Chords for Linton Kwesi Johnson - Reggae Fi Bernard (1998)
Tempo:
138.25 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
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[G] We never come from the same [Am] bloodline, [G] but we're part crisscross [D] and jain.
[G] And although we're one another, we [Am] wasn't that familiar.
[G] All the same, [D] we was family.
That's [G] why I beg pardon [Am] and take this liberty [G] and put down a couple rhymes [D] to your memory.
[G]
[D] It come in like [G] a just day that day [D] you left school [G] and joined the railway.
[D] [G] With enough ambition [D] and a future plan.
[G]
You [D] wasn't drawing big [G] pay, but [D] you was well on your [G] way.
[D] And just when you're ready [G] to start, [D] to go choo choo to [G] boogie, [D] train cut your journey.
[G]
[D] Shocked, did you get your [G] last send off from your [D] barn ground?
Before them fly your body [D] down to Jamdown.
[G]
The [Am] sun stay away [G] from work that [D] day and the slate grey [G] January day.
[D] I sing a [G] silent dirge, [D] as dark [G] clouds dart in a different [Am] direction.
[G] A light that [D] can't merge, [G]
merge and [D] re-emerge.
[G] In a bluster of [D] emotion, in a [G] church gray sky.
[D] [G] And the rain it a [D] fall in a squall, [G] like tear tip arrows [Am] piercing the [G] heart of the mourner then.
[D] [G] The Baptist church it full up to the [G] brim overflow upon the [D] step to the street.
[G] Long time no see [Am] family and friends [G] meet and greet, [D] talking bout the [G] hasty retreat.
[Am] Inside [G] mournful voices I [D] sing [G] them familiar, bittersweet hymn.
[D] And it is well, [G] it is well, [D] with your soul.
[G]
[D] Rude boys drop down in [G] tears, [Am] miniskirted girls [G] weep and wail.
[D] There's a [G] posse of black and white [D] workers from British [G] Rail.
[D] Colleague them [G] from your short working [D] years.
[G] And there was testimony [D] after [G] testimony from your age [D] mate them.
[G] Punctuated by [D] spontaneous [G] applause.
[Am] About all you did tall [G] and slim [D] and good looking.
[G] With your long [Am] chin and your [G] captivating [D] grin.
About [G] your kindness, [D] about your caring, [G] about your [D] thoughtfulness.
About [G] how big and how [Ab] broad in [G] love you was.
[D] [G] Up to now, we still no [Am] get no proper [G] explanation.
[D] No witness at [G] the station, no police investigation.
[D] As to how you come to [G] hang up on the wrong side [D] of the truck.
[G] How your face get [D] fit on from [G] front to back.
[D] And how you did a [G] top top on your [Cm] mobile.
[D] Them [G] just call it [D] accident and close [G] the pile.
[D] [G] Jammed down was your true [D] dream my lad.
[G] But they say you did a [D] plan to make your final [G] destination.
[D] Now [G] your dream come true [D] and you touch down.
[G]
[Am] Hashes to [G] hashes,
[D] dust to [G] dust.
[D] Innocent Elizabeth [G] Sile.
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[G] We never come from the same [Am] bloodline, [G] but we're part crisscross [D] and jain.
[G] And although we're one another, we [Am] wasn't that familiar.
[G] All the same, [D] we was family.
That's [G] why I beg pardon [Am] and take this liberty [G] and put down a couple rhymes [D] to your memory.
[G]
[D] It come in like [G] a just day that day [D] you left school [G] and joined the railway.
[D] [G] With enough ambition [D] and a future plan.
[G]
You [D] wasn't drawing big [G] pay, but [D] you was well on your [G] way.
[D] And just when you're ready [G] to start, [D] to go choo choo to [G] boogie, [D] train cut your journey.
[G]
[D] Shocked, did you get your [G] last send off from your [D] barn ground?
Before them fly your body [D] down to Jamdown.
[G]
The [Am] sun stay away [G] from work that [D] day and the slate grey [G] January day.
[D] I sing a [G] silent dirge, [D] as dark [G] clouds dart in a different [Am] direction.
[G] A light that [D] can't merge, [G]
merge and [D] re-emerge.
[G] In a bluster of [D] emotion, in a [G] church gray sky.
[D] [G] And the rain it a [D] fall in a squall, [G] like tear tip arrows [Am] piercing the [G] heart of the mourner then.
[D] [G] The Baptist church it full up to the [G] brim overflow upon the [D] step to the street.
[G] Long time no see [Am] family and friends [G] meet and greet, [D] talking bout the [G] hasty retreat.
[Am] Inside [G] mournful voices I [D] sing [G] them familiar, bittersweet hymn.
[D] And it is well, [G] it is well, [D] with your soul.
[G]
[D] Rude boys drop down in [G] tears, [Am] miniskirted girls [G] weep and wail.
[D] There's a [G] posse of black and white [D] workers from British [G] Rail.
[D] Colleague them [G] from your short working [D] years.
[G] And there was testimony [D] after [G] testimony from your age [D] mate them.
[G] Punctuated by [D] spontaneous [G] applause.
[Am] About all you did tall [G] and slim [D] and good looking.
[G] With your long [Am] chin and your [G] captivating [D] grin.
About [G] your kindness, [D] about your caring, [G] about your [D] thoughtfulness.
About [G] how big and how [Ab] broad in [G] love you was.
[D] [G] Up to now, we still no [Am] get no proper [G] explanation.
[D] No witness at [G] the station, no police investigation.
[D] As to how you come to [G] hang up on the wrong side [D] of the truck.
[G] How your face get [D] fit on from [G] front to back.
[D] And how you did a [G] top top on your [Cm] mobile.
[D] Them [G] just call it [D] accident and close [G] the pile.
[D] [G] Jammed down was your true [D] dream my lad.
[G] But they say you did a [D] plan to make your final [G] destination.
[D] Now [G] your dream come true [D] and you touch down.
[G]
[Am] Hashes to [G] hashes,
[D] dust to [G] dust.
[D] Innocent Elizabeth [G] Sile.
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_ _ [G] We never come from the same [Am] bloodline, [G] but we're part crisscross [D] and jain.
[G] And although we're one another, we [Am] wasn't that familiar.
[G] All the same, [D] we was family.
That's [G] why I beg pardon [Am] and take this liberty [G] and put down a couple rhymes [D] to your memory.
_ [G] _ _
[D] It come in like [G] a just day that day [D] you left school [G] and joined the railway.
[D] _ _ [G] With enough ambition [D] and a future plan.
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You [D] wasn't drawing big [G] pay, but [D] you was well on your [G] way. _
[D] And just when you're ready [G] to start, [D] to go choo choo to [G] boogie, _ [D] train cut your journey.
[G] _ _
[D] Shocked, did you get your [G] last send off from your [D] barn ground?
_ _ Before them fly your body [D] down to Jamdown.
[G] _ _
The [Am] sun stay away [G] from work that [D] day and the slate grey [G] January day.
_ [D] I sing a [G] silent dirge, _ [D] as dark [G] clouds dart in a different [Am] direction.
[G] A light that [D] can't merge, [G] _
merge and [D] re-emerge.
[G] In a bluster of [D] emotion, in a [G] church gray sky.
[D] _ _ [G] And the rain it a [D] fall in a squall, [G] like tear tip arrows [Am] piercing the [G] heart of the mourner then.
[D] _ _ _ [G] The Baptist church it full up to the [G] brim overflow upon the [D] step to the street.
[G] Long time no see [Am] family and friends [G] meet and greet, [D] talking bout the [G] hasty retreat.
_ _ [Am] Inside [G] mournful voices I [D] sing _ [G] them familiar, _ bittersweet hymn. _
[D] And it is well, _ [G] it is well, [D] with your soul.
[G] _ _
[D] Rude boys drop down in [G] tears, _ [Am] miniskirted girls [G] weep and wail.
[D] There's a [G] posse of black and white [D] workers from British [G] Rail. _
_ [D] Colleague them [G] from your short working [D] years.
[G] And there was testimony [D] after [G] testimony from your age [D] mate them.
_ [G] Punctuated by [D] spontaneous [G] applause. _
[Am] About all you did tall [G] and slim [D] and good looking.
[G] With your long [Am] chin and your [G] captivating [D] grin.
About [G] your kindness, [D] about your caring, [G] about your _ [D] thoughtfulness.
About [G] how big and how [Ab] broad in [G] love you was.
_ [D] _ [G] Up to now, we still no [Am] get no proper [G] explanation.
[D] No witness at [G] the station, no police investigation. _
[D] As to how you come to [G] hang up on the wrong side [D] of the truck.
[G] How your face get [D] fit on from [G] front to back.
[D] And how you did a [G] top top on your [Cm] mobile.
_ [D] Them [G] just call it [D] accident and close [G] the pile. _ _
[D] _ _ [G] Jammed down was your true [D] dream my lad.
[G] But they say you did a [D] plan to make your final [G] destination. _
[D] _ Now [G] your dream come true [D] and you touch down.
[G] _ _ _
[Am] Hashes to [G] hashes, _ _
[D] dust to [G] dust. _
[D] Innocent Elizabeth [G] Sile. _ _
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_ _ [G] We never come from the same [Am] bloodline, [G] but we're part crisscross [D] and jain.
[G] And although we're one another, we [Am] wasn't that familiar.
[G] All the same, [D] we was family.
That's [G] why I beg pardon [Am] and take this liberty [G] and put down a couple rhymes [D] to your memory.
_ [G] _ _
[D] It come in like [G] a just day that day [D] you left school [G] and joined the railway.
[D] _ _ [G] With enough ambition [D] and a future plan.
[G] _
You [D] wasn't drawing big [G] pay, but [D] you was well on your [G] way. _
[D] And just when you're ready [G] to start, [D] to go choo choo to [G] boogie, _ [D] train cut your journey.
[G] _ _
[D] Shocked, did you get your [G] last send off from your [D] barn ground?
_ _ Before them fly your body [D] down to Jamdown.
[G] _ _
The [Am] sun stay away [G] from work that [D] day and the slate grey [G] January day.
_ [D] I sing a [G] silent dirge, _ [D] as dark [G] clouds dart in a different [Am] direction.
[G] A light that [D] can't merge, [G] _
merge and [D] re-emerge.
[G] In a bluster of [D] emotion, in a [G] church gray sky.
[D] _ _ [G] And the rain it a [D] fall in a squall, [G] like tear tip arrows [Am] piercing the [G] heart of the mourner then.
[D] _ _ _ [G] The Baptist church it full up to the [G] brim overflow upon the [D] step to the street.
[G] Long time no see [Am] family and friends [G] meet and greet, [D] talking bout the [G] hasty retreat.
_ _ [Am] Inside [G] mournful voices I [D] sing _ [G] them familiar, _ bittersweet hymn. _
[D] And it is well, _ [G] it is well, [D] with your soul.
[G] _ _
[D] Rude boys drop down in [G] tears, _ [Am] miniskirted girls [G] weep and wail.
[D] There's a [G] posse of black and white [D] workers from British [G] Rail. _
_ [D] Colleague them [G] from your short working [D] years.
[G] And there was testimony [D] after [G] testimony from your age [D] mate them.
_ [G] Punctuated by [D] spontaneous [G] applause. _
[Am] About all you did tall [G] and slim [D] and good looking.
[G] With your long [Am] chin and your [G] captivating [D] grin.
About [G] your kindness, [D] about your caring, [G] about your _ [D] thoughtfulness.
About [G] how big and how [Ab] broad in [G] love you was.
_ [D] _ [G] Up to now, we still no [Am] get no proper [G] explanation.
[D] No witness at [G] the station, no police investigation. _
[D] As to how you come to [G] hang up on the wrong side [D] of the truck.
[G] How your face get [D] fit on from [G] front to back.
[D] And how you did a [G] top top on your [Cm] mobile.
_ [D] Them [G] just call it [D] accident and close [G] the pile. _ _
[D] _ _ [G] Jammed down was your true [D] dream my lad.
[G] But they say you did a [D] plan to make your final [G] destination. _
[D] _ Now [G] your dream come true [D] and you touch down.
[G] _ _ _
[Am] Hashes to [G] hashes, _ _
[D] dust to [G] dust. _
[D] Innocent Elizabeth [G] Sile. _ _
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