It A Ring Chords by Tonto Irie
Tempo:
86.75 bpm
Chords used:
A#m
F#
C#
F#m
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A#m] This one I give to all the people who have washed up all over the world.
Last verse.
La.
[F#] [A#m] Now it's a ring, in my ears it's a ring, it's a ring, in my ears it's a ring.
Now each and every day we are up here [F#] crying.
I'm not feeling it, that's why I'm not feeling it.
I'm feeling me [F#m] full of joy, my youth is making me a desert.
Now living in Jamaica is a wonderful [N] thing.
I'm the food and water, one day's money shining.
But all over the world, people is suffering.
They [F#] don't know where to turn, to make a living.
I'm ambitious, it's like a wave in the bottom selling.
We're not turn up, we're prepared to go south selling.
A lot of them are down by your boat, we're still at sea.
Now it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring, it's a ring, [B] in our ears [C#m] it's a ring.
[A#m] Now make all the men have grown a life, I can't see it dripping.
You're to play with that picture, I watch all you're missing.
We've got to be conscious in this world we're living in.
[N] Some boy nowadays, can't they fall off a shin?
I'm married to them bro, like we are pretty red wing.
Now when they're wedding down, they'll know [C#] I'm not fadding.
It's a ring, [B] in our ears it's a [A#m] ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
Children must go to school, go to some learning.
Stop wasting time, all you is schooling.
Go to school, Jamuna, see what you're [D#m] doing.
Like Michael McAlun come up in a boxing.
Merlin, Aki, she come up in a running.
Look at Jamu, him in a producing.
You know that Uncle Irene, [F] him in a entertaining.
[F#m] And Daddy Pamela, in a entertaining.
[N] Junior Riddle, our client, in a [F#] entertaining.
It's a ring, in our ears it's a ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
[C#] No picture never do where you go people crying.
Cannot see the elders, cannot see the suffering.
Me for that young, by your friends, they keep their head is hurting.
What they've been doing, that is [G#] a wonderful [A#m] thing.
I'm happy that my town, when the sun is shining.
But all over the world, people is suffering.
They don't know what to turn, to [N] make a living.
I'm a good shot, shoot like me, make a bandit by hustling.
Me not gonna give me prefer to some selling.
Tell a lot of them who don't buy ya, but me still a try ya thing.
Now [C#] it's a ring, in our ears [A#m] it's a ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
Children must go to school, to do some learning.
Stop wasting time, go to schooling.
Perfectly well, you can read and you can write.
So you can write an application, keep a [F#] job is open.
It's a ring, in our ears it's a ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
In your town, town highway, and the DJ king.
Now me sit down and be with him, like a lizard on a limb.
Sit down and be with him, like a tiger on a ring.
[A#m] Now me put the microphone on, like a DMC DP.
We come to be, in this world we living in.
Help me with that beat, so I can talk to people.
[C#] See now it's a ring, [F#] in our ears it's a ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
In your town, town highway, my name's sit down and be with him.
Sit [D] down and be with him, like a lizard on a limb.
Sit down and be with him, like a matchbox on a string.
From me born, me neighbors like, such a guitarist king.
Take away the queen, say from the king.
And now me want me, want me, want me, want [C#] me in a Brooklyn.
Then want me, want me, want me, want me in a foreign.
If Satan told me, my name a Vin Diesel.
But it's a ring, in our ears it's a [A#m] ring, it's a ring, [D#m] in our ears it's a ring.
Children must go to school, go to some learning.
[C#] Stop wasting [A#m] time, both you is schooling.
Don't throw your talent [F#] in a rubbish bin.
Just go to school, jam and ask for that what you can win.
Like Michael McAuliffe come up in a [A#m] boxing.
Girlie Hattie, she come up in a running.
And to Irene, in a [F#] entertaining.
And to John Wayne, in a entertaining.
When you read and ask, find in a entertaining.
[A#m] Now it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
Wait to be conscious in this world we living in.
Look me [D#] with a picture and go charge your vicinity.
Then want me, want me, want me, want me in a foreign.
Last verse.
La.
[F#] [A#m] Now it's a ring, in my ears it's a ring, it's a ring, in my ears it's a ring.
Now each and every day we are up here [F#] crying.
I'm not feeling it, that's why I'm not feeling it.
I'm feeling me [F#m] full of joy, my youth is making me a desert.
Now living in Jamaica is a wonderful [N] thing.
I'm the food and water, one day's money shining.
But all over the world, people is suffering.
They [F#] don't know where to turn, to make a living.
I'm ambitious, it's like a wave in the bottom selling.
We're not turn up, we're prepared to go south selling.
A lot of them are down by your boat, we're still at sea.
Now it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring, it's a ring, [B] in our ears [C#m] it's a ring.
[A#m] Now make all the men have grown a life, I can't see it dripping.
You're to play with that picture, I watch all you're missing.
We've got to be conscious in this world we're living in.
[N] Some boy nowadays, can't they fall off a shin?
I'm married to them bro, like we are pretty red wing.
Now when they're wedding down, they'll know [C#] I'm not fadding.
It's a ring, [B] in our ears it's a [A#m] ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
Children must go to school, go to some learning.
Stop wasting time, all you is schooling.
Go to school, Jamuna, see what you're [D#m] doing.
Like Michael McAlun come up in a boxing.
Merlin, Aki, she come up in a running.
Look at Jamu, him in a producing.
You know that Uncle Irene, [F] him in a entertaining.
[F#m] And Daddy Pamela, in a entertaining.
[N] Junior Riddle, our client, in a [F#] entertaining.
It's a ring, in our ears it's a ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
[C#] No picture never do where you go people crying.
Cannot see the elders, cannot see the suffering.
Me for that young, by your friends, they keep their head is hurting.
What they've been doing, that is [G#] a wonderful [A#m] thing.
I'm happy that my town, when the sun is shining.
But all over the world, people is suffering.
They don't know what to turn, to [N] make a living.
I'm a good shot, shoot like me, make a bandit by hustling.
Me not gonna give me prefer to some selling.
Tell a lot of them who don't buy ya, but me still a try ya thing.
Now [C#] it's a ring, in our ears [A#m] it's a ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
Children must go to school, to do some learning.
Stop wasting time, go to schooling.
Perfectly well, you can read and you can write.
So you can write an application, keep a [F#] job is open.
It's a ring, in our ears it's a ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
In your town, town highway, and the DJ king.
Now me sit down and be with him, like a lizard on a limb.
Sit down and be with him, like a tiger on a ring.
[A#m] Now me put the microphone on, like a DMC DP.
We come to be, in this world we living in.
Help me with that beat, so I can talk to people.
[C#] See now it's a ring, [F#] in our ears it's a ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
In your town, town highway, my name's sit down and be with him.
Sit [D] down and be with him, like a lizard on a limb.
Sit down and be with him, like a matchbox on a string.
From me born, me neighbors like, such a guitarist king.
Take away the queen, say from the king.
And now me want me, want me, want me, want [C#] me in a Brooklyn.
Then want me, want me, want me, want me in a foreign.
If Satan told me, my name a Vin Diesel.
But it's a ring, in our ears it's a [A#m] ring, it's a ring, [D#m] in our ears it's a ring.
Children must go to school, go to some learning.
[C#] Stop wasting [A#m] time, both you is schooling.
Don't throw your talent [F#] in a rubbish bin.
Just go to school, jam and ask for that what you can win.
Like Michael McAuliffe come up in a [A#m] boxing.
Girlie Hattie, she come up in a running.
And to Irene, in a [F#] entertaining.
And to John Wayne, in a entertaining.
When you read and ask, find in a entertaining.
[A#m] Now it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
Wait to be conscious in this world we living in.
Look me [D#] with a picture and go charge your vicinity.
Then want me, want me, want me, want me in a foreign.
Key:
A#m
F#
C#
F#m
B
A#m
F#
C#
_ [A#m] This one I give to all the people who have washed up all over the world.
Last verse.
La.
[F#] [A#m] Now it's a ring, in my ears it's a ring, it's a ring, in my ears it's a ring.
Now each and every day we are up here [F#] crying.
I'm not feeling it, that's why I'm not feeling it.
I'm feeling me [F#m] full of joy, my youth is making me a desert.
Now living in Jamaica is a wonderful [N] thing.
I'm the food and water, one day's money shining.
But all over the world, people is suffering.
They [F#] don't know where to turn, to make a living.
I'm ambitious, it's like a wave in the bottom selling.
We're not turn up, we're prepared to go south selling.
A lot of them are down by your boat, we're still at sea.
Now it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring, it's a ring, [B] in our ears [C#m] it's a ring.
[A#m] Now make all the men have grown a life, I can't see it dripping.
You're to play with that picture, I watch all you're missing.
We've got to be conscious in this world we're living in.
[N] Some boy nowadays, can't they fall off a shin?
I'm married to them bro, like we are pretty red wing.
Now when they're wedding down, they'll know [C#] I'm not fadding.
It's a ring, [B] in our ears it's a [A#m] ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
Children must go to school, go to some learning.
Stop wasting time, all you is schooling.
Go to school, Jamuna, see what you're [D#m] doing.
Like Michael McAlun come up in a boxing.
Merlin, Aki, she come up in a running.
Look at Jamu, him in a producing.
You know that Uncle Irene, [F] him in a entertaining.
[F#m] And Daddy Pamela, in a entertaining.
[N] Junior Riddle, our client, in a [F#] entertaining.
It's a ring, in our ears it's a ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
[C#] No picture never do where you go people crying.
Cannot see the elders, cannot see the suffering.
Me for that young, by your friends, they keep their head is hurting.
What they've been doing, that is [G#] a wonderful [A#m] thing.
I'm happy that my town, when the sun is shining.
But all over the world, people is suffering.
They don't know what to turn, to [N] make a living.
I'm a good shot, shoot like me, make a bandit by hustling.
Me not gonna give me prefer to some selling.
Tell a lot of them who don't buy ya, but me still a try ya thing.
Now [C#] it's a ring, in our ears [A#m] it's a ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
Children must go to school, to do some learning.
Stop wasting time, go to schooling.
Perfectly well, you can read and you can write.
So you can write an application, keep a [F#] job is open.
It's a ring, in our ears it's a ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
In your town, town highway, and the DJ king.
Now me sit down and be with him, like a lizard on a limb.
Sit down and be with him, like a tiger on a ring.
[A#m] Now me put the microphone on, like a DMC DP.
We come to be, in this world we living in.
Help me with that beat, so I can talk to people.
[C#] See now it's a ring, [F#] in our ears it's a ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
In your town, town highway, my name's sit down and be with him.
Sit [D] down and be with him, like a lizard on a limb.
Sit down and be with him, like a matchbox on a string.
From me born, me neighbors like, such a guitarist king.
Take away the queen, say from the king.
And now me want me, want me, want me, want [C#] me in a Brooklyn.
Then want me, want me, want me, want me in a foreign.
If Satan told me, my name a Vin Diesel.
But it's a ring, in our ears it's a [A#m] ring, it's a ring, [D#m] in our ears it's a ring.
Children must go to school, go to some learning.
[C#] Stop wasting [A#m] time, both you is schooling.
Don't throw your talent [F#] in a rubbish bin.
Just go to school, jam and ask for that what you can win.
Like Michael McAuliffe come up in a [A#m] boxing.
Girlie Hattie, she come up in a running.
And to Irene, in a [F#] entertaining.
And to John Wayne, in a entertaining.
When you read and ask, find in a entertaining.
[A#m] Now it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
Wait to be conscious in this world we living in.
Look me [D#] with a picture and go charge your vicinity.
Then want me, want me, want me, want me in a foreign.
Last verse.
La.
[F#] [A#m] Now it's a ring, in my ears it's a ring, it's a ring, in my ears it's a ring.
Now each and every day we are up here [F#] crying.
I'm not feeling it, that's why I'm not feeling it.
I'm feeling me [F#m] full of joy, my youth is making me a desert.
Now living in Jamaica is a wonderful [N] thing.
I'm the food and water, one day's money shining.
But all over the world, people is suffering.
They [F#] don't know where to turn, to make a living.
I'm ambitious, it's like a wave in the bottom selling.
We're not turn up, we're prepared to go south selling.
A lot of them are down by your boat, we're still at sea.
Now it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring, it's a ring, [B] in our ears [C#m] it's a ring.
[A#m] Now make all the men have grown a life, I can't see it dripping.
You're to play with that picture, I watch all you're missing.
We've got to be conscious in this world we're living in.
[N] Some boy nowadays, can't they fall off a shin?
I'm married to them bro, like we are pretty red wing.
Now when they're wedding down, they'll know [C#] I'm not fadding.
It's a ring, [B] in our ears it's a [A#m] ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
Children must go to school, go to some learning.
Stop wasting time, all you is schooling.
Go to school, Jamuna, see what you're [D#m] doing.
Like Michael McAlun come up in a boxing.
Merlin, Aki, she come up in a running.
Look at Jamu, him in a producing.
You know that Uncle Irene, [F] him in a entertaining.
[F#m] And Daddy Pamela, in a entertaining.
[N] Junior Riddle, our client, in a [F#] entertaining.
It's a ring, in our ears it's a ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
[C#] No picture never do where you go people crying.
Cannot see the elders, cannot see the suffering.
Me for that young, by your friends, they keep their head is hurting.
What they've been doing, that is [G#] a wonderful [A#m] thing.
I'm happy that my town, when the sun is shining.
But all over the world, people is suffering.
They don't know what to turn, to [N] make a living.
I'm a good shot, shoot like me, make a bandit by hustling.
Me not gonna give me prefer to some selling.
Tell a lot of them who don't buy ya, but me still a try ya thing.
Now [C#] it's a ring, in our ears [A#m] it's a ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
Children must go to school, to do some learning.
Stop wasting time, go to schooling.
Perfectly well, you can read and you can write.
So you can write an application, keep a [F#] job is open.
It's a ring, in our ears it's a ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
In your town, town highway, and the DJ king.
Now me sit down and be with him, like a lizard on a limb.
Sit down and be with him, like a tiger on a ring.
[A#m] Now me put the microphone on, like a DMC DP.
We come to be, in this world we living in.
Help me with that beat, so I can talk to people.
[C#] See now it's a ring, [F#] in our ears it's a ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
In your town, town highway, my name's sit down and be with him.
Sit [D] down and be with him, like a lizard on a limb.
Sit down and be with him, like a matchbox on a string.
From me born, me neighbors like, such a guitarist king.
Take away the queen, say from the king.
And now me want me, want me, want me, want [C#] me in a Brooklyn.
Then want me, want me, want me, want me in a foreign.
If Satan told me, my name a Vin Diesel.
But it's a ring, in our ears it's a [A#m] ring, it's a ring, [D#m] in our ears it's a ring.
Children must go to school, go to some learning.
[C#] Stop wasting [A#m] time, both you is schooling.
Don't throw your talent [F#] in a rubbish bin.
Just go to school, jam and ask for that what you can win.
Like Michael McAuliffe come up in a [A#m] boxing.
Girlie Hattie, she come up in a running.
And to Irene, in a [F#] entertaining.
And to John Wayne, in a entertaining.
When you read and ask, find in a entertaining.
[A#m] Now it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring, it's a ring, in our ears it's a ring.
Wait to be conscious in this world we living in.
Look me [D#] with a picture and go charge your vicinity.
Then want me, want me, want me, want me in a foreign.