Chords for Junior Byles & I Roy - Fade Away & Rootsman 12" 197x
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[N] [E]
[Em] [D]
[Em] [D]
[Em] [D]
[Em] He who seeks of only vanity and [Am] no love for humanity shall [Em] fade away, [D] fade [Em]
away.
He who checks for only wealth [Am] and not for his physical health shall [Em] fade away, [D] fade [Em] away.
So some believe in diamonds and pearl [Am] and feel like they're on top of the world, they
shall fade [Em] away.
Hear what I say.
The [Bm] rich is getting richer every [Am] day and the [B] little that the poor man got, it shall
be taken [Am] away.
Do you hear what I [Em] say?
Yeah, hear what I say.
The man who worships silver and gold [A] shall surely, surely, surely lose his own [Em] soul,
then fade away.
One who's always acting smart [A] and don't carry no love in his [Em] heart shall fade away.
[Bm] God is here and there and [A] everywhere.
[Am] [Bm] Sometimes when you play the game [Am] unfair, some people [Em] beware or else you fade away.
Hey, beware or then you fade [A] away.
You gotta fade, gotta fade, [B] gotta fade now.
[D] [Em]
[Am]
[Em]
[B] The rich is getting richer every [Am] day and [B] the little that the poor man [Bm] got, it shall be taken [Am] away.
Do you hear what [Em] I say?
Yeah, hear what I say.
One who's always acting smart and [Am] forgetting to carry love in his [Em]
heart shall fade away.
God is here and there and everywhere [B] and his [Am] eyes, his eyes are [A] watching [Em] you.
You're gonna [D] fade [Em] away, yeah, yeah.
You're gonna fade, fade, fade, fade [Am] away, fade [Em] away,
[D] [Em] yeah, yeah.
Brother, what you done?
[A] Can't you see again?
[Em]
Fade, fade in the morning, fade in the evening.
[Am] Surely you're gonna fade.
[Em] Yeah, you're [D] gonna fade [Em] every day now.
And [D] you got to [Em] be yourself or you may get kicked off the shelf.
And you're gonna want to blame but yourself, [G] not be [Em] dread, yeah.
He who [G] seeks of only vanity [B] and [C] no love for humanity.
[Em] Ruth, man, you got to forward on, I tell you, [G] yeah.
[Em] Forward on, Ruth, man, forward on.
[Am] Yeah, from dawn, sun till dawn.
Come [D] on down on blue, you're born and pop, you're gone, I [E] tell you.
[D] [E] Only the [G] strong survive, as the man [E] said.
[Am] And all [A] of the cities have to fit and shut down in [Em] this judgment, [D] yeah.
[E] [G]
[Em] I'm gonna kill you Ruth, that boss and queen.
That's why you [A] got to join this jubilee.
I'll kill you, come on down, man, [B] with me.
And the little that the poor man got, it shall be taken [Am]
away.
If [Em]
you got [D] your money here, [Bm]
punkies.
And Ruth, man, [Em] I know it [A] can keep a bit but you [Am] can't lock it, I tell you, yeah.
But I'm [Em] passing DNP, I'm gonna speed down [D] on a [Em] screen, yeah.
[D] [Em] You can see the drugs and put it back but I [D] can't put it [Am] forward, yeah.
For sure, you see, that's how [G] it is, [E] yeah.
[D]
[Em] [Bm] Kinda authentic revolutionary.
[Am] Man [A] moving around like mercenary.
[Bm] They're killing each and every day.
[Am] [A] That's what the brother got to [Am] say.
[Em] No need to run and hide.
[Bm] You kinda got to move with those [D] times, I tell you.
You [B] gotta keep up the fight, I tell you, [A] yeah.
We don't even get to.
[Em]
Forward on, black man, forward on.
Ain't no [Bm] sunshine when the kingfarer ain't around.
[A]
[Eb] So [E] Ruth, man, you [D] gotta be grounded and [Em] keep on moving around to this town.
[D]
[Em] [Bm] The rich is getting richer every [Am] day.
[Bm] Some are gonna sleep in underclothes and some [Am] are getting real, real fat.
[Em] But [B] I'll kick it only for above your [D] means.
[Eb] Then you'll be [Bm] around to taste in the scene, [E] yeah.
[D] [B]
[A] I'm black man, black man, you got to [Am] loo [Em] yourself.
[Bm] Or maybe you're gonna get [Em] kicked off the shelf, yeah.
You
[Bm] [A] may get kicked off the shelf until you got no one to blame but [E]
yourself.
You're gonna [D] fade [E] away, yeah.
[Eb] [C] Fray, fray, fray, fray, fray, fray, fray, fray.
I'll [Am] wade, wade, wade, wade, wade, wade. [Em] These frays.
Black man, you got to march on the ground.
You [A] ain't no [Am] Duns of Dina, yeah.
[Em] [D] [Em]
[G]
[Em] [D]
[Em] [D]
[Em] [D]
[Em] He who seeks of only vanity and [Am] no love for humanity shall [Em] fade away, [D] fade [Em]
away.
He who checks for only wealth [Am] and not for his physical health shall [Em] fade away, [D] fade [Em] away.
So some believe in diamonds and pearl [Am] and feel like they're on top of the world, they
shall fade [Em] away.
Hear what I say.
The [Bm] rich is getting richer every [Am] day and the [B] little that the poor man got, it shall
be taken [Am] away.
Do you hear what I [Em] say?
Yeah, hear what I say.
The man who worships silver and gold [A] shall surely, surely, surely lose his own [Em] soul,
then fade away.
One who's always acting smart [A] and don't carry no love in his [Em] heart shall fade away.
[Bm] God is here and there and [A] everywhere.
[Am] [Bm] Sometimes when you play the game [Am] unfair, some people [Em] beware or else you fade away.
Hey, beware or then you fade [A] away.
You gotta fade, gotta fade, [B] gotta fade now.
[D] [Em]
[Am]
[Em]
[B] The rich is getting richer every [Am] day and [B] the little that the poor man [Bm] got, it shall be taken [Am] away.
Do you hear what [Em] I say?
Yeah, hear what I say.
One who's always acting smart and [Am] forgetting to carry love in his [Em]
heart shall fade away.
God is here and there and everywhere [B] and his [Am] eyes, his eyes are [A] watching [Em] you.
You're gonna [D] fade [Em] away, yeah, yeah.
You're gonna fade, fade, fade, fade [Am] away, fade [Em] away,
[D] [Em] yeah, yeah.
Brother, what you done?
[A] Can't you see again?
[Em]
Fade, fade in the morning, fade in the evening.
[Am] Surely you're gonna fade.
[Em] Yeah, you're [D] gonna fade [Em] every day now.
And [D] you got to [Em] be yourself or you may get kicked off the shelf.
And you're gonna want to blame but yourself, [G] not be [Em] dread, yeah.
He who [G] seeks of only vanity [B] and [C] no love for humanity.
[Em] Ruth, man, you got to forward on, I tell you, [G] yeah.
[Em] Forward on, Ruth, man, forward on.
[Am] Yeah, from dawn, sun till dawn.
Come [D] on down on blue, you're born and pop, you're gone, I [E] tell you.
[D] [E] Only the [G] strong survive, as the man [E] said.
[Am] And all [A] of the cities have to fit and shut down in [Em] this judgment, [D] yeah.
[E] [G]
[Em] I'm gonna kill you Ruth, that boss and queen.
That's why you [A] got to join this jubilee.
I'll kill you, come on down, man, [B] with me.
And the little that the poor man got, it shall be taken [Am]
away.
If [Em]
you got [D] your money here, [Bm]
punkies.
And Ruth, man, [Em] I know it [A] can keep a bit but you [Am] can't lock it, I tell you, yeah.
But I'm [Em] passing DNP, I'm gonna speed down [D] on a [Em] screen, yeah.
[D] [Em] You can see the drugs and put it back but I [D] can't put it [Am] forward, yeah.
For sure, you see, that's how [G] it is, [E] yeah.
[D]
[Em] [Bm] Kinda authentic revolutionary.
[Am] Man [A] moving around like mercenary.
[Bm] They're killing each and every day.
[Am] [A] That's what the brother got to [Am] say.
[Em] No need to run and hide.
[Bm] You kinda got to move with those [D] times, I tell you.
You [B] gotta keep up the fight, I tell you, [A] yeah.
We don't even get to.
[Em]
Forward on, black man, forward on.
Ain't no [Bm] sunshine when the kingfarer ain't around.
[A]
[Eb] So [E] Ruth, man, you [D] gotta be grounded and [Em] keep on moving around to this town.
[D]
[Em] [Bm] The rich is getting richer every [Am] day.
[Bm] Some are gonna sleep in underclothes and some [Am] are getting real, real fat.
[Em] But [B] I'll kick it only for above your [D] means.
[Eb] Then you'll be [Bm] around to taste in the scene, [E] yeah.
[D] [B]
[A] I'm black man, black man, you got to [Am] loo [Em] yourself.
[Bm] Or maybe you're gonna get [Em] kicked off the shelf, yeah.
You
[Bm] [A] may get kicked off the shelf until you got no one to blame but [E]
yourself.
You're gonna [D] fade [E] away, yeah.
[Eb] [C] Fray, fray, fray, fray, fray, fray, fray, fray.
I'll [Am] wade, wade, wade, wade, wade, wade. [Em] These frays.
Black man, you got to march on the ground.
You [A] ain't no [Am] Duns of Dina, yeah.
[Em] [D] [Em]
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ He who seeks of only vanity and [Am] no love for humanity shall [Em] fade _ away, _ [D] fade [Em] _
away.
_ _ _ _ He who checks for only wealth [Am] and not for his physical health shall [Em] fade away, _ [D] fade [Em] _ away. _
_ _ _ So some believe in diamonds and pearl [Am] and feel like they're on top of the world, they
shall fade [Em] _ away.
Hear what I say. _ _ _ _
_ _ The [Bm] rich is getting richer every [Am] _ day _ _ and the [B] little that the poor man got, it shall
be taken [Am] away.
_ _ Do you hear what I [Em] say?
_ Yeah, hear what I say.
_ _ _ _ The man who worships silver and gold [A] shall surely, surely, surely lose his own [Em] soul,
_ _ then fade away. _
_ _ _ _ One who's always acting smart [A] and don't carry no love in his [Em] heart _ shall fade away. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] God is here and there and _ [A] everywhere. _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [Bm] Sometimes _ _ when you play the game [Am] unfair, _ _ some people [Em] beware _ or else you fade away.
_ _ _ Hey, beware _ _ or then you fade [A] away.
_ _ You gotta fade, gotta fade, [B] gotta fade now.
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] The rich is getting richer every [Am] _ day _ _ and [B] the little that the poor man [Bm] got, it shall be taken [Am] away.
_ _ _ Do you hear what [Em] I say?
Yeah, _ hear what I say. _ _ _ _ _
One who's always acting smart and [Am] forgetting to carry _ love in his [Em] _
heart _ shall fade away.
_ _ _ _ _ _ God is here and there and everywhere [B] and his [Am] eyes, _ his eyes are [A] watching [Em] _ you.
_ You're gonna [D] fade [Em] away, yeah, yeah.
You're gonna _ fade, fade, fade, fade [Am] away, _ _ _ _ fade [Em] away, _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Em] yeah, _ yeah. _
_ _ _ Brother, what you done? _
_ _ [A] _ _ Can't you see _ _ again?
[Em] _ _ _ _
Fade, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ fade in the morning, fade in the evening.
[Am] _ _ _ _ Surely you're gonna fade.
[Em] _ _ Yeah, you're [D] gonna fade [Em] every day now.
And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] you got to [Em] be yourself or you may get kicked off the shelf.
_ And you're gonna want to blame but yourself, [G] not be [Em] dread, yeah.
_ _ _ _ He who [G] seeks of only vanity [B] and [C] no love for _ humanity. _ _ _ _
[Em] Ruth, man, you got to forward on, I tell you, [G] yeah.
_ [Em] _ Forward on, Ruth, man, forward on.
_ [Am] Yeah, from dawn, sun till dawn.
_ _ Come [D] on down on blue, you're born and pop, you're gone, I [E] tell you. _ _ _
[D] _ [E] Only the [G] strong survive, as the man [E] said.
[Am] And all [A] of the cities have to fit and shut down in [Em] this judgment, _ [D] _ _ yeah.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[Em] I'm gonna kill you Ruth, that boss and queen.
That's why you [A] got to join this jubilee.
I'll kill you, come on down, man, [B] with me.
And the little that the poor man got, it shall be taken [Am]
away.
If _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ you got [D] your money here, _ [Bm]
punkies.
_ _ And Ruth, man, [Em] I know it [A] can keep a bit but you [Am] can't lock it, I tell you, yeah.
_ _ But I'm [Em] passing DNP, I'm gonna speed down [D] on a [Em] screen, yeah. _
_ _ [D] _ [Em] You can see the drugs and put it back but I [D] can't put it [Am] forward, yeah. _
_ For sure, you see, that's how [G] it is, _ [E] yeah.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Bm] Kinda authentic _ revolutionary.
[Am] _ Man [A] moving around like mercenary.
[Bm] _ _ They're killing each and every day.
[Am] _ _ [A] That's what the brother got to [Am] say.
_ _ [Em] No need to run and hide.
[Bm] You kinda got to move with those [D] times, I tell you.
You [B] gotta keep up the fight, I tell you, [A] yeah.
_ We don't even get to.
[Em] _
_ Forward on, black man, forward on. _
_ _ _ _ _ Ain't no [Bm] sunshine when the kingfarer ain't around.
[A] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] So [E] Ruth, man, you [D] gotta be grounded and [Em] keep on moving around to this town.
_ [D] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] The rich is getting richer every _ [Am] _ day. _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ Some are gonna sleep in underclothes and some [Am] are getting real, real fat.
_ _ [Em] But [B] I'll kick it only for above your [D] means.
_ [Eb] Then you'll be [Bm] around to taste in the scene, [E] yeah.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [A] _ _ I'm black man, black man, you got to [Am] loo [Em] yourself.
[Bm] Or maybe you're gonna get [Em] kicked off the shelf, yeah.
You _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] [A] may get kicked off the shelf until you got no one to blame but [E]
yourself.
_ _ You're gonna [D] fade [E] away, yeah.
[Eb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ Fray, fray, fray, fray, fray, fray, fray, fray.
I'll [Am] wade, wade, wade, wade, wade, wade. [Em] These frays.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Black man, you got to march on the ground.
You _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ ain't no [Am] Duns of Dina, _ yeah.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ He who seeks of only vanity and [Am] no love for humanity shall [Em] fade _ away, _ [D] fade [Em] _
away.
_ _ _ _ He who checks for only wealth [Am] and not for his physical health shall [Em] fade away, _ [D] fade [Em] _ away. _
_ _ _ So some believe in diamonds and pearl [Am] and feel like they're on top of the world, they
shall fade [Em] _ away.
Hear what I say. _ _ _ _
_ _ The [Bm] rich is getting richer every [Am] _ day _ _ and the [B] little that the poor man got, it shall
be taken [Am] away.
_ _ Do you hear what I [Em] say?
_ Yeah, hear what I say.
_ _ _ _ The man who worships silver and gold [A] shall surely, surely, surely lose his own [Em] soul,
_ _ then fade away. _
_ _ _ _ One who's always acting smart [A] and don't carry no love in his [Em] heart _ shall fade away. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] God is here and there and _ [A] everywhere. _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [Bm] Sometimes _ _ when you play the game [Am] unfair, _ _ some people [Em] beware _ or else you fade away.
_ _ _ Hey, beware _ _ or then you fade [A] away.
_ _ You gotta fade, gotta fade, [B] gotta fade now.
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] The rich is getting richer every [Am] _ day _ _ and [B] the little that the poor man [Bm] got, it shall be taken [Am] away.
_ _ _ Do you hear what [Em] I say?
Yeah, _ hear what I say. _ _ _ _ _
One who's always acting smart and [Am] forgetting to carry _ love in his [Em] _
heart _ shall fade away.
_ _ _ _ _ _ God is here and there and everywhere [B] and his [Am] eyes, _ his eyes are [A] watching [Em] _ you.
_ You're gonna [D] fade [Em] away, yeah, yeah.
You're gonna _ fade, fade, fade, fade [Am] away, _ _ _ _ fade [Em] away, _ _ _
_ [D] _ [Em] yeah, _ yeah. _
_ _ _ Brother, what you done? _
_ _ [A] _ _ Can't you see _ _ again?
[Em] _ _ _ _
Fade, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ fade in the morning, fade in the evening.
[Am] _ _ _ _ Surely you're gonna fade.
[Em] _ _ Yeah, you're [D] gonna fade [Em] every day now.
And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] you got to [Em] be yourself or you may get kicked off the shelf.
_ And you're gonna want to blame but yourself, [G] not be [Em] dread, yeah.
_ _ _ _ He who [G] seeks of only vanity [B] and [C] no love for _ humanity. _ _ _ _
[Em] Ruth, man, you got to forward on, I tell you, [G] yeah.
_ [Em] _ Forward on, Ruth, man, forward on.
_ [Am] Yeah, from dawn, sun till dawn.
_ _ Come [D] on down on blue, you're born and pop, you're gone, I [E] tell you. _ _ _
[D] _ [E] Only the [G] strong survive, as the man [E] said.
[Am] And all [A] of the cities have to fit and shut down in [Em] this judgment, _ [D] _ _ yeah.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[Em] I'm gonna kill you Ruth, that boss and queen.
That's why you [A] got to join this jubilee.
I'll kill you, come on down, man, [B] with me.
And the little that the poor man got, it shall be taken [Am]
away.
If _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ you got [D] your money here, _ [Bm]
punkies.
_ _ And Ruth, man, [Em] I know it [A] can keep a bit but you [Am] can't lock it, I tell you, yeah.
_ _ But I'm [Em] passing DNP, I'm gonna speed down [D] on a [Em] screen, yeah. _
_ _ [D] _ [Em] You can see the drugs and put it back but I [D] can't put it [Am] forward, yeah. _
_ For sure, you see, that's how [G] it is, _ [E] yeah.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Bm] Kinda authentic _ revolutionary.
[Am] _ Man [A] moving around like mercenary.
[Bm] _ _ They're killing each and every day.
[Am] _ _ [A] That's what the brother got to [Am] say.
_ _ [Em] No need to run and hide.
[Bm] You kinda got to move with those [D] times, I tell you.
You [B] gotta keep up the fight, I tell you, [A] yeah.
_ We don't even get to.
[Em] _
_ Forward on, black man, forward on. _
_ _ _ _ _ Ain't no [Bm] sunshine when the kingfarer ain't around.
[A] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] So [E] Ruth, man, you [D] gotta be grounded and [Em] keep on moving around to this town.
_ [D] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] The rich is getting richer every _ [Am] _ day. _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ Some are gonna sleep in underclothes and some [Am] are getting real, real fat.
_ _ [Em] But [B] I'll kick it only for above your [D] means.
_ [Eb] Then you'll be [Bm] around to taste in the scene, [E] yeah.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [A] _ _ I'm black man, black man, you got to [Am] loo [Em] yourself.
[Bm] Or maybe you're gonna get [Em] kicked off the shelf, yeah.
You _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] [A] may get kicked off the shelf until you got no one to blame but [E]
yourself.
_ _ You're gonna [D] fade [E] away, yeah.
[Eb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ Fray, fray, fray, fray, fray, fray, fray, fray.
I'll [Am] wade, wade, wade, wade, wade, wade. [Em] These frays.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Black man, you got to march on the ground.
You _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ ain't no [Am] Duns of Dina, _ yeah.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _