ACTIVITY
Soldiers
...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 F#m Bm
And when soldiers came; them say war.
F#m
Them said them come to make us tame,
Bm F#m
And from that day, until now on;
Bm F#m
We were jeered and laughed to scorn.
Bm
Things used to be ire;
F#m
(Before the soldiers came),
Bm F#m
Things used to be nice, so nice now.
Bm
Things used to be ire;
F#m
(Before the soldiers came),
Bm F#m
Things used to be nice, so nice, so nice.
Chorus 1:
G A
Our country them did enter, yeah,
G A
Troops trodding left, 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 F#m
Give I back I Black Ruler.
Bm F#m
Me no want no dictator,
Bm F#m
Me no want no 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 F#m
Give I back I Black Ruler.
Bm F#m
Me no want no dictator,
Bm F#m
Me no want no 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
xx4432 xxx222 xx5433 xx7655 xx6654
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
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