African Herbsman by Bob Marley

...AFRICAN HERBSMAN... by Bob Marley
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*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: Bb)

Verse 1:

G              Em
 All twinklin' lee
              G                             Em
Can't see the right rose when the streams a-bate
    G             Em
The old slave men might grind slow
              C         G
But it grinds fine, yeah

Chorus 1:

        G                    Em
African herbsman, why linger on?
            G                          Em
Just concen-trate, 'cause heaven lives on
            G                          Em
Greet-I-eth slave men will look with a scorn
                    C      D                          G    Em 
With a transplanted heart (yes, how quick they had to part)
                       G    Em
(How quick they had to part)

Verse 2:

        G              Em
The re-membrance of to-day
           G             Em
Is the sad feelin' of to-morrow
        G          Em                C
(...How quick ...) Oh (... part), oh yeah

Chorus 2:

        G                    Em
African herbsman, seize your time
              G                        Em
I'm takin' il-lusion on the edge of my mind
           G                   Em
I'm takin' losers down thru my life
             C     D                                G    Em 
Down thru my life, yeah (yes, how quick they had to part)
                       G    Em
(How quick they had to part)

Verse 3:

      G               Em
Dideh part, yes, they part
        G              Em
The re-membrance of to-day
                       G    Em
(How quick they had to part)

Chorus 3:

        G                    Em
African herbsman, why linger on?
            G                               Em
Just concen-trate, 'cause your heaven lives on
            G                          Em
Greet-I-eth slave men will look with a scorn
                    C      D                                G    Em  
With a transplanted heart, yes, how (... quick they have to part)
                       G    Em
(How quick they had to part)

Verse 4:

      G               Em
In re-membrance of to-day
           G              Em
Brings sad feelings of to-morrow
                                          C
(Yes, how quick they have to ...) Lead me on, oh, Lord, I pray to you

Chorus 2:

         G                  Em
(African herbsman) (African herbsman)
         G                  Em
(African herbsman) (African herbsman)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G       Em      C       D
 
 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  
 xxx433  xxx453  xxx553  xx0232


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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