Chords with lyrics
Intro
C majorC G minorGm G#G# G#G#
C majorC G minorGm G#G# G#G#
I've been around for a very long time
C majorC G minorGm G#G# G#G#
I cut sugar cane pon dem plantation
C majorC G minorGm G#G# G#G#
I've wiped all my tears, yet still I'm cry
C majorC G minorGm G#G#
Nuttin ever last forever but salvation
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G#G# C majorC
They gave I & I
G minorGm
30 pieces of silver
G#G# G#G#
30 pieces of gold
C majorC G minorGm G#G# G#G#
But who is gonna pay reparation for my soul?
C majorC G minorGm G#G# G#G#
And I see dem gotta lotta money, inna dem billfold
C majorC G minorGm G#G# G#G#
But who is gonna pay reparation for my soul?
C majorC G minorGm
See I've got cuts and scars to show
G#G# G#G#
I wanna run but I can not go
C majorC G minorGm G#G# G#G#
Shackles and chains are all up on me
C majorC G minorGm
Brother man can you tell my Mother what's happening?
G#G# G#G# C majorC G minorGm
That I'm gonna be the next victim, of an auction sale!
G#G#
Five pounds and a shilling inna bale
(CHORUS)
G#G# C majorC
They gave I & I
G minorGm
30 pieces of silver
G#G# G#G#
30 pieces of gold
C majorC G minorGm G#G# G#G#
But who is gonna pay reparation for my soul?
C majorC G minorGm G#G# G#G#
And I see dem gotta lotta money, inna dem billfold
C majorC G minorGm G#G# G#G#
But who is gonna pay reparation for my soul?
C majorC G minorGm G#G# G#G#
They( ) took away my sisters' baby
C majorC G minorGm G#G# G#G#
Said they wanted him to becoma a house nigga
C majorC G minorGm G#G# G#G#
I tried to runaway, from the hands of slavery
C majorC G minorGm G#G# G#G#
but the slave master pulled his trigger
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G#G# C majorC
They gave I & I
G minorGm
30 pieces of silver
G#G# G#G#
30 pieces of gold
C majorC G minorGm G#G# G#G#
But who is gonna pay reparation for my soul?
C majorC G minorGm G#G# G#G#
And I see dem gotta lotta money, inna dem billfold
C majorC G minorGm G#G# G#G#
But who is gonna pay reparation for my soul?
C majorC G minorGm
But who is gonna pay reparations
G#G# G#G#
When there is so much segregation
C majorC G minorGm
But who is gonna pay reparations
G#G# G#G# C majorC G minorGm
When there is so much sufferation
G#G# G#G#
I ask the United Nation