Stand Firm chords by Peter Tosh

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
E E E A
E E E A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Instrumental:
A  D  E  A

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

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

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

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

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

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