Chords for Eric Donaldson | Sweet Jamaica (1977)
Tempo:
136.8 bpm
Chords used:
C#
G#
F#
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#] [C#] [G#]
[C#]
[F#] [C#] [G#]
Sweet [F#] Jamaica is now on [C#] the move Help me with my [G#] song and let the people come [C#] sing along
Take up your coat, [G#] glasses, shovel and your hoe Take up your [C#] boots, then people let us [F#] go
Call out the [C#] youth and let us [G#] show Sweet [C#] Jamaica we really want to go
If them a [G#] tell a lie to run then let them come If them a [C#] call it run then let them come
[F#] If them a screw [C#] first run then let them [G] come [G#]
Run then run then [C#] let them come
[G#]
[F#] [C#] [G#]
[F#] [C#]
Rain and fall [F#] but the dirt [C#] keep come Pull up your sleeve [G#] man and tell me about no hard [C#] love
Come on fat [G#] just [C#] leave that here Let the man [F#] come dig a ground with [C#] me
Today we sow [F#] tomorrow [G#] we weed [C#] Then everything [F#] will be sweet [G#] sweet [C#] sweet
Corn and [F#] yam, banana [G#] too [C#] And the whole life [F#] start to [G#] work if you
[C#] If them a tell [G#] a lie to run then [C#] let them come [G#] If them a call [C#] it run then let them [F#] come
If them a screw [C#] first run then let them [G#] come Run then run then let [C#] them [G#] come
[F#] [C#] [G#]
[F#] [C#]
Run [F#] Miss Mary don't act silly [C#] But call your son [G#] the one name Willie
[C#] We want to [F#] work a [G#] little [C#] faster We gonna [F#] dance all [G#] about little [C#] later
Stripes and [F#] all and high [G#] boots [C#] too Don't worry granny [F#] I've got [G#] one for [C#] you
Grandpa [F#] Joseph please [G#] run [C#] come Here is your high [F#] boots oh [G#] have some fun
It's a hard [F#] time can't [G#] last [C#] long Dance be [G#] merry the work is done
If them a tell [G#] a lie to run then [C#] let them come [G#]
If them a [C#] call it run then let them [F#] come
If them a screw first run then let them [G] [G#] come Run then run then let [C#] them come
If them a tell [G#] a lie to run then [C#] let them come [G#] If them a call [C#] it run then let them [F#] come
If them a screw [C#] first run then let them [G] come [G#]
Run then run then let [C#] them come
[G#] [C#] [G#]
[C#] [F#]
[C#] [G#]
[C#] If them a tell a [G#] lie to run then [C#] let them come [G#] If them a call [C#] it run then [F#] let them come
[G#]
[C#]
[F#] [C#] [G#]
Sweet [F#] Jamaica is now on [C#] the move Help me with my [G#] song and let the people come [C#] sing along
Take up your coat, [G#] glasses, shovel and your hoe Take up your [C#] boots, then people let us [F#] go
Call out the [C#] youth and let us [G#] show Sweet [C#] Jamaica we really want to go
If them a [G#] tell a lie to run then let them come If them a [C#] call it run then let them come
[F#] If them a screw [C#] first run then let them [G] come [G#]
Run then run then [C#] let them come
[G#]
[F#] [C#] [G#]
[F#] [C#]
Rain and fall [F#] but the dirt [C#] keep come Pull up your sleeve [G#] man and tell me about no hard [C#] love
Come on fat [G#] just [C#] leave that here Let the man [F#] come dig a ground with [C#] me
Today we sow [F#] tomorrow [G#] we weed [C#] Then everything [F#] will be sweet [G#] sweet [C#] sweet
Corn and [F#] yam, banana [G#] too [C#] And the whole life [F#] start to [G#] work if you
[C#] If them a tell [G#] a lie to run then [C#] let them come [G#] If them a call [C#] it run then let them [F#] come
If them a screw [C#] first run then let them [G#] come Run then run then let [C#] them [G#] come
[F#] [C#] [G#]
[F#] [C#]
Run [F#] Miss Mary don't act silly [C#] But call your son [G#] the one name Willie
[C#] We want to [F#] work a [G#] little [C#] faster We gonna [F#] dance all [G#] about little [C#] later
Stripes and [F#] all and high [G#] boots [C#] too Don't worry granny [F#] I've got [G#] one for [C#] you
Grandpa [F#] Joseph please [G#] run [C#] come Here is your high [F#] boots oh [G#] have some fun
It's a hard [F#] time can't [G#] last [C#] long Dance be [G#] merry the work is done
If them a tell [G#] a lie to run then [C#] let them come [G#]
If them a [C#] call it run then let them [F#] come
If them a screw first run then let them [G] [G#] come Run then run then let [C#] them come
If them a tell [G#] a lie to run then [C#] let them come [G#] If them a call [C#] it run then let them [F#] come
If them a screw [C#] first run then let them [G] come [G#]
Run then run then let [C#] them come
[G#] [C#] [G#]
[C#] [F#]
[C#] [G#]
[C#] If them a tell a [G#] lie to run then [C#] let them come [G#] If them a call [C#] it run then [F#] let them come
[G#]
Key:
C#
G#
F#
G
C#
G#
F#
G
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Sweet [F#] Jamaica is now on [C#] the move Help me with my [G#] song and let the people come [C#] sing along
Take up your coat, [G#] glasses, shovel and your hoe Take up your [C#] boots, then people let us [F#] go
Call out the [C#] youth and let us [G#] show Sweet [C#] Jamaica we really want to go _
If them a [G#] tell a lie to run then let them come If them a [C#] call it run then let them come
[F#] If them a screw [C#] first run then let them [G] come [G#]
Run then run then [C#] let them come
[G#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
Rain and fall [F#] but the dirt [C#] keep come Pull up your sleeve [G#] man and tell me about no hard [C#] love
Come on fat [G#] just [C#] leave that here Let the man [F#] come dig a ground with [C#] me _
Today we sow [F#] tomorrow [G#] we weed [C#] Then everything [F#] will be sweet [G#] sweet [C#] sweet
Corn and [F#] yam, banana [G#] too [C#] And the whole life [F#] start to [G#] work if you
[C#] If them a tell [G#] a lie to run then [C#] let them come [G#] If them a call [C#] it run then let them [F#] come
If them a screw [C#] first run then let them [G#] come Run then run then let [C#] them [G#] come _
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
Run [F#] Miss Mary don't act silly [C#] But call your son [G#] the one name Willie
[C#] We want to [F#] work a [G#] little [C#] faster We gonna [F#] dance all [G#] about little [C#] later
Stripes and [F#] all and high [G#] boots [C#] too Don't worry granny [F#] I've got [G#] one for [C#] you
Grandpa [F#] Joseph please [G#] run [C#] come Here is your high [F#] boots oh [G#] have some fun
It's a hard [F#] time can't [G#] last [C#] long Dance be [G#] merry the work is done
If them a tell [G#] a lie to run then [C#] let them come [G#] _
If them a [C#] call it run then let them [F#] come
If them a screw first run then let them _ [G] [G#] come Run then run then let [C#] them come
If them a tell [G#] a lie to run then [C#] let them come [G#] If them a call [C#] it run then let them [F#] come
If them a screw [C#] first run then let them [G] come [G#]
Run then run then let [C#] them come _
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_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ If them a tell a [G#] lie to run then [C#] let them come [G#] If them a call [C#] it run then [F#] let them come _
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_ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _
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Sweet [F#] Jamaica is now on [C#] the move Help me with my [G#] song and let the people come [C#] sing along
Take up your coat, [G#] glasses, shovel and your hoe Take up your [C#] boots, then people let us [F#] go
Call out the [C#] youth and let us [G#] show Sweet [C#] Jamaica we really want to go _
If them a [G#] tell a lie to run then let them come If them a [C#] call it run then let them come
[F#] If them a screw [C#] first run then let them [G] come [G#]
Run then run then [C#] let them come
[G#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
Rain and fall [F#] but the dirt [C#] keep come Pull up your sleeve [G#] man and tell me about no hard [C#] love
Come on fat [G#] just [C#] leave that here Let the man [F#] come dig a ground with [C#] me _
Today we sow [F#] tomorrow [G#] we weed [C#] Then everything [F#] will be sweet [G#] sweet [C#] sweet
Corn and [F#] yam, banana [G#] too [C#] And the whole life [F#] start to [G#] work if you
[C#] If them a tell [G#] a lie to run then [C#] let them come [G#] If them a call [C#] it run then let them [F#] come
If them a screw [C#] first run then let them [G#] come Run then run then let [C#] them [G#] come _
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
Run [F#] Miss Mary don't act silly [C#] But call your son [G#] the one name Willie
[C#] We want to [F#] work a [G#] little [C#] faster We gonna [F#] dance all [G#] about little [C#] later
Stripes and [F#] all and high [G#] boots [C#] too Don't worry granny [F#] I've got [G#] one for [C#] you
Grandpa [F#] Joseph please [G#] run [C#] come Here is your high [F#] boots oh [G#] have some fun
It's a hard [F#] time can't [G#] last [C#] long Dance be [G#] merry the work is done
If them a tell [G#] a lie to run then [C#] let them come [G#] _
If them a [C#] call it run then let them [F#] come
If them a screw first run then let them _ [G] [G#] come Run then run then let [C#] them come
If them a tell [G#] a lie to run then [C#] let them come [G#] If them a call [C#] it run then let them [F#] come
If them a screw [C#] first run then let them [G] come [G#]
Run then run then let [C#] them come _
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_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ If them a tell a [G#] lie to run then [C#] let them come [G#] If them a call [C#] it run then [F#] let them come _
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