Rebel Music chords by Bob Marley

REBEL MUSIC by Bob Marley

*from 'Natty Dread' (1974)*

Intro:

F#m          D9
 Do do do, do do do do!
F#m          E9
 Do do do, do do do do!

Chorus 1:

F#m D7   F#m  D7
 I.... rebel music.
F#m D7   F#m  D7
 I.... rebel music.

Verse 1:

F#m        Bm
Oh, why can't we roam,
     F#m      D7
This open country? (Open country).
  F#m           Bm
Oh, why can't we be, what we want to be?
       F#m       D7
We want to be free, (wanna be free).

Bridge 1:

F#m    D9
 3 o'clock,
   F#m    D9
Road block, cur-few.
  F#m         Bm
And I've got to throw a-way,
   F#m       Bm
Yes, I got to throw a-way.
   F#m       Bm (n.c)
Yes, I got to throw a-way,
(n.C)
 My little herb stock.
F#m          D9
 Do do do, do do do do!

Chorus 2:

F#m D7   F#m  D7
 I.... rebel music.
F#m D7   F#m  D7
 I.... rebel music.

Verse 2:

F#m     Bm
 Take my soul,
       F#m          D7
And suss, and suss me out, (suss me out).
F#m      Bm
 Check my life,
      F#m      D7
If I am in doubt, (I'm in doubt).

Bridge 2:

F#m    D9
 3 O'Clock,
   F#m             D9
Road block, roadblock, roadblock!
  F#m        Bm
And hey Mr.Cop; ain't got no!
F#m  Bm
 Hey... hey Mr. Cop.
F#m  Bm
 Hey... hey Mr. Cop,
      (n.c)            F#m D9
Ain't got no Birth Certificate on me now.

Chorus 3:

F#m D7   F#m  D7
 I.... rebel music.
F#m D7   F#m  D7
 I.... rebel music.

Solo:

F#m Bm          F#m  D9
   (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, open country).
F#m Bm          F#m D9
   (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh).

F#m D9 (x2)

F#m Bm (x3), (n.c)

(n.c)         D9
 Do do do, do do do do.

Chorus 4:

F#m D7   F#m  D7
 I.... rebel music.
F#m D7   F#m  D7
 I.... rebel music.

Verse 3:

F#m     Bm
 Take my soul,
       F#m          D7
And suss, and suss me out, (suss me out).
F#m      Bm
 Check my life,
      F#m      D7
If I am in doubt, (I'm in doubt).

Bridge 3:

F#m    D9
 3 O'Clock,
   F#m             D9
Road block, roadblock, roadblock!
  F#m        Bm
And hey Mr.Cop; ain't got no!
F#m  Bm
 Hey... hey Mr. Cop.
F#m  Bm
 Hey... hey Mr. Cop,
      (n.c)            F#m D9
Ain't got no Birth Certificate on me now.

Outro:

F#m D9

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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F#m   D9   E9   D7   Bm

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
 244222 x5455x x7677x x57575 x24432

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)