Babylon System chords by Bob Marley

Chords with lyrics

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written by Omri for all the people that looking for freedom

  C majorC        AM7
We refuse to be
     C majorC     AM7
What you wanted us to be;
DM7
We are what we are:
DM7     C majorC       G+G    C majorC      G+G
That's the way (way) it's going to be. If you don't know!
C majorC      AM7
You can't educate I
    DM7
For no equal opportunity:
              FF
(Talkin' 'bout my freedom) Talkin' 'bout my freedom,
    C majorC          G+G C majorC  G+G
People freedom (freedom) and liberty!
         C majorC             AM7
Yeah, we've been trodding on the winepress much too long:
DM7  G7G7
Rebel, rebel!
        C majorC             AM7
Yes, we've been trodding on the winepress much too long:
DM7  G7G7
Rebel, rebel!

G+G           FF       C majorC
Babylon system is the vampire, yea! (vampire)
 FF             C majorC    G+G
Suckin' the children day by day, yeah!
G+G                 FF        C majorC
Me say: de Babylon system is the vampire, falling empire,
 FF              C majorC   G+G
Suckin' the blood of the sufferers, yea-ea-ea-ea-e-ah!
G+G            FF      C majorC
Building church and university, wo-o-ooh, yeah! -
 FF            C majorC     G+G
Deceiving the people continually, yea-ea!
G+G                   FF    C majorC
Me say them graduatin' thieves and murderers;
       FF                 C majorC
Look out now: they suckin' the blood of the sufferers (sufferers).
      G+G
Yea-ea-ea! (sufferers)

G+G          G+G
Tell the children the truth;
C majorC          AM7
Tell the children the truth;
D MajorD           G+G
Tell the children the truth right now!
G+G          G+G
Come on and tell the children the truth;
C majorC          AM7
Tell the children the truth;
G+G          G+G
Tell the children the truth;
C majorC          AM7
Tell the children the truth;
G+G      D MajorD          G+G
Come on and tell the children the truth.

G+G             C majorC            AM7
'Cause - 'cause we've been trodding on ya winepress much too long:
DM7  G7G7
Rebel, rebel!
        C majorC         AM7
And we've been taken for granted much too long:
DM7  G7G7
Rebel, rebel now!

(Trodding on the winepress) Trodding on the winepress (rebel):
got to rebel, y'all (rebel)!
We've been trodding on the winepress much too long - ye-e-ah! (rebel)
Yea-e-ah! (rebel) Yeah! Yeah!

From the very day we left the shores (trodding on the winepress)
Of our Father's land (rebel),
We've been trampled on (rebel),
Oh now! (we've been oppressed, yeah!) Lord, Lord, go to ...

[*Sleeve notes continue:
Now we know everything we got to rebel
Somebody got to pay for the work
We've done, rebel.]