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Soldiers

Steel Pulse

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...SOLDIERS... by Steel Pulse
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*from 'Handsworth Revolution' (1978)*


Intro:

Bm  F#m (x4)

Break:

   Bm      F#m
Du-tallee!
   Bm      F#m
Du-tallee!
   Bm      F#m
Du-tallee!
   Bm      F#m
Du-tallee!

Verse 1:

    Bm
And when,
F#m
 Soldiers came;
         Bm
Them say war.
Them said them come,
   F#m
To make us tame,
              Bm
And from that day,
      F#m
Until now on;
Bm
 We were jeered,
    F#m
And laughed to scorn.

                  Bm
Things used to be ire;
            F#m
(Before the soldiers came),
                  Bm
Things used to be nice,
   F#m
So nice now.
                  Bm
Things used to be ire;
            F#m
(Before the soldiers came),
                  Bm
Things used to be nice,
            F#m
So nice, so nice.

Chorus 1:

G
 Our country them,
    A
Did enter, yeah,
       G
Troops trodding left,
          A
Right and centre,
(Everywhere).
G
 One moment at,
Peace with Nature,
    Bm
Now victims,
Of a massacre.
G
 We got our spears,
We got our shields,
          Bm
But their guns,
Were greater,
Prepare for,
A slaughter!

Interlude:

A  C#m (strum C#m (x4))

Verse 2:

(n.c)
 Give I back,
I witch doctor,
Bm
 Give I back,
  F#m
I Black Ruler.
Bm
 Me no want,
   F#m
No dictator,
Bm
 Me no want no,
F#m
 Tyrant on yah.

Break:

   Bm      F#m
Du-tallee!
   Bm      F#m
Du-tallee!
   Bm      F#m
Du-tallee!
   Bm      F#m
Du-tallee!

Interlude:

Bm  F#m (x4)

Chorus 2:

G  A (x2)
G  Bm (x2)
A  C#m (strum C#m (x4))

(Spoken over Above Chords):

Way down in Africa,
Where the backra,
Still rules,
Day after day,
The Black Man is,
Suffering now,
Far more,
Than when he,
Was a slave.
Is there a,
Need for war?
No.
Peace my bredren;
Here them bawl.
Bodies in,
Mutilated condition,
Faces scarred,
Beyond recognition.
Is this what,
Civilization,
Means to me?
Then without it,
I prefer to be,
So...

Verse 3:

(n.c)
 Give I back,
I witch doctor,
Bm
 Give I back,
  F#m
I Black Ruler.
Bm
 Me no want,
   F#m
No dictator,
Bm
 Me no want no,
F#m
 Tyrant on yah.

Coda:

   Bm      F#m
Du-tallee!
   Bm      F#m
Du-tallee!
   Bm      F#m
Du-tallee!
   Bm      F#m
Du-tallee!

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Bm      F#m     G       A      C#m

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xxx432  xxx222  xxx433  xxx655  xxx654


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

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