The Wrong Thing Chords by The Congos

Tempo:
133.9 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

Dm

F

Bb

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Congos - The Wrong Thing chords
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[Dm]
[Eb]
[Bb]
[G]
[Eb] [Bb]
Why do they just pray [F] and they cry every day?
[Bb]
Why do they [Dm] just pray and [Gm] they sigh [F] more and more?
[Eb]
Every day, [Dm] my people go into the church, [Eb]
yet the [F] universe filled with words.
[Eb] They talk about [Dm] mother prophecy, [Eb]
yet they [F] don't know her history.
[Bb] They just [Dm] say [Eb] [F]
the [Bb] [Dm]
[Eb] wrong [E] thing, oh.
[F] [Gm] [Dm]
So don't doubt about it, [Eb] you will not win [Dm] in cooperation.
[Eb] Equality, justice, [Dm] and love, [Eb] you know that Satan, [F] your queen, was born.
[Dm]
Lightning [Eb] upon you, [Dm]
[F] [Gm]
[A] [Eb]
[Dm] [N]
yet the living seem all so dumb.
They talk about mother prophecy, [Eb]
yet they don't know [F] their own history.
[Bb] Why do they just [Dm] say the [Eb] wrong thing, [F] oh.
[Bb] They just say [N] the wrong [Fm] thing, [Eb] oh.
They talk about mother [D]
prophecy, [Eb] yet they don't [Dm] know their own history.
[Bb] [Dm] Oh yeah, [G] [F]
[Bb] the children of the Lamb of God, you can't earn [Eb] [Bb]
[C]
[Dm]
any [Bb] praise.
[Eb] [Bb]
Yeah, yeah.
[Dm] [Gm] [F]
[Bb] Why do they just pray and they [Eb] sigh [Am] every day?
Why [Bb] do [B] they just pray [Eb] and they die [F] every day?
[Bb] [Dm]
[G]
[Eb] [Dm]
[Eb] [Dm]
[Eb] [Dm]
[Eb] [F]
[Bb] Why do they just say the wrong thing?
Why do they just say the wrong thing, oh.
[Eb] So [Dm] don't doubt about it, [Eb] you will not [Dm] win in cooperation.
[Eb]
Equality, justice, [Dm] and love, [Eb] you know that Satan, [F] your queen, was born.
[A] [Dm]
[E]
[Dm]
[F] [Eb]
[F] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb] [F]
[Dm] [Eb] [Abm]
[Cm]
[F] [Bb]
Why do they [Dm] just say [N] the wrong thing, oh.
Why [Dm] do they just say [Bb] the [F] [Eb]
[B] wrong thing, [Eb]
oh.
[F] [N] [D]
[F] [Bb]
[Eb] [F] [Bb]
[F] [Eb]
[Bb]
[N]
[B]
[Cm]
[F] [Dm]
Key:  
Eb
12341116
Dm
2311
F
134211111
Bb
12341111
Gm
123111113
Eb
12341116
Dm
2311
F
134211111
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To start learning The Congos - The Wrong Thing chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: Bb, Dm, Eb, F, Bb, Eb and Dm. For a smooth transition, initiate your practice at 66 BPM and gradually match the song's pace of 134 BPM. Adapt the capo setting considering your vocal range, with reference to the key: F Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
Why do they just pray [F] and they cry _ every day?
_ [Bb] _
Why do they [Dm] just pray and [Gm] they sigh [F] more and more?
_ [Eb]
Every day, [Dm] my people go into the church, [Eb]
yet the [F] universe filled with words.
[Eb] They talk about [Dm] mother prophecy, _ [Eb]
yet they [F] don't know her history. _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ They just [Dm] say _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
the [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] wrong [E] thing, oh.
[F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm]
So don't doubt about it, [Eb] you will not win [Dm] in cooperation.
_ [Eb] Equality, justice, [Dm] and love, [Eb] you know that Satan, [F] your queen, was born.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ Lightning _ _ [Eb] upon you, _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [N] _ _
yet the living seem all so dumb. _
They talk about _ mother prophecy, [Eb]
yet they don't know [F] their own history. _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ Why do they just [Dm] say the [Eb] _ wrong thing, [F] oh.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ They just say [N] _ the wrong [Fm] thing, _ _ _ [Eb] oh.
They talk about mother [D] _
_ prophecy, [Eb] _ yet they don't [Dm] know their own history.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] Oh yeah, _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Bb] the children of the Lamb of God, _ you can't earn _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
any [Bb] praise.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
Yeah, yeah. _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] Why _ _ do they just pray and they [Eb] sigh [Am] every day?
Why [Bb] _ do [B] they just pray _ [Eb] and they die [F] every day?
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] Why do they just say the _ _ _ _ wrong _ thing?
Why _ do they just say the _ _ wrong thing, oh. _ _ _
[Eb] So _ [Dm] _ don't doubt about it, [Eb] you will not [Dm] win in cooperation.
_ [Eb]
Equality, _ justice, [Dm] and love, [Eb] you know that Satan, [F] your queen, was _ born.
_ _ [A] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ Why do they [Dm] just say _ [N] the wrong thing, oh. _ _
Why [Dm] do they just say [Bb] the _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [B] _ wrong thing, [Eb]
oh.
_ _ [F] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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