Burial Chords

by Peter Tosh
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Author cLuMsY [a] 9,689. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014

Chords

Bb
Bb7
F
Gm

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...BURIAL... by Peter Tosh
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*from 'Legalize It' (1976)*
 
 
Intro:
 
Bb, Bb7, F
 
Chorus 1:
 
     Bb           Gm                    F
Them want I, them want I, be com'a them funeral.
     Bb              Gm                      F
Them claim say, them claim say; they are the General.
     Bb           Gm                    F
Them want I, them want I, be com'a them funeral.
     Bb              Gm                      F
Them claim say, them claim say; they are the General.
 
Interlude:
 
Bb  Gm  F
 
Verse 1:
 
       Bb      Gm    F            Bb         Gm
What a big dis-grace; the way you rob up the place.
F          Bb            Gm                 F
 Rob every-thing you can find, yes, you did,
                Bb           Gm                  F
And you'll even rob from the blind. You must see want I fe;
 
Bridge 1:
 
Bb            Gm                F
 Com'a, com'a funeral; and I no go.
Bb      Gm              F
 No one burial, yet you want I;
Bb            Gm                             F
 Com'a, com'a funeral, make your friend come claim say;
Bb           Gm    F
 You are the genii.
 
Verse 2:
 
Bb               Gm                F
 Now we know the truth, yes, we do,
         Bb          Gm
Find you wearing the boot.
   F               Bb               Gm         F
Of taking people's business on your head, yeah,
            Bb           Gm   F
So might as well, you be dead.
 
Chorus 2:
 
     Bb           Gm                    F
Them want I, them want I, be com'a them funeral.
     Bb              Gm                      F
Them claim say, them claim say; they are the General.
     Bb           Gm                    F
Them want I, them want I, be com'a them funeral.
     Bb              Gm                      F
Them claim say, them claim say; they are the General.
 
Interlude:
 
Bb  Gm  F
 
Verse 3:
 
        Bb            Gm
Let the dead bury the dead, now,
F                 Bb      Gm
 And who is to be fed, be fed.
F               Bb               Gm
 I ain't got no time to waste on you, no, no,
F             Bb                 Gm        F
 I'm a livin' man; I got work to do, right now.
 
Bb             Gm       F                  Bb       Gm
 This man, and that man, yes, they are the same man.
F              Bb            Gm
 You taught us this, just as well,
         F               Bb                 Gm
That the rich man Heaven, is the poor man's Hell.
             F
You must see want I fe;
 
Bridge 2:
 
Bb            Gm                F
 Com'a, com'a funeral; Natty no go,
Bb      Gm              F
 No one burial, yet you want I;
Bb            Gm                             F
 Com'a, com'a funeral, make your friend come claim say;
Bb           Gm   F
 You are the geni.
 
(Fade)
 
 
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Bb      Gm      F
 
 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 688766  355333  133211
 
 
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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lymperopov
THE CORRECT CHORDS ARE Bb - Gm - D# - F FOR THE WHOLE SONG
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