Iron Bars Chords by Stephen Marley
Tempo:
99.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
Dm
F
D
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[G] [F] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [F] [D]
[G] [Dm] What am I doing behind [G] these iron bars?
[C] Never robbed [D] nor killed, [A] never done [G] no one harm.
You [F] put [Dm] me in shackles, you [G] blacked my engines.
[F] Said [D] I'll never see [Dm] the [G] outside again.
Oh, [F] [Dm]
[G] yeah, [C] [Dm]
[G] yeah.
[Dm] I'm a prisoner, [G] locked up for what?
[F] [Dm] Freedom must be, ain't [G] that all we got?
[Dm] Who did right?
My [G] head held up high.
[F] [Dm] Rebels for life, we were [G] born for the right.
[Dm]
Let me out, let me out, [G] I'm an [F] [Dm]
[G] [Dm]
[G] angry [F] lion.
[Dm]
Let me out, let me out, [G] for you crazy mama.
[Dm] Hey, yo, listen.
Took my freedom, my honor, my [G] pride to provide for my family.
I [F] tried [Dm] shots to prevent.
Listen, we here for [G] the ride, vicious lockers, locked [Gm] inside.
[Dm] These iron bars took my freedom, my honor, my [G] pride to provide for the family.
I [Gm] tried [Dm] shots to prevent.
Listen, we here for [G] the ride, vicious lockers, locked [F] inside.
[Dm] Yeah, I was caught in the mix with nowhere [G] to go.
Rent need to be paid, [F] things moving [Dm] slow.
I just want to get a deal and spit this [G] flow.
See, ain't that the dream to live [F] well and get [Dm] dope?
You looking for a change, man, there ain't no [G] change in this money, this gun, this [Dm] drug exchange.
And if you got seeds, that makes you go even [G] harder.
If it ain't for them men, [Dm] then why even bother?
Ya must see things, [G] say man, that's right.
[F] [Dm]
Ain't no back on, [G] [Dm] well, man, I lie on.
Yeah.
[G] [Fm] [Dm]
Ya must see things, [G] say man, [Fm] [Dm]
don't play no back [G] on.
Well, [Dm] man, I lie on.
[G] [Dm]
Man, I lie on.
[G] [F] Yeah.
[Dm] Uh-huh.
[G] Yeah.
[Dm] Hey, yo.
Hey, yo. Listen.
Took my freedom, my honor, my [G] pride to provide for my family.
I [F] tried [Dm] shots to prevent.
Listen, we here for [G] the ride, vicious lockers, locked [Gm] inside.
[Dm] These iron bars took my freedom, my honor, my [G] pride to provide for the family.
I [Gm] tried [Dm] shots to prevent.
Listen, we here for [G] the ride, vicious lockers, locked inside.
[D] Yo.
Wanna take away my freedom, wanna take away [G] my life.
Lock me up for a little sense [F] of meaning and [D] a nice.
So who gonna feed me youth and me?
Who gonna kill [G] my wife?
You a boy like these two people now [F] have no rights.
[Dm] Yo, you better let me go or else you gonna broke out.
[G] Get up in the wagon, roll the mean [Dm] and throw coat.
You see any rasta youth and even pluck out.
[G] You loco, you gotta [F] loco.
[Dm] You feel like a vampire, I'll have to blow this out.
[G] You take credit for things and never [Dm] broke out.
You lock me up in a prison field, we'll walk out.
[G] We'll go broke down in a hall and get [Dm] caught.
[G] Crazy.
[F] [D] [G] [Gm] [Dm]
[G] [F] [Dm]
[G] [F] [Dm]
[G] [Dm]
[G] [F] [Dm]
[G] [Dm]
[G] [N]
[G] [F] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [F] [D]
[G] [Dm] What am I doing behind [G] these iron bars?
[C] Never robbed [D] nor killed, [A] never done [G] no one harm.
You [F] put [Dm] me in shackles, you [G] blacked my engines.
[F] Said [D] I'll never see [Dm] the [G] outside again.
Oh, [F] [Dm]
[G] yeah, [C] [Dm]
[G] yeah.
[Dm] I'm a prisoner, [G] locked up for what?
[F] [Dm] Freedom must be, ain't [G] that all we got?
[Dm] Who did right?
My [G] head held up high.
[F] [Dm] Rebels for life, we were [G] born for the right.
[Dm]
Let me out, let me out, [G] I'm an [F] [Dm]
[G] [Dm]
[G] angry [F] lion.
[Dm]
Let me out, let me out, [G] for you crazy mama.
[Dm] Hey, yo, listen.
Took my freedom, my honor, my [G] pride to provide for my family.
I [F] tried [Dm] shots to prevent.
Listen, we here for [G] the ride, vicious lockers, locked [Gm] inside.
[Dm] These iron bars took my freedom, my honor, my [G] pride to provide for the family.
I [Gm] tried [Dm] shots to prevent.
Listen, we here for [G] the ride, vicious lockers, locked [F] inside.
[Dm] Yeah, I was caught in the mix with nowhere [G] to go.
Rent need to be paid, [F] things moving [Dm] slow.
I just want to get a deal and spit this [G] flow.
See, ain't that the dream to live [F] well and get [Dm] dope?
You looking for a change, man, there ain't no [G] change in this money, this gun, this [Dm] drug exchange.
And if you got seeds, that makes you go even [G] harder.
If it ain't for them men, [Dm] then why even bother?
Ya must see things, [G] say man, that's right.
[F] [Dm]
Ain't no back on, [G] [Dm] well, man, I lie on.
Yeah.
[G] [Fm] [Dm]
Ya must see things, [G] say man, [Fm] [Dm]
don't play no back [G] on.
Well, [Dm] man, I lie on.
[G] [Dm]
Man, I lie on.
[G] [F] Yeah.
[Dm] Uh-huh.
[G] Yeah.
[Dm] Hey, yo.
Hey, yo. Listen.
Took my freedom, my honor, my [G] pride to provide for my family.
I [F] tried [Dm] shots to prevent.
Listen, we here for [G] the ride, vicious lockers, locked [Gm] inside.
[Dm] These iron bars took my freedom, my honor, my [G] pride to provide for the family.
I [Gm] tried [Dm] shots to prevent.
Listen, we here for [G] the ride, vicious lockers, locked inside.
[D] Yo.
Wanna take away my freedom, wanna take away [G] my life.
Lock me up for a little sense [F] of meaning and [D] a nice.
So who gonna feed me youth and me?
Who gonna kill [G] my wife?
You a boy like these two people now [F] have no rights.
[Dm] Yo, you better let me go or else you gonna broke out.
[G] Get up in the wagon, roll the mean [Dm] and throw coat.
You see any rasta youth and even pluck out.
[G] You loco, you gotta [F] loco.
[Dm] You feel like a vampire, I'll have to blow this out.
[G] You take credit for things and never [Dm] broke out.
You lock me up in a prison field, we'll walk out.
[G] We'll go broke down in a hall and get [Dm] caught.
[G] Crazy.
[F] [D] [G] [Gm] [Dm]
[G] [F] [Dm]
[G] [F] [Dm]
[G] [Dm]
[G] [F] [Dm]
[G] [Dm]
[G] [N]
Key:
G
Dm
F
D
Gm
G
Dm
F
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] What am I doing behind [G] these iron bars?
[C] Never robbed [D] nor killed, [A] never done [G] no one harm.
You [F] put [Dm] me in shackles, you [G] blacked my engines.
[F] Said [D] I'll never see [Dm] the [G] outside again.
Oh, [F] _ [Dm] _
_ _ [G] yeah, _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [G] yeah.
_ [Dm] I'm a prisoner, _ [G] locked up for what?
[F] [Dm] Freedom must be, ain't [G] that all we got?
[Dm] Who did right?
My [G] head held up high.
[F] [Dm] Rebels for life, we were [G] born for the right.
[Dm] _
Let me out, let me out, [G] I'm an _ [F] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [G] angry _ [F] lion.
[Dm]
Let me out, let me out, [G] for you crazy mama.
[Dm] Hey, yo, listen.
Took my freedom, my honor, my [G] pride to provide for my family.
I [F] tried [Dm] shots to prevent.
Listen, we here for [G] the ride, vicious lockers, locked [Gm] inside.
[Dm] These iron bars took my freedom, my honor, my [G] pride to provide for the family.
I [Gm] tried [Dm] shots to prevent.
Listen, we here for [G] the ride, vicious lockers, locked [F] inside.
[Dm] Yeah, I was caught in the mix with nowhere [G] to go.
Rent need to be paid, [F] things moving [Dm] slow.
I just want to get a deal and spit this [G] flow.
See, ain't that the dream to live [F] well and get [Dm] dope?
You looking for a change, man, there ain't no [G] change in this money, this gun, this [Dm] drug exchange.
And if you got seeds, that makes you go even [G] harder.
If it ain't for them men, [Dm] then why even bother?
Ya must see things, [G] say man, that's right.
_ [F] _ [Dm] _
Ain't no back on, [G] _ _ [Dm] well, man, I lie on.
Yeah.
[G] _ _ _ [Fm] _ [Dm] _
Ya must see things, [G] say man, _ _ [Fm] _ [Dm] _
don't play no back [G] on.
Well, _ _ [Dm] man, I lie on.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
Man, I lie on.
_ [G] _ _ [F] Yeah.
[Dm] Uh-huh.
_ [G] Yeah.
_ [Dm] Hey, yo.
Hey, yo. Listen.
Took my freedom, my honor, my [G] pride to provide for my family.
I [F] tried [Dm] shots to prevent.
Listen, we here for [G] the ride, vicious lockers, locked [Gm] inside.
[Dm] These iron bars took my freedom, my honor, my [G] pride to provide for the family.
I [Gm] tried [Dm] shots to prevent.
Listen, we here for [G] the ride, vicious lockers, locked inside.
[D] Yo.
Wanna take away my freedom, wanna take away [G] my life.
Lock me up for a little sense [F] of meaning and [D] a nice.
So who gonna feed me youth and me?
Who gonna kill [G] my wife?
You a boy like these two people now [F] have no rights.
[Dm] Yo, you better let me go or else you gonna broke out.
[G] Get up in the wagon, roll the mean [Dm] and throw coat.
You see any rasta youth and even pluck out.
[G] You loco, you gotta [F] loco.
[Dm] You feel like a vampire, I'll have to blow this out.
[G] You take credit for things and never [Dm] broke out.
You lock me up in a prison field, we'll walk out.
[G] We'll go broke down in a hall and get [Dm] caught. _
_ _ [G] Crazy.
_ _ [F] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] What am I doing behind [G] these iron bars?
[C] Never robbed [D] nor killed, [A] never done [G] no one harm.
You [F] put [Dm] me in shackles, you [G] blacked my engines.
[F] Said [D] I'll never see [Dm] the [G] outside again.
Oh, [F] _ [Dm] _
_ _ [G] yeah, _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [G] yeah.
_ [Dm] I'm a prisoner, _ [G] locked up for what?
[F] [Dm] Freedom must be, ain't [G] that all we got?
[Dm] Who did right?
My [G] head held up high.
[F] [Dm] Rebels for life, we were [G] born for the right.
[Dm] _
Let me out, let me out, [G] I'm an _ [F] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [G] angry _ [F] lion.
[Dm]
Let me out, let me out, [G] for you crazy mama.
[Dm] Hey, yo, listen.
Took my freedom, my honor, my [G] pride to provide for my family.
I [F] tried [Dm] shots to prevent.
Listen, we here for [G] the ride, vicious lockers, locked [Gm] inside.
[Dm] These iron bars took my freedom, my honor, my [G] pride to provide for the family.
I [Gm] tried [Dm] shots to prevent.
Listen, we here for [G] the ride, vicious lockers, locked [F] inside.
[Dm] Yeah, I was caught in the mix with nowhere [G] to go.
Rent need to be paid, [F] things moving [Dm] slow.
I just want to get a deal and spit this [G] flow.
See, ain't that the dream to live [F] well and get [Dm] dope?
You looking for a change, man, there ain't no [G] change in this money, this gun, this [Dm] drug exchange.
And if you got seeds, that makes you go even [G] harder.
If it ain't for them men, [Dm] then why even bother?
Ya must see things, [G] say man, that's right.
_ [F] _ [Dm] _
Ain't no back on, [G] _ _ [Dm] well, man, I lie on.
Yeah.
[G] _ _ _ [Fm] _ [Dm] _
Ya must see things, [G] say man, _ _ [Fm] _ [Dm] _
don't play no back [G] on.
Well, _ _ [Dm] man, I lie on.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
Man, I lie on.
_ [G] _ _ [F] Yeah.
[Dm] Uh-huh.
_ [G] Yeah.
_ [Dm] Hey, yo.
Hey, yo. Listen.
Took my freedom, my honor, my [G] pride to provide for my family.
I [F] tried [Dm] shots to prevent.
Listen, we here for [G] the ride, vicious lockers, locked [Gm] inside.
[Dm] These iron bars took my freedom, my honor, my [G] pride to provide for the family.
I [Gm] tried [Dm] shots to prevent.
Listen, we here for [G] the ride, vicious lockers, locked inside.
[D] Yo.
Wanna take away my freedom, wanna take away [G] my life.
Lock me up for a little sense [F] of meaning and [D] a nice.
So who gonna feed me youth and me?
Who gonna kill [G] my wife?
You a boy like these two people now [F] have no rights.
[Dm] Yo, you better let me go or else you gonna broke out.
[G] Get up in the wagon, roll the mean [Dm] and throw coat.
You see any rasta youth and even pluck out.
[G] You loco, you gotta [F] loco.
[Dm] You feel like a vampire, I'll have to blow this out.
[G] You take credit for things and never [Dm] broke out.
You lock me up in a prison field, we'll walk out.
[G] We'll go broke down in a hall and get [Dm] caught. _
_ _ [G] Crazy.
_ _ [F] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [N] _