It Was Written Down Chords by Toots & The Maytals

Tempo:
93.4 bpm
Chords used:

B

F#

E

G#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Toots & The Maytals - It Was Written Down chords
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[F#] [B]
[F#] [B] Sitting on their vitals, laughing, sitting on their underground.
Sitting on their vitals, laughing, sitting on their underground.
[E] [B] I know
[F#] my [B] [E] house, [B] I'm [F#] burning up dark.
[E] [B] Something's not right with [F#] me, [B] who will help [E] me?
[B] Something's not right with me, [F#] [B] who will help me?
Everybody's chanting, the one thing they cannot see.
Sitting on their underground.
Sitting on their vitals, laughing, sitting on their [E] underground.
I know my [B] [F#]
[B] house, [E] [B] I'm burning down the streets.
Come [E] [B] sing a song with [F#] me, [B] who will help [E] me?
[B] Sing a song with [F#] me, [B] who will help me?
[F#] [B]
[F#] [B] Sitting on their vitals, laughing, sitting on their underground.
Sitting on their vitals, laughing, sitting on [F#] their [B] [E] underground.
[B] Why not?
[F#]
[B] Why not?
[E] [B] Let me come down.
[E] [B] Something's not right with [F#] me, who [B] will help [E] me?
[B] Something's not right with [F#] me, [B] who will help me?
Everybody's chanting, the one thing they cannot see.
Sitting on [F#] their [B] underground.
Sitting on their vitals, laughing, sitting on [F#] their [B] underground.
[E] [B] I know [F#]
[B] my house, [E] [B] I'm burning [F#] down [B] [E] the streets.
[B] Something's not right with [F#] me, [B] who will help [E] me?
[B] Sing a song with [F#] me, [B] who will help [G#m] me?
[E] [B] [F#] [B]
Key:  
B
12341112
F#
134211112
E
2311
G#m
123111114
B
12341112
F#
134211112
E
2311
G#m
123111114
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To learn Toots & The Maytals - It Was Written Down chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - F#, E, B, F# and B. Kick off your practice at a gentle 46 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 93 BPM. To match your vocal range and chord inclination, adjust the capo in line with the key: B Major.

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_ _ _ _ [F#] _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [B] _ _ _ _ Sitting on their vitals, laughing, _ _ sitting on their underground.
_ _ _ Sitting on their vitals, _ laughing, sitting on their underground.
_ [E] [B] I know _
[F#] my [B] _ [E] house, [B] I'm [F#] burning up dark.
[E] _ [B] _ Something's not right with [F#] me, [B] who will help [E] me?
[B] Something's not right with me, [F#] [B] who will help me?
_ _ Everybody's chanting, the one thing they cannot see.
Sitting on their _ underground.
Sitting on their vitals, laughing, _ sitting on their _ [E] underground.
I know my _ [B] _ [F#] _ _
_ [B] house, [E] _ [B] I'm burning down the streets.
Come _ [E] _ [B] sing a song with [F#] me, [B] who will help [E] me?
[B] Sing a song with [F#] me, [B] who will help me? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [B] _ _ _ _ Sitting on their vitals, laughing, sitting on their underground.
_ _ Sitting on their vitals, laughing, _ sitting on [F#] their [B] _ [E] underground.
[B] Why not?
[F#] _
[B] Why not?
[E] _ _ [B] _ Let me come down.
[E] _ _ [B] Something's not right with [F#] me, who [B] will help [E] me?
[B] Something's not right with [F#] me, [B] who will help me?
_ _ Everybody's chanting, the one thing they cannot see.
Sitting on [F#] their [B] underground.
_ _ _ Sitting on their vitals, _ laughing, sitting on [F#] their [B] underground.
_ [E] [B] I know [F#] _
[B] my house, [E] _ _ [B] I'm burning [F#] down [B] _ [E] the streets.
[B] Something's not right with [F#] me, [B] who will help [E] me?
[B] Sing a song with [F#] me, [B] who will help [G#m] me?
[E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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