Chords for Jimmy Cliff - Reggae Music

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_ [G] _ _ _ 1962 Orange Street, Kingston, Jamaica.
[D] _ I sang my song for Leslie Kahn.
He [G] said, let's
go record it in the style of ska.
_ [E] _ So we did the track [A] and key the bevel is off, start
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] it off.
[G] _ _ _ 1966 there was a new consciousness [D] _ of civil rights, [D] Vietnam War, and independence from
British [G] colonialists.
_ _ Rockstar music was expressing all of [E] this.
Dynamic [A] sounds with _ _
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_ [G] _ _ a lot of rhythm.
1971, a new era [D] begun.
The holiday comes showing where reggae music came from.
[G] _ It was Winston
Wright, Jackie Jackson, Ox Brown, and Winston [E] Granham.
Now reggae music [A] is worldwide, there's
nothing to hide.
[D] Reggae music gonna make me feel [G] good.
Reggae music [A] gonna make me feel alright now.
Reggae
music gonna make me feel [G] good.
Reggae music [D] making me feel alright now.
Reggae music gonna
make me feel [G] _ _ [D]
alright now.
Reggae music making me feel [G] good.
Reggae music making me feel alright now.
_ Now 2012, reggae music is still here.
[D] _ _ I look forward to the people everywhere.
I'm not
afraid of the people.
I'm not afraid of the people.
I'm not afraid of the people.
I'm
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_ I'm not afraid of [G] the people.
I'm not afraid [D]
of the people.
I'm not [G] afraid of the people.
I'm not afraid of the people.
_ [D] _ _ I'm not afraid _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ of the [E] people.
I'm not afraid of the people.
I'm not afraid [A] of the people. _
[G] I'm not afraid of the people.
I'm not afraid _ _ _ of the people.
[D] I'm not afraid of _ _ _ the people.
[G] I'm not afraid of the people.
I'm not afraid of the people.
I'm not afraid of the people.
I'm not afraid of the people.
I'm not afraid of the people.
I'm not afraid of the people.
I'm not afraid of the people.
I'm not afraid of the people. _ _ _ _