Chords for Burning Spear - Black Soul
Tempo:
129.05 bpm
Chords used:
Fm
Cm
Gm
C
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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It is [C] not good to travel [Fm] today, [C] neither to cross the [Fm] ocean.
Deserts so dry, [Fm] water thirsts in you.
[Cm] [Fm]
Too good to [Cm] travel today, neither to [Cm] cross the [Fm] ocean.
Deserts so [Cm] dry, water thirsts in you.
In you, in you, in [Fm] you, [Cm] in you, [Fm] in you.
When it [Cm] wets its debris, [Cm] [Fm] when it [Cm] drowns it drowns your belly.
to see you [Cm] on the ground.
Deserts so dry, [Fm] water thirsts in you.
[Cm] [Fm]
Too good to [Cm] travel today, neither to [Cm] cross the [Fm] ocean.
Deserts so [Cm] dry, water thirsts in you.
In you, in you, in [Fm] you, [Cm] in you, [Fm] in you.
When it [Cm] wets its debris, [Cm] [Fm] when it [Cm] drowns it drowns your belly.
to see you [Cm] on the ground.
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Fm
Cm
Gm
C
F
Fm
Cm
Gm
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It is [C] not good to travel [Fm] today, _ _ [C] neither to cross the [Fm] ocean. _ _
Deserts so dry, [Fm] water thirsts in you. _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm]
Too good to [Cm] travel today, _ neither to [Cm] cross the [Fm] ocean. _ _
Deserts so [Cm] dry, water thirsts in you.
_ [Fm] _
In you, in you, in [Fm] you, _ _ [Cm] in you, _ [Fm] in you.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
When it [Cm] wets its debris, _ [Cm] _ [Fm] when it [Cm] drowns it drowns your belly.
[Fm] Don't want to see you [Cm] on the ground.
[Fm] Don't want to [Cm] see you on the [Fm] ground. _ _ _
The ground, [Fm] the ground.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ Cause [Cm] my brother can't [Fm] take it.
Black [Cm] soul, you're black as hell.
[Fm] _ _ _
[Cm] So black, _ [Fm] so black. _
_ _ _ _ So black, [G] so black, _ [Fm] so black.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
I'm [Cm] proud I'm [F] black.
_ [Fm] _ _
I'm [Gm] proud I'm black.
_ [Fm] I'm _ _ [Cm] rejoicing I'm black.
_ [Fm] _ Who know black [Cm] man so black as he [Fm] is.
Who know black [Cm] man so black as he is.
So [Fm] black. _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] My skin is [Cm] black.
_ _ [Fm] So black. _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Fm] So black.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ Two more things [Cm] for I to tell you right [Fm] now.
Two more things [Cm] for I to tell you right [Fm] now. Two more.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Fm] My old great grandmother, [Cm] _ great [Fm]-great-great-great _ [Cm]-greatgrandmother-mother-mother-mother.
_ [Fm] She's black.
So [Cm] black, yeah, [Fm] she's black. _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Fm] My old great [Cm] grandfather, great-great-great-great-great-great_
_ Grandfather, father, father, [Fm] father, father, father, [Cm] oh, _ [Fm] he's blind, _
_ [Cm] so blind, _ so blind.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Fm] So, _ no [Gm] good to travel today, [Fm] _ _
like a [Eb] roof across the ocean.
_ _ [C]
Deserts [Cm] or droughts, hunters [Fm] kill you, _ _ kill you, _ _ _ _ [Cm] kill you.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ So, no good to travel _ today, _ [Cm] _ _ like a roof across the ocean.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It is [C] not good to travel [Fm] today, _ _ [C] neither to cross the [Fm] ocean. _ _
Deserts so dry, [Fm] water thirsts in you. _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm]
Too good to [Cm] travel today, _ neither to [Cm] cross the [Fm] ocean. _ _
Deserts so [Cm] dry, water thirsts in you.
_ [Fm] _
In you, in you, in [Fm] you, _ _ [Cm] in you, _ [Fm] in you.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
When it [Cm] wets its debris, _ [Cm] _ [Fm] when it [Cm] drowns it drowns your belly.
[Fm] Don't want to see you [Cm] on the ground.
[Fm] Don't want to [Cm] see you on the [Fm] ground. _ _ _
The ground, [Fm] the ground.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ Cause [Cm] my brother can't [Fm] take it.
Black [Cm] soul, you're black as hell.
[Fm] _ _ _
[Cm] So black, _ [Fm] so black. _
_ _ _ _ So black, [G] so black, _ [Fm] so black.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
I'm [Cm] proud I'm [F] black.
_ [Fm] _ _
I'm [Gm] proud I'm black.
_ [Fm] I'm _ _ [Cm] rejoicing I'm black.
_ [Fm] _ Who know black [Cm] man so black as he [Fm] is.
Who know black [Cm] man so black as he is.
So [Fm] black. _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] My skin is [Cm] black.
_ _ [Fm] So black. _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Fm] So black.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ Two more things [Cm] for I to tell you right [Fm] now.
Two more things [Cm] for I to tell you right [Fm] now. Two more.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Fm] My old great grandmother, [Cm] _ great [Fm]-great-great-great _ [Cm]-greatgrandmother-mother-mother-mother.
_ [Fm] She's black.
So [Cm] black, yeah, [Fm] she's black. _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Fm] My old great [Cm] grandfather, great-great-great-great-great-great_
_ Grandfather, father, father, [Fm] father, father, father, [Cm] oh, _ [Fm] he's blind, _
_ [Cm] so blind, _ so blind.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Fm] So, _ no [Gm] good to travel today, [Fm] _ _
like a [Eb] roof across the ocean.
_ _ [C]
Deserts [Cm] or droughts, hunters [Fm] kill you, _ _ kill you, _ _ _ _ [Cm] kill you.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ So, no good to travel _ today, _ [Cm] _ _ like a roof across the ocean.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _