Chords for Aswad - tradition 1988

Hey, _ [Gm] _ hey, _ [Gbm] _
[Eb] _ hey.
_ [Gm] _ [Gm] [A] Go _
[Bb] _ _ [A] _ [Gm] long, go long, go long, go long.
[Cm] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [A] Give [Gm] me that old [Dm] time [F] tradition, old [Gm] time tradition.
Give me that old [F] time tradition, that's good enough [Gm] for me.
Give me that old [F] time tradition, old [G] time [Gm] tradition.
Give me that old [F] time tradition, that's good enough [Gm] for me.
[Bb] Give me the beat and [F] the drum, give me the skim and the bass, [Gm] give me the ride.
Go on, go on.
[Bb] Give me the harmony, give me the melody, give me the four [Gm] part time.
Go on, go on, go on, go on.
I've [F] been chewing it for such [Gm] a long time.
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ [F] You're positive message and I get [Gm] vibe.
[F] _ _ [Bb] Some I heard [Eb] the wise song, some I heard [Gm] the man sing.
_ [F] Oh, yeah, [Gm] Babylon, [F] Babylon, send it through and [Gm] conquer all.
[F] See, [Bb] give back time for what's responding, [Dm] what harmony?
Each man's responsible for his own destiny.
[C] One bright morning [F] when man's work is over, the man will fly [Bb] away home.
Do you remember [F] the days [Dm] of slavery?
Do you remember what Marcus [Bb] Garvey [Gm] said?
Our people will have the knowledge [F] of the history.
It's like the tree [Gm] without roots.
Give me that old time [Dm] tradition, _
[Eb] old time tradition.
Give me that old time [F] tradition, that's good enough [Bb] for me.
[Gm] _ [Fm] _ [A] _ _
[Bb] _ [Gm] _ [F] Go on, go [Bb] on, go on.
_ [Fm] _ [Cm] _
[Gm] Give _ _ [F] me the beat and the drum, give me the bass, give me the ride.
Go on, [Eb] go on.
Give me the harmony, give me the melody, give me the four part time.
[D] Go on, go [Bb] on, go on, go on.
I've been [F] breathing for such a [Gm] long time.
[F] When [Gm] I'm in a patient and [F] my heart can be acceptable in [Gm] your sight, [F] you know.
[G] _ My ears wide open, the music flowed on through.
Yeah, my breath can't stand so much to do.
_ [Gb] _ [Gm] In these times, [F] these trickery of our style, no culture, no constructive reasoning.
You tell me you see them running wild.
Everyone a [C] ragamuffin.
[Bb] Don't they remember [F] the days of slavery?
Don't they remember [Gm] what Marcus Garvey said?
Our people will have the knowledge of [F] the history.
It's like the tree without [Bb] roots.
So give me that old time [Dm] tradition, [Gm] _
old time tradition.
Give me that old time tradition, [Fm] that's good [Gm] enough for me.
Give me that [Bb] old time [Dm] tradition, [F] _
old time [Gm] tradition.
Give me that old time [F] tradition, that's good enough for [Gm] me.
_ _ _ [F] Woo, [Gm] _ [F] go on, go [Gm] on, go on.
_ [F] Woo, [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Gm] _ [F]
shoo, da ba [Bb] doop da, shoo, da ba doop da doop.
_ [A] _
Shoo, da ba doop da, [Dbm] shoo, da ba doop da [Am] doop.
[Bb] Boo [A]-yah, rock-ah.
_ [Gm] Give thanks [F] and praise [Gm] every day.
_ [F] _ [Gm] _ Give thanks [F] and praise.
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] Give thanks [F] and praise every day.
_ _ _ Give thanks and praise every day.
[Bb] _ I-v-r, we [Fm] are I-v-r.
[G] Boo-yah.
_ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Boo-yah.
_ Boo _ _ _ -yah.
_ [C] _ _
_ _ Boo-yah. _ _ _