Chords for Stephen Marley "Small Axe" // SiriusXM // The Joint

Tempo:
87.05 bpm
Chords used:

A

D

Bm

E

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Stephen Marley "Small Axe" // SiriusXM // The Joint chords
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[Bm] [D] [A]
[B] [Bm] [A]
[E] [D] [A]
[B] [Bm] [A]
[G] [D] Why [A] boast of thyself, [E] oh mighty man,
[D] playing [A] smart and not [E] being clever?
[D] now say you're working [A] iniquity to [E] achieve vanity,
saw, [D] but the goodness [A] of Jah Jah I'd adore [E] it forever.
100%  ➙  87BPM
A
1231
D
1321
Bm
13421112
E
2311
B
12341112
A
1231
D
1321
Bm
13421112
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[Bm] _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [D] _ _ Why [A] boast of thyself, [E] oh mighty man, _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ playing [A] smart and not [E] being clever?
_ Oh no, _ [D] now say you're working [A] iniquity to [E] achieve vanity,
_ Well if I saw, I saw, [D] but the goodness [A] of Jah Jah I'd adore [E] it forever.
And _ _ if you [D] are the big [A] tree, _ _ [Bm] we [Bm] are the [A] small axe, _ _ _ [D] sharpened to cut [A] you down, _ _
[Bm] Ready to cut [A] you down.
And _
[G] _ [D] _ _ these [A] are the words of [E] my master, _ keep on telling me,
[D] _ _ No [A] weak heart _ [E] shall prosper, oh no they can't,
_ [D] _ Whosoever diggeth [A] up it _ [E] shall fall in it, _ fall in it.
_ [D] _ And whosoever [A] diggeth up it, _
_ [E] bury him in _ _ it.
[Bm] And if you [D] are the big [A] tree, _ _ we [Bm] are the [A] small axe, _ _ [B] _
[Bm] [D] sharpened to cut you [A] down, _ _
[D] Ready to cut [A] you down.
_ _ [Bm]
Ready to cut [A] you down. _ _ _
[D] Ready to cut you [G#m] down. _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ Oh no they can't, hey!
[D] And whosoever [A] diggeth up it, _
_ [E] falls in it, _ falls in it.
[D] And whosoever [A] diggeth up it, _
_ [E] bury him _ _ in it.
And if you [D] are the big [A] tree, _ _ we are the small axe, _ _ _ [D] sharpened to cut [A] you down, _ _
[Bm] Ready to cut [A] you down. _ _ _
[Bm] Ready to cut [A] you down. _ _ _
[D] Ready to cut [A] you down.
_ Ready [Bm] _ [E] [Bm] to [A] cut you down. _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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