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State Of Emergency

Steel Pulse

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...STATE OF EMERGENCY... by Steel Pulse
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*from 'State of Emergency' (1988)*


Intro:

(Drums)

(n.c)
 State of emergency,
State of emergency,
State of emergency.
State of emergency,
State of emergency,
State of emergency.

Interlude:

G#m  A, G#m  B (x2)

Verse 1:

G#m
 From Brixton,
   A
To Cape Town,
G#m     A
 Unrest all around.
G#m
 From Handsworth,
   A
To Uitenhage,
G#m
 Lawlessness,
     A
'Pon rampage.

Bridge 1:

G#m
 Sticks and stones,
They're throwing,
A
 Set ablaze,
The buildings.
G#m
 Youthful minds,
Are stirring,
A
 Time to make,
A change.

G#m
 Who they think,
They're fooling?
A
 No want no,
Diverse doctrine,
    G#m
For-ever we,
Will strive,
A
 Fighting,
Against Apartheid.

Chorus 1:

G#m                 A
 State of emergency,
G#m
 State of emergency,
  B
I never seen,
Such urgency.

G#m                 A
 State of emergency,
G#m
 State of emergency,
  B
I never seen,
Such urgency.

Break:

G#m        A
 (Forever,
        G#m      B
We will strive).
G#m        A
 (Forever,
        G#m
We will strive),
  B
I never seen a thing,
Like this before.

Bridge 1:

G#m
 Sticks and stones,
They're throwing,
A
 Set ablaze,
The buildings.
G#m
 Youthful minds,
Are stirring,
A
 Time to make,
A change.

G#m
 Who they think,
They're fooling?
A
 No want no,
Diverse doctrine,
    G#m
For-ever we,
Will strive,
A
 Fighting,
Against...

Chorus 2:

G#m                 A
 State of emergency,
G#m
 State of emergency,
  B
I never seen,
Such urgency.

G#m                 A
 State of emergency,
G#m
 State of emergency,
  B
I never seen,
Such urgency.

G#m                 A
 State of emergency,
G#m
 State of emergency,
  B
I never seen,
Such urgency.

G#m                 A
 State of emergency,
G#m
 State of emergency,
  B
I never seen,
Such urgency.

Break:

G#m        A
 (Forever,
        G#m
We will strive),
    B
The whole wide,
World is burning.
G#m        A
 (Forever,
        G#m
We will strive),
B
 Pring pring,
Gun shot ring.

Coda:

G#m
 From Brixton,
To Cape Town,
A
 Unrest all around.
     G#m
From Handsworth,
To Durban,
A
 No satisfaction.

G#m
 We will strive,
For freedom now,
A
 We will strive,
For freedom now.

G#m
 We will strive,
For freedom now,
A
 We will strive,
For freedom now.

Outro:

G#m  A, G#m  B (x2), G#m


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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 | |= =   | |  | |_| |  | | = | |  |____|     | |
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 | |___   | |   = = =   | |   | |             | |
 |_____|  | |           |_|   |_|             | |
  = = =   | |_____       =     =    Tabbed by |_|
          |_______|  Joel from cLuMsY, 2008    =
           = = = =      (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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