Ambush In The Night Chords by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Tempo:
119.75 bpm
Chords used:
G
Bm
D
A
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[Bm] [G] See them fighting for power, [D]
[G] but they know not the [D] hour.
So they [G] bribing with their guns, spare parts and money.
[D] Trying to [Bm] fill it to our [G] integrity now.
[Em] They say what we know [A] is just what they teach us.
[Em] And we're so ignorant, [D] cause every time they can reach us
through [G] political strategy.
[Em] They came for some grief, and when you're gonna [G] get some food
[A] your brother got to be your enemy.
[E] [Bm] Ambushed in the night, [D] [G] all guns [A] aiming at me.
[Bm] Ambushed in the night, [G] they [A] opened fire on me now.
[E] [Bm] Ambushed in the night, [G]
protected [D] by [A] his majesty.
[D] Oowee,
[Bm] oowee, [G] oowahoo, [D] oowee, oowee, [G]
oowahoo, oowee,
[D] [Bm] oowee, oowahoo, [G] [D]
[Bm] oowee, oowee, [G] oowahoo.
[Em]
Well what we know [A] is not what they tell us.
[Em]
We're not [D] ignorant, I mean it.
And they just can't understand, [Em] through the powers of the monsters.
[G] [Em] We keep on surfacing, through [G] the powers of the monsters.
[A] We keep on surviving, can [Bm] this ambush in the night.
[G]
And [A] by society, [E] [Bm] ambushed in the night.
[G] They're trying [A] to conquer me, [Bm] ambushed in the night.
[G] [A] [Bm]
[G]
[A] [Bm]
[Bm] [G] See them fighting for power, [D]
[G] but they know not the [D] hour.
So they [G] bribing with their guns, spare parts and money.
[D] Trying to [Bm] fill it to our [G] integrity now.
[Em] They say what we know [A] is just what they teach us.
[Em] And we're so ignorant, [D] cause every time they can reach us
through [G] political strategy.
[Em] They came for some grief, and when you're gonna [G] get some food
[A] your brother got to be your enemy.
[E] [Bm] Ambushed in the night, [D] [G] all guns [A] aiming at me.
[Bm] Ambushed in the night, [G] they [A] opened fire on me now.
[E] [Bm] Ambushed in the night, [G]
protected [D] by [A] his majesty.
[D] Oowee,
[Bm] oowee, [G] oowahoo, [D] oowee, oowee, [G]
oowahoo, oowee,
[D] [Bm] oowee, oowahoo, [G] [D]
[Bm] oowee, oowee, [G] oowahoo.
[Em]
Well what we know [A] is not what they tell us.
[Em]
We're not [D] ignorant, I mean it.
And they just can't understand, [Em] through the powers of the monsters.
[G] [Em] We keep on surfacing, through [G] the powers of the monsters.
[A] We keep on surviving, can [Bm] this ambush in the night.
[G]
And [A] by society, [E] [Bm] ambushed in the night.
[G] They're trying [A] to conquer me, [Bm] ambushed in the night.
[G] [A] [Bm]
[G]
[A] [Bm]
Key:
G
Bm
D
A
Em
G
Bm
D
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ See them fighting for power, [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ but they know not the [D] hour. _ _
So they [G] bribing with their guns, spare parts and money.
_ _ [D] _ Trying to [Bm] fill it to our _ [G] _ integrity now.
_ _ [Em] _ They say what we know _ [A] _ is just what they teach us.
_ [Em] _ And we're so ignorant, [D] cause every time they can reach us
through [G] political _ strategy.
_ _ [Em] _ _ They came for some grief, _ and when you're gonna [G] get some food
_ [A] your brother got to be your enemy.
[E] _ _ [Bm] Ambushed in the night, _ _ _ [D] [G] all guns [A] aiming at me.
[Bm] _ Ambushed in the night, _ _ [G] _ they [A] opened fire on me now.
[E] _ [Bm] Ambushed in the night, _ _ [G] _ _
protected [D] by [A] his majesty.
[D] Oowee, _
_ _ [Bm] oowee, _ [G] _ oowahoo, _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ oowee, oowee, _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
oowahoo, _ _ _ _ oowee, _
[D] _ [Bm] _ oowee, _ _ oowahoo, [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Bm] oowee, oowee, _ [G] _ oowahoo.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
Well what we know [A] is _ not what they tell us.
_ [Em] _
We're not [D] ignorant, I mean it.
And they just can't understand, [Em] through the powers of the monsters.
[G] _ _ _ [Em] _ We keep on surfacing, through [G] the powers of the monsters.
_ _ _ [A] _ We keep on surviving, can [Bm] this ambush in the night.
_ _ [G] _ _
And [A] by society, _ [E] _ [Bm] ambushed in the night.
_ _ [G] _ They're trying [A] to conquer me, [Bm] _ ambushed in the night.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ See them fighting for power, [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ but they know not the [D] hour. _ _
So they [G] bribing with their guns, spare parts and money.
_ _ [D] _ Trying to [Bm] fill it to our _ [G] _ integrity now.
_ _ [Em] _ They say what we know _ [A] _ is just what they teach us.
_ [Em] _ And we're so ignorant, [D] cause every time they can reach us
through [G] political _ strategy.
_ _ [Em] _ _ They came for some grief, _ and when you're gonna [G] get some food
_ [A] your brother got to be your enemy.
[E] _ _ [Bm] Ambushed in the night, _ _ _ [D] [G] all guns [A] aiming at me.
[Bm] _ Ambushed in the night, _ _ [G] _ they [A] opened fire on me now.
[E] _ [Bm] Ambushed in the night, _ _ [G] _ _
protected [D] by [A] his majesty.
[D] Oowee, _
_ _ [Bm] oowee, _ [G] _ oowahoo, _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ oowee, oowee, _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
oowahoo, _ _ _ _ oowee, _
[D] _ [Bm] _ oowee, _ _ oowahoo, [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Bm] oowee, oowee, _ [G] _ oowahoo.
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
Well what we know [A] is _ not what they tell us.
_ [Em] _
We're not [D] ignorant, I mean it.
And they just can't understand, [Em] through the powers of the monsters.
[G] _ _ _ [Em] _ We keep on surfacing, through [G] the powers of the monsters.
_ _ _ [A] _ We keep on surviving, can [Bm] this ambush in the night.
_ _ [G] _ _
And [A] by society, _ [E] _ [Bm] ambushed in the night.
_ _ [G] _ They're trying [A] to conquer me, [Bm] _ ambushed in the night.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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