Soldiers chords by Steel Pulse

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

B minorBm F# minorF#m (x4)

Break:

  B minorBm   F# minorF#m
Du-tallee!
  B minorBm   F# minorF#m
Du-tallee!
  B minorBm   F# minorF#m
Du-tallee!
  B minorBm   F# minorF#m
Du-tallee!

Verse 1:

  B minorBm
And when,
F# minorF#m
 Soldiers came;
     B minorBm
Them say war.
Them said them come,
  F# minorF#m
To make us tame,
       B minorBm
And from that day,
   F# minorF#m
Until now on;
B minorBm
 We were jeered,
  F# minorF#m
And laughed to scorn.

         B minorBm
Things used to be ire;
      F# minorF#m
(Before the soldiers came),
         B minorBm
Things used to be nice,
  F# minorF#m
So nice now.
         B minorBm
Things used to be ire;
      F# minorF#m
(Before the soldiers came),
         B minorBm
Things used to be nice,
      F# minorF#m
So nice, so nice.

Chorus 1:

G+G
 Our country them,
  A augmentedA
Did enter, yeah,
    G+G
Troops trodding left,
     A augmentedA
Right and centre,
(Everywhere).
G+G
 One moment at,
Peace with Nature,
  B minorBm
Now victims,
Of a massacre.
G+G
 We got our spears,
We got our shields,
     B minorBm
But their guns,
Were greater,
Prepare for,
A augmentedA slaughter!

Interlude:

A augmentedA C# minorC#m (strum C# minorC#m (x4))

Verse 2:

(n.c)
 Give I back,
I witch doctor,
B minorBm
 Give I back,
 F# minorF#m
I Black Ruler.
B minorBm
 Me no want,
  F# minorF#m
No dictator,
B minorBm
 Me no want no,
F# minorF#m
 Tyrant on yah.

Break:

  B minorBm   F# minorF#m
Du-tallee!
  B minorBm   F# minorF#m
Du-tallee!
  B minorBm   F# minorF#m
Du-tallee!
  B minorBm   F# minorF#m
Du-tallee!

Interlude:

B minorBm F# minorF#m (x4)

Chorus 2:

G+G A augmentedA (x2)
G+G B minorBm (x2)
A augmentedA C# minorC#m (strum C# minorC#m (x4))

(Spoken over Above Chords):

Way down in Africa,
Where the backra,
Still rules,
Day after day,
The Black Man is,
Suffering now,
Far more,
Than when he,
Was a slave.
Is there a,
Need for war?
No.
Peace my bredren;
Here them bawl.
Bodies in,
Mutilated condition,
Faces scarred,
Beyond recognition.
Is this what,
Civilization,
Means to me?
Then without it,
I prefer to be,
So...

Verse 3:

(n.c)
 Give I back,
I witch doctor,
B minorBm
 Give I back,
 F# minorF#m
I Black Ruler.
B minorBm
 Me no want,
  F# minorF#m
No dictator,
B minorBm
 Me no want no,
F# minorF#m
 Tyrant on yah.

Coda:

  B minorBm   F# minorF#m
Du-tallee!
  B minorBm   F# minorF#m
Du-tallee!
  B minorBm   F# minorF#m
Du-tallee!
  B minorBm   F# minorF#m
Du-tallee!

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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  B minorBm   F# minorF#m   G+G    A augmentedA   C# minorC#m

 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
 xxx432 xxx222 xxx433 xxx655 xxx654


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
([email protected])