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Burial

Peter Tosh

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...BURIAL... by Peter Tosh
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*from 'Legalize It (1976)*


Intro:

Bb, Bb7, F

Chorus 1:

     Bb           Gm                    F
Them want I, them want I, be com'a them funeral.
     Bb              Gm                      F
Them claim say, them claim say; they are the General.
     Bb           Gm                    F
Them want I, them want I, be com'a them funeral.
     Bb              Gm                      F
Them claim say, them claim say; they are the General.

Interlude:

Bb  Gm  F

Verse 1:

       Bb      Gm    F
What a big dis-grace;
            Bb         Gm
The way you rob up the place.
F          Bb            Gm                 F
 Rob every-thing you can find, yes, you did,
                Bb           Gm
And you'll even rob from the blind.
             F
You must see want I fe;

Bridge 1:

Bb            Gm                F
 Com'a, com'a funeral; and I no go.
Bb      Gm              F
 No one burial, yet you want I;
Bb            Gm                             F
 Com'a, com'a funeral, make your friend come claim say;
Bb           Gm   F
 You are the geni.

Verse 2:

Bb               Gm                 F
 Now we know the truth, yes, we do,
         Bb          Gm
Find you wearing the boot.
   F               Bb               Gm          F
Of taking people's business on your head, yeah,
            Bb           Gm    F
So might as well, you be dead.

Chorus 2:

     Bb           Gm                    F
Them want I, them want I, be com'a them funeral.
     Bb              Gm                      F
Them claim say, them claim say; they are the General.
     Bb           Gm                    F
Them want I, them want I, be com'a them funeral.
     Bb              Gm                      F
Them claim say, them claim say; they are the General.

Interlude:

Bb  Gm  F

Verse 3:

        Bb            Gm
Let the dead bury the dead, now,
F                 Bb      Gm
 And who is to be fed, be fed.
F               Bb               Gm
 I ain't got no time to waste on you, no, no,
F             Bb                 Gm        F
 I'm a livin' man; I got work to do, right now.

Bb             Gm        F
 This man, and that man,
                  Bb       Gm
Yes, they are the same man.
F              Bb            Gm
 You taught us this, just as well,
         F               Bb                 Gm
That the rich man Heaven, is the poor man's Hell.
             F
You must see want I fe;

Bridge 2:

Bb            Gm                F
 Com'a, com'a funeral; Natty no go,
Bb      Gm              F
 No one burial, yet you want I;
Bb            Gm                             F
 Com'a, com'a funeral, make your friend come claim say;
Bb           Gm   F
 You are the geni.

(Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Bb      Gm      F

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           _             __   __   |  __|  __    __
          | |   _   _   |  \ /  |  | |__   \ \  / /
  _____   | |  | | | |  |       |  |__  |   \ \/ /
 |  ___|  | |  | | | |  | |\_/| |   __| |    \  /
 | |= =   | |  | |_| |  | | = | |  |____|     | |
 | |      | |  |_____|  | |   | |   = = =     | |
 | |___   | |   = = =   | |   | |             | |
 |_____|  | |           |_|   |_|             | |
  = = =   | |_____       =     =    Tabbed by |_|
          |_______|  Joel from cLuMsY, 2007    =
           = = = =      (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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Burial

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