Prediction by Steel Pulse

...PREDICTION... by Steel Pulse
----------------...............

*from 'Handsworth Revolution' (1978)*


Intro:

Gm,

B7  Am (x8)

Verse 1:

B7
 Prediction;
           Am
Prediction foretold.
B7
 Prediction, yeh,
         Am
From the days of old.
B7
 Prediction, yeh,
     Am
From way back when.
The years Jah send,
Years Jah send.
B7
 Prediction,
             Am
A long, long time ago.

Verse 2:

   B7
Se-lassie was,
Neglected,
Am
 Tell me when?
         B7
Like the tales of,
The Messiah, yah;
    Am
All over again.
B7
 Garvey was rejected,
Am
 Tell me when?
           B7
Unlike the Baptist,
He has kept his head.
       Am
I said vank!
        B7
William Gordon,
And Paul Bogle led,
A rebellion 'cos,
They used their heads,
Am
 But had their,
Necks in a noose.
           B7
Martyrs of freedom,
Freedom condemned,
    Am
But Jah Jah,
Cut them loose.
Heh heh.

Verse 3:

B7
 Prophesised that,
Am
 We would suffer by,
B7
 Those who,
Think themselves,
   Am
Su-perior to,
Our colour, yes sah;
B7               Am
 Descendants of,,
Naiman the Leper.
     B7
Ask Elisha,
              Am
Offsprings of,
Naiman the Leper.

Chorus 1:

     F#m
If a lie,
Ask Elisha,
Ask Elisha,
     G#m
If a lie,
Ask Elisha,
Ask Elisha.
     F#m
If a lie,
Ask Elisha,
Ask Elisha,
     G#m
If a lie,
Ask Elisha,
Ask Elisha.
     F#m
If a lie,
Ask Elisha,
Ask Elisha,
     G#m
If a lie,
Ask Elisha,
Ask Elisha.

Chorus 2:

   F#m
To-morrow's what,
We're on about,
To-morrow's what,
We're on about;
    G#m
Not yesterday.
   F#m
To-morrow's what,
We're on about,
To-morrow's what,
We're on about;
    G#m
Not yesterday.
     F#m
It's up to man,
To understand,
To have success,
Upon this land;
          G#m
He better have,
Some faith.

Break:

F#m
 Have some faith,
G#m
 Have some faith.
F#m
 Have some faith,
G#m
 Have some faith.
F#m
 Have,
G#m
 Some,
F#m
 Have, some,
G#m
 Faith.
F#m
 Have,
G#m
 Some,
F#m
 Have, some,
G#m
 Faith.

Interlude:

F#m  G#m (x8)

Coda:

(Spoken):

F#m
 The impossible,
G#m
 Have a habit,
Of happening,
F#m
 If you think a lie,
I a-tell;

(Sung):

G#m
 Ask Elisha,
F#m
 Ask Elish,
G#m
 Ask Ellsha,
F#m
 Ask Elish,
G#m
 Ask Ellsha.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Gm      Am      B7      F#m     G#m

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xxx333  xxx555  xx4445  xxx222  xxx444


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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