Revolution,
[Cm] Revo-revo, [Gm]Revolution.[Cm]
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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[Bb] [Gm] [Cm] [G7] [F7] [Ab7]
[EADGBE]688766 [EADGBE]355333 [EADGBE]x35543 [EADGBE]353433 [EADGBE]131211 [EADGBE]464544
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