...BAD MAN... by Steel Pulse
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*from 'Handsworth Revolution' (1978)*
Intro:
Bm D Em (x2)
Bridge 1:
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh,
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh,
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh,
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh.
Bm
No matter how,
Em
You bad, I man;
F#m
Badder than you,
Bm
No matter how,
Em
You dread, I man;
F#
Dreader than you.
Bm
No matter how you hard,
Em F#
I man harder than you,
Bm
No matter how you raw,
Em
I more-weak heart,
F#
Back way so.
Chorus 1:
Bm
A bad man no,
Em
Want go back,
F#m
Into cap-tivity,
Bm
A bad man no,
Em
Want go back,
F#m
To slavery.
Bm
Up-rising,
Em F#
From the claws,
Bm Em F#
Of the wicked.
Verse 1:
Bm
Two bulls can't reign,
Em F#
In one pen,
Bm
Two lions can't roar,
Em F#
In a small den.
Bm
Two scorpions,
Don't sting at,
Em F#
The same spot,
Bm
Two guns can't fire,
Em F#
The same bullet shot so;
Chorus 2:
Bm
A bad man no,
Em
Want go back,
F#m
Into cap-tivity,
Bm
A bad man no,
Em
Want go back,
F#m
To slavery.
Bm
Up-rising,
Em F#
From the claws,
Bm Em F#
Of the wicked.
Verse 2:
Bm
Two kings don't wear,
Em F#m
The same crown,
Bm
Two beauties don't have,
Em F#m
The same gown on.
Bm
To-morrow is too late,
Em F#m
To leave town,
Bm
If you're still,
Here at noon,
There'll be one,
Big, big, big,
Em F#m
Showdown so;
Chorus 3:
Bm
Uprising,
Em F#
Upri-sing.
Bm
Uprising,
Em F#
Upri-sing.
Break:
F#m
I give you,
Bm
'Till noon to go,
F#m
On your way to,
Bm
Sur-vival, where,
F#m
Your heart will beat,
Bm
More fonder with life,
F#m
And breath still,
Bm
Enters your body.
Bridge 2:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/steel_pulse/bad_man_crd.html ]
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh,
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh,
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh,
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh.
Bm
No matter how,
Em
You bad, I man;
F#m
Badder than you,
Bm
No matter how,
Em
You dread, I man;
F#
Dreader than you.
Bm
No matter how you hard,
Em F#
I man harder than you,
Bm
No matter how you raw,
Em
I more-weak heart,
F#
Back way so.
Verse 3:
Bm
If you still coming,
Em F#
Me nah run,
Bm
If you still coming,
Em F#
Me ah go, drop you.
Bm
If you still coming,
Em F#
Me nah run,
Bm
So better stop running,
Em F#
Be-fore I, break you.
Bm
So run and hide,
Em F#
Before I, find you,
Bm
Woe betide if,
Em F#
I catch up on you,
Bm
If you still coming,
Em F#
I box you down,
Bm
If you still coming,
Em F#
I clart you down.
Break:
Bm Em F#
Long time...
Bm Em F#
We deh under backraw.
Bm
Long time we deh,
Em F#
Under back-raw,
Bm
Long time we deh,
Em F#
Under back-raw.
Bm
Long time we deh,
Em F#
Under back-raw,
Bm
Long time we deh,
Em F#
Under back-raw.
Verse 4:
Bm Em F#
Four hundred years,
Bm Em F#
(Many, many years).
Bm Em F#
Four hundred years,
Bm Em F#
(Many, many years).
Bm Em F#
Slavery,
Bm Em F#
Slavery,
Bm Em F#
Slavery,
Bm
Days...
Coda:
Bm
Oh,
Em F#
You've been bought,
Bm
Oh,
Em F#
You've been sold.
Bm
Oh,
Em F#
Cast over me,
Bm
Got strung up,
Em F#
For nothing at all.
Bm Em F#
Strange fruit,
Bm Em F#
Strange fruit,
Bm Em F#
Strange fruit,
Bm Em F#
Strange fruit.
Outro:
Bm Em F#
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Bm Em F#
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
