Stand Firm chords by Peter Tosh

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
E MajorE E E MajorE A augmentedA
E MajorE E E MajorE A augmentedA

Chorus:
D MajorD  C#C#       F# minorF#m
Live clean, let your works be seen
D MajorD  C#C#         F# minorF#m
Stand firm, or you gonna feed worm
D MajorD  C#C#       F# minorF#m
Live clean, let your works be seen, my brothers
D MajorD  C#C#         F# minorF#m
Stand firm, or you gonna feed worm

Verse 1:
A augmentedA
Warn baldhead tell me say, dis ya baldhead a tell me say
D MajorD
Put on me cloze and come wid 'im a mek we go to church Sunday
E MajorE              A augmentedA
Soul Seekers, Soul Seekers, I say

Verse 2:
A augmentedA
Jacket and tie come tell me say, clean clothes come tell me say
D MajorD
If me come with 'im and go to church this Sunday
E MajorE              A augmentedA
Soul Seekers, Soul Seekers, I say, all you got to do

Chorus:
D MajorD  C#C#       F# minorF#m
Live clean, let your works be seen, my brothers
D MajorD  C#C#         F# minorF#m
Stand firm, or you gonna feed worm
D MajorD  C#C#       F# minorF#m
Live clean, let your works be seen, my sisters
D MajorD  C#C#         F# minorF#m
Stand firm, or you gonna feed worm

Verse 3:
A augmentedA
Dis ya one, come tell I say, another one, come tell I say
D MajorD
If you want to be saved, son, you got to go in your grave, son
E MajorE                  A augmentedA
Pack of bullshit, that is bullshit, I say

Verse 4:
A augmentedA
The other one come tell I say, the other one come tell I say
D MajorD
If you want to be in the light, son, you've got to love Jesus Christ, son
E MajorE                      A augmentedA
That is fantasy, a whole pack of ignorancy, I say, all you got to do

Chorus:
D MajorD  C#C#       F# minorF#m
Live clean, let your works be seen
D MajorD  C#C#     F# minorF#m
Stand firm, or go feed worm
D MajorD  C#C#       F# minorF#m
Live clean, let your works be seen
D MajorD  C#C#     F# minorF#m
Stand firm, or go feed worm

Instrumental:
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA

Verse 5:
A augmentedA
Then a parson, tell I say, then a parson, tell I say
D MajorD
If I want to be pure within, I've got to come confess my sins
E MajorE                A augmentedA
Another pirate, another pirate, I say, all you got to do

Chorus:
D MajorD  C#C#       F# minorF#m
Live clean, let your works be seen, my brother
D MajorD  C#C#     F# minorF#m
Stand firm, or go feed worm, my sister
D MajorD  C#C#       F# minorF#m
Live clean, let your works be seen, my brother
D MajorD  C#C#         F# minorF#m
Stand firm, or you gonna feed worm

Verse 6:
A augmentedA
Dis ya one, come tell I say, dis ya one, come tell I say
D MajorD
He tink it is wise, that I shoulda get baptized
E MajorE                     A augmentedA
But when I realized, it was de devil in disguise

Verse 7:
A augmentedA
Dis ya one, come tell I say, another one come tell I say
D MajorD
To be in the light, got to check Jesus Christ
E MajorE                         A augmentedA
You're talkin' like gladness but that is madness, I say, all you got to do

Chorus:
D MajorD  C#C#       F# minorF#m
Live clean, let your works be seen
D MajorD  C#C#         F# minorF#m
Stand firm, or you gonna feed worm
D MajorD  C#C#       F# minorF#m
Live clean, let your works be seen
D MajorD  C#C#         F# minorF#m
Stand firm, or you gonna feed worm

Outro:
D MajorD  C#C#   F# minorF#m
Live clean, let your works be seen, my brother
D MajorD  C#C#         F# minorF#m
Stand firm, or you gonna feed some worm...