Kingston Town chords by Alborosie

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

You can expand the chord progression Em / Em / Am / Em / by that transitional bass note (as a full chord):
Em / Em / Am Bm / Em /


Hook:
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
        Am
It's a rudeboy town
      Em
It's Kingston town
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
        Am
It's a rudeboy town
      Em
It's Kingston town

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


Hook:
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
        Am
It's a rudeboy town
      Em
It's Kingston town
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
        Am
It's a rudeboy town
      Em
It's Kingston town
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
        Am
It's a rudeboy town
      Em
It's Kingston town
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
        Am
It's a rudeboy town
      Em
It's Kingston town


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


Hook:
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
        Am
It's a rudeboy town
      Em
It's Kingston town
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
        Am
It's a rudeboy town
      Em
It's Kingston town
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
        Am
It's a rudeboy town
      Em
It's Kingston town
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
        Am
It's a rudeboy town
      Em
It's Kingston town


Verse 3:
     Em                  Em
Di gyal dem pants tight like rubber suit
             Am                           Em
And ah dem blouse one tiny sup'm hide up perfect boobs
    Em                          Em
Dem always ah smile if you ago pay di I
          Am                          Em
Dem ago play you one trick if you ah mama's bwoy
        Em                         Em
It's a tuff man town, there's no crown and no throne
       Am                     Em
It ago, lick you down, with a, dancehall sound
            Em                                     Em
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:
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
        Am
It's a rudeboy town
      Em
It's Kingston town
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
        Am
It's a rudeboy town
      Em
It's Kingston town
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
        Am
It's a rudeboy town
      Em
It's Kingston town
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
        Am
It's a rudeboy town
      Em
It's Kingston town


Outro:
Em Em Am Em  x3