Chords for Lee Perry & son at Black Ark
Tempo:
146.85 bpm
Chords used:
G
F
Am
C
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Martel style.
You know what I'm talking about.
Superstar.
Abra pape!
I am the star of David.
I am the only man that can cure the world from cancer by speaking words and flashing my raindrops water.
My name is [G] March Rainford Hugh Perry.
[N] I was born on March the 20th.
I'm living in the 20th century.
I'm not living in the 19th century because the 19th century is already up 2500 years but they don't want to give up.
I say Babylon fall in the Ark of the Covenant.
And when I speak here, whatever I say goes because this is the house of God.
Wherever you go with the Ark of the Covenant, you must win all war.
This is the only war, Ark of the Covenant.
Some are saying Ark song, but the Ark is too much and nobody can tell.
The Ark of the Covenant is in Jamaica.
Sun, [E] on land of the sun, we are seated as the gods of gods.
Exercise, haters of the fittest survive.
Strangers of the strongest, wisest of the wisest, richest of the richest, greatest of the greatest.
Focus your camera on the crown, on the crown of art.
Painter, black art King Solomon.
[F#] P-A-I-N-T, paint.
[G] The hand that rise upon the wall, meaning meaning T.K. [E] Lopathin.
When King Herod faint.
[N] But the hand come this time with a body, come with me, the structure.
The image of the almighty God, Emperor of the Celestials.
How about [B] that?
Here's my first son, his name is Exon.
[F] Do what you can do, Exon.
What is it [G] [Am]
[F]
[G] about?
[Am]
Sounds about, magic.
[F]
We [G] call it black magic that [Am] control the world.
Some call it reggae explosion.
[F] But I call it deep roots music, [G] the crown of the King Emperor [Am] of the Celestials.
[F] That's it.
[G] [Am]
[F] [G] [F#]
[F] [G]
[Am]
[F] [G]
[Am] Why I don't put my teeth in?
I want to talk [F] plain.
And I love to [G] speak words that are [F] true.
But the [G] false teeth mean false, and [F#m] I don't want to speak any words that are [F] false.
[G]
[Am] [C#]
So I'm telling you about [G] the power of the black man.
[F]
[Gm] Sound, words and [F#m] power conquer.
[F#] All 72 nations must bow.
To [G] reggae music, rocksteady [D] music, ska music, calypso [F#] music, merengue music, jazz music.
Don't care what the music might be, but music is the only comforter.
I'm telling you the truth, man.
From my computer room, room of truth, [C] the Ark of the Covenant.
[G]
[C] [B]
[Am] [F]
[C]
[B] [Am]
[F] [C]
[B]
[Em] [G]
[C]
[B] [Am] [F]
[C]
[G]
[Am]
[G]
[C]
[B]
[Am]
[C] No woman, [G] no woman, no [F] woman, no woman, [G] no woman, [Em] no woman, [F] no woman, no [G] woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, [F] no [C]
[B] woman, [Am] no woman, no woman, no woman, [F]
[C] no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman
No woman don't [G] cry, [Am]
no woman [C] don't cry, [G]
no woman don't [C]
[Em] cry
[F#] They call me Jack-Nack, they call me the seven-eyed Jack, they call me the seven-face of the sun
I control the moon in my right hand, I control the mirror sun in my left hand
I control the star in my feet, and I control the [F#] universe right here
[F#m] Well, where this little nail [F#] print was
I [B] am the same Jesus Christus the black Christ who was once crucified 2,005 years
You know what I'm talking about.
Superstar.
Abra pape!
I am the star of David.
I am the only man that can cure the world from cancer by speaking words and flashing my raindrops water.
My name is [G] March Rainford Hugh Perry.
[N] I was born on March the 20th.
I'm living in the 20th century.
I'm not living in the 19th century because the 19th century is already up 2500 years but they don't want to give up.
I say Babylon fall in the Ark of the Covenant.
And when I speak here, whatever I say goes because this is the house of God.
Wherever you go with the Ark of the Covenant, you must win all war.
This is the only war, Ark of the Covenant.
Some are saying Ark song, but the Ark is too much and nobody can tell.
The Ark of the Covenant is in Jamaica.
Sun, [E] on land of the sun, we are seated as the gods of gods.
Exercise, haters of the fittest survive.
Strangers of the strongest, wisest of the wisest, richest of the richest, greatest of the greatest.
Focus your camera on the crown, on the crown of art.
Painter, black art King Solomon.
[F#] P-A-I-N-T, paint.
[G] The hand that rise upon the wall, meaning meaning T.K. [E] Lopathin.
When King Herod faint.
[N] But the hand come this time with a body, come with me, the structure.
The image of the almighty God, Emperor of the Celestials.
How about [B] that?
Here's my first son, his name is Exon.
[F] Do what you can do, Exon.
What is it [G] [Am]
[F]
[G] about?
[Am]
Sounds about, magic.
[F]
We [G] call it black magic that [Am] control the world.
Some call it reggae explosion.
[F] But I call it deep roots music, [G] the crown of the King Emperor [Am] of the Celestials.
[F] That's it.
[G] [Am]
[F] [G] [F#]
[F] [G]
[Am]
[F] [G]
[Am] Why I don't put my teeth in?
I want to talk [F] plain.
And I love to [G] speak words that are [F] true.
But the [G] false teeth mean false, and [F#m] I don't want to speak any words that are [F] false.
[G]
[Am] [C#]
So I'm telling you about [G] the power of the black man.
[F]
[Gm] Sound, words and [F#m] power conquer.
[F#] All 72 nations must bow.
To [G] reggae music, rocksteady [D] music, ska music, calypso [F#] music, merengue music, jazz music.
Don't care what the music might be, but music is the only comforter.
I'm telling you the truth, man.
From my computer room, room of truth, [C] the Ark of the Covenant.
[G]
[C] [B]
[Am] [F]
[C]
[B] [Am]
[F] [C]
[B]
[Em] [G]
[C]
[B] [Am] [F]
[C]
[G]
[Am]
[G]
[C]
[B]
[Am]
[C] No woman, [G] no woman, no [F] woman, no woman, [G] no woman, [Em] no woman, [F] no woman, no [G] woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, [F] no [C]
[B] woman, [Am] no woman, no woman, no woman, [F]
[C] no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman
No woman don't [G] cry, [Am]
no woman [C] don't cry, [G]
no woman don't [C]
[Em] cry
[F#] They call me Jack-Nack, they call me the seven-eyed Jack, they call me the seven-face of the sun
I control the moon in my right hand, I control the mirror sun in my left hand
I control the star in my feet, and I control the [F#] universe right here
[F#m] Well, where this little nail [F#] print was
I [B] am the same Jesus Christus the black Christ who was once crucified 2,005 years
Key:
G
F
Am
C
B
G
F
Am
Martel style.
You know what I'm talking about.
_ Superstar. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Abra pape! _
_ _ I am the star of David. _
_ _ _ I am the only man that can cure the world from cancer by speaking words and flashing my raindrops water. _ _
My name is [G] March _ _ Rainford Hugh Perry.
[N] I was born on March the 20th.
I'm living in the 20th century.
I'm not living in the 19th century because the 19th century is already up _ 2500 years but they don't want to give up.
I say Babylon fall in the Ark of the Covenant.
And when I speak here, whatever I say goes because this is the house of God.
Wherever you go with the Ark of the Covenant, you must win all war.
This is the only war, Ark of the Covenant.
Some are saying Ark song, but the Ark is too much and nobody can tell.
The Ark of the Covenant is in Jamaica.
Sun, _ _ [E] on land of the sun, we are seated as the gods of gods. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Exercise, _ _ _ haters of the fittest survive.
_ _ Strangers of the strongest, _ _ _ wisest of the wisest, _ richest of the richest, _ greatest of the greatest. _ _ _ _ _
Focus your camera on the crown, on the crown of art.
_ Painter, black art King Solomon.
_ _ [F#] _ _ P-A-I-N-T, paint.
[G] _ The hand that rise upon the wall, meaning meaning T.K. [E] Lopathin.
_ _ _ When King Herod faint.
_ [N] But the hand come this time with a body, come with me, the structure.
The image of the almighty God, Emperor of the Celestials.
How about [B] that? _ _ _
_ Here's my first son, his name is Exon.
[F] Do what you can do, Exon.
What is it _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [G] about?
_ _ [Am] _
_ Sounds about, magic.
[F] _ _
_ We [G] call it black magic that [Am] control the world.
Some call it reggae explosion.
_ [F] But I call it deep roots music, [G] the crown of the King Emperor [Am] of the Celestials.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] That's it.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Am] Why I don't put my teeth in?
I want to talk [F] plain.
And I love to [G] speak words that are [F] true.
_ But the [G] false teeth mean false, and [F#m] I don't want to speak any words that are [F] false. _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#]
So I'm telling you about [G] the power of the black man.
_ [F] _
_ _ [Gm] Sound, words and [F#m] power conquer.
_ _ [F#] All 72 nations must bow.
To [G] reggae music, rocksteady [D] music, ska music, calypso [F#] music, merengue music, jazz music.
Don't care what the music might be, but music is the only comforter.
I'm telling you the truth, man.
From my computer room, room of truth, [C] the Ark of the Covenant.
[G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] No woman, _ _ _ _ _ [G] no woman, _ _ _ _ no [F] woman, _ _ _ _ no woman, [G] no woman, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] no _ woman, _ _ _ [F] no woman, _ _ _ no [G] woman, _ _ no woman, no woman, no woman, _ no woman, [F] _ no [C] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ woman, [Am] _ no woman, no woman, no woman, _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman
No _ woman don't [G] cry, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ no woman _ [C] don't cry, _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
no _ _ woman don't [C] _
[Em] cry
_ _ _ _ [F#] They call me Jack-Nack, _ they call me the seven-eyed Jack, they call me the seven-face of the sun
I control the moon in my right hand, I control the mirror sun in my left hand
I control the star in my feet, and I control the [F#] universe _ _ right here
[F#m] Well, where this little nail [F#] print was
_ _ I [B] am the same Jesus Christus the black Christ who was once crucified 2,005 years
You know what I'm talking about.
_ Superstar. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Abra pape! _
_ _ I am the star of David. _
_ _ _ I am the only man that can cure the world from cancer by speaking words and flashing my raindrops water. _ _
My name is [G] March _ _ Rainford Hugh Perry.
[N] I was born on March the 20th.
I'm living in the 20th century.
I'm not living in the 19th century because the 19th century is already up _ 2500 years but they don't want to give up.
I say Babylon fall in the Ark of the Covenant.
And when I speak here, whatever I say goes because this is the house of God.
Wherever you go with the Ark of the Covenant, you must win all war.
This is the only war, Ark of the Covenant.
Some are saying Ark song, but the Ark is too much and nobody can tell.
The Ark of the Covenant is in Jamaica.
Sun, _ _ [E] on land of the sun, we are seated as the gods of gods. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Exercise, _ _ _ haters of the fittest survive.
_ _ Strangers of the strongest, _ _ _ wisest of the wisest, _ richest of the richest, _ greatest of the greatest. _ _ _ _ _
Focus your camera on the crown, on the crown of art.
_ Painter, black art King Solomon.
_ _ [F#] _ _ P-A-I-N-T, paint.
[G] _ The hand that rise upon the wall, meaning meaning T.K. [E] Lopathin.
_ _ _ When King Herod faint.
_ [N] But the hand come this time with a body, come with me, the structure.
The image of the almighty God, Emperor of the Celestials.
How about [B] that? _ _ _
_ Here's my first son, his name is Exon.
[F] Do what you can do, Exon.
What is it _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [G] about?
_ _ [Am] _
_ Sounds about, magic.
[F] _ _
_ We [G] call it black magic that [Am] control the world.
Some call it reggae explosion.
_ [F] But I call it deep roots music, [G] the crown of the King Emperor [Am] of the Celestials.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] That's it.
[G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Am] Why I don't put my teeth in?
I want to talk [F] plain.
And I love to [G] speak words that are [F] true.
_ But the [G] false teeth mean false, and [F#m] I don't want to speak any words that are [F] false. _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#]
So I'm telling you about [G] the power of the black man.
_ [F] _
_ _ [Gm] Sound, words and [F#m] power conquer.
_ _ [F#] All 72 nations must bow.
To [G] reggae music, rocksteady [D] music, ska music, calypso [F#] music, merengue music, jazz music.
Don't care what the music might be, but music is the only comforter.
I'm telling you the truth, man.
From my computer room, room of truth, [C] the Ark of the Covenant.
[G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] No woman, _ _ _ _ _ [G] no woman, _ _ _ _ no [F] woman, _ _ _ _ no woman, [G] no woman, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] no _ woman, _ _ _ [F] no woman, _ _ _ no [G] woman, _ _ no woman, no woman, no woman, _ no woman, [F] _ no [C] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ woman, [Am] _ no woman, no woman, no woman, _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman, no woman
No _ woman don't [G] cry, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ no woman _ [C] don't cry, _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
no _ _ woman don't [C] _
[Em] cry
_ _ _ _ [F#] They call me Jack-Nack, _ they call me the seven-eyed Jack, they call me the seven-face of the sun
I control the moon in my right hand, I control the mirror sun in my left hand
I control the star in my feet, and I control the [F#] universe _ _ right here
[F#m] Well, where this little nail [F#] print was
_ _ I [B] am the same Jesus Christus the black Christ who was once crucified 2,005 years