Kingston Town chords by Alborosie

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

You can expand the chord progression E minorEm / E minorEm / A minorAm / E minorEm / by that transitional bass note (as a full chord):
E minorEm / E minorEm / A minorAm B minorBm / E minorEm /


Hook:
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
    A minorAm
It's a rudeboy town
   E minorEm
It's Kingston town
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
    A minorAm
It's a rudeboy town
   E minorEm
It's Kingston town

Verse 1:
   E minorEm                 E minorEm
Some man have no money, still ah try fi beg a ting
      A minorAm              E minorEm
If you no drop no green, ah straight up dissing ting
 E minorEm             E minorEm
Sun ah bun traffic, it's a slow riddim
 A minorAm             E minorEm
JCF ah move ruff, dem buss di M-16,
   E minorEm                  E minorEm
Some man ah drive up and down, dem have di latest ting
     A minorAm               E minorEm
Machine fit inna dem jeans ah show off girls and bling
 E minorEm             E minorEm
Smell of marijuana round di corner dem juggling
       A minorAm              E minorEm
One mad man get him food straight out ah di garbage bin, ey!


Hook:
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
    A minorAm
It's a rudeboy town
   E minorEm
It's Kingston town
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
    A minorAm
It's a rudeboy town
   E minorEm
It's Kingston town
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
    A minorAm
It's a rudeboy town
   E minorEm
It's Kingston town
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
    A minorAm
It's a rudeboy town
   E minorEm
It's Kingston town

Verse 2:
      E minorEm         E minorEm
Dis ah di gun land, blood run cold pon di white sand
 A minorAm            E minorEm
Concrete ah bun but some part up your team bad
     E minorEm                E minorEm
Babylon bwoy dem kill a youth, an one old woman a chant psalm
     A minorAm            E minorEm
While a next set ah man start di rat-ta-ta-tam-tam
E minorEm            E minorEm
 Dem dig more grave than rooms up ah Hilton
 A minorAm           E minorEm
Small community get wash out by a blood storm
    E minorEm               E minorEm
Every weekend same routine whole new function
             A minorAm         E minorEm
Push and dem count more dead than 9/11 destruction, ey!


Hook:
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
    A minorAm
It's a rudeboy town
   E minorEm
It's Kingston town
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
    A minorAm
It's a rudeboy town
   E minorEm
It's Kingston town
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
    A minorAm
It's a rudeboy town
   E minorEm
It's Kingston town
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
    A minorAm
It's a rudeboy town
   E minorEm
It's Kingston town


Verse 3:
   E minorEm         E minorEm
Di gyal dem pants tight like rubber suit
       A minorAm              E minorEm
And ah dem blouse one tiny sup'm hide up perfect boobs
  E minorEm             E minorEm
Dem always ah smile if you ago pay di I
     A minorAm             E minorEm
Dem ago play you one trick if you ah mama's bwoy
    E minorEm             E minorEm
It's a tuff man town, there's no crown and no throne
    A minorAm           E minorEm
It ago, lick you down, with a, dancehall sound
      E minorEm                   E minorEm
If you a stranger and you ah drive, mek sure you know the route
      N.C.         N.C.
You don't wanna get salute by a gun dispute


Hook:
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
    A minorAm
It's a rudeboy town
   E minorEm
It's Kingston town
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
    A minorAm
It's a rudeboy town
   E minorEm
It's Kingston town
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
    A minorAm
It's a rudeboy town
   E minorEm
It's Kingston town
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
 E minorEm
Sipple it down-down
    A minorAm
It's a rudeboy town
   E minorEm
It's Kingston town


Outro:
E minorEm Em A minorAm E minorEm x3