Aswad - African Children (Live and Direct) (1983) Chords
Tempo:
142.2 bpm
Chords used:
Gm
F
Dm
Am
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Eb]
[F]
[Gm] [F]
[Gm] [F]
[Gm] [F]
[Gm] [F]
Oh,
[Gm] [F]
[Gm] [F]
[Gm] [F]
[Dm]
[Gm] [F]
[Dm] oh, oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
[Gm] oh, [F] oh,
[Bb] [Dm] oh,
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [Dm]
[Gm] [Am]
[Gm] [Dm]
[G] [Bb] oh,
[Am]
[Bb] [Dm] oh,
[Am]
[Gm] [Dm] oh, oh,
[Bb] oh,
[Am] oh,
[Gm] oh,
[Dm] oh,
oh, [Gm] oh,
[Am]
[Bb] oh,
[Dm]
[Gm] [F]
oh,
[D]
[Gm] [F]
[Gm] [Dm] oh,
[Gm] oh,
[F]
[Bb] All the [Gm] [Am]
[Bb] [Dm] people what they think they [Gm] can have it
Bring [Am] it down!
[Dm] A pre-cast stone [F] wall concrete [Gm] cubicle
[Am]
[Bb] Their rent increasing [Dm] every other day
[Gm] Structure repairs the [Am] system never done
[Gm] Lived out of action on the 27th floor
And when the thing worked don't you know it smelled
Now African [Gm] children
[F]
[G]
[F] [Gm]
[G] Children
How many African children
There [Gm] lie there in the carnival
[Eb] How many African [Dm] children
They must know where we're coming [F] from
Special request [Gm] to the homeless [F] pussy
Special request to the body [F] type pussy
[Gm]
Special request to the Britain of pussy
Special request to the African of pussy
[C] African [Gm] children
[C] They don't know [Gm] where we're coming from [G] African children
Down in the land of [Gm] the free
[C] African [Gm] children
[G] They don't know, [Gm] they don't know where you're coming [C] from
We be speaking in tongues
[G]
[D] [Am]
[D]
[Am] [Gm] [Dm]
[D] [Gm]
[Am] [G]
[Dm]
[Am] [Gm]
[Am]
[Gm]
[Dm] [Gm]
And do you feel like [Dm] rich
[F] Do you [Gm] feel like rich
[G] See
Some living [Dm] in the high [G] rise
Some [D] living in the low [Gm] rise
And when it [G] rains
Your children can't go out to play
[Gm]
Some [Gm] living in the high rise
Some living in the low rise
And when it rains
Your [C] children can't go out to [Gm] play Or play
[Dm]
[G]
[Gm]
[G]
Here you go
Here
[Gm] you go
[C] You [C] see out there
[G] You see out there
[F]
[Gm] [F]
[Gm] [F]
[Gm] [F]
[Gm] [F]
Oh,
[Gm] [F]
[Gm] [F]
[Gm] [F]
[Dm]
[Gm] [F]
[Dm] oh, oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
[Gm] oh, [F] oh,
[Bb] [Dm] oh,
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [Dm]
[Gm] [Am]
[Gm] [Dm]
[G] [Bb] oh,
[Am]
[Bb] [Dm] oh,
[Am]
[Gm] [Dm] oh, oh,
[Bb] oh,
[Am] oh,
[Gm] oh,
[Dm] oh,
oh, [Gm] oh,
[Am]
[Bb] oh,
[Dm]
[Gm] [F]
oh,
[D]
[Gm] [F]
[Gm] [Dm] oh,
[Gm] oh,
[F]
[Bb] All the [Gm] [Am]
[Bb] [Dm] people what they think they [Gm] can have it
Bring [Am] it down!
[Dm] A pre-cast stone [F] wall concrete [Gm] cubicle
[Am]
[Bb] Their rent increasing [Dm] every other day
[Gm] Structure repairs the [Am] system never done
[Gm] Lived out of action on the 27th floor
And when the thing worked don't you know it smelled
Now African [Gm] children
[F]
[G]
[F] [Gm]
[G] Children
How many African children
There [Gm] lie there in the carnival
[Eb] How many African [Dm] children
They must know where we're coming [F] from
Special request [Gm] to the homeless [F] pussy
Special request to the body [F] type pussy
[Gm]
Special request to the Britain of pussy
Special request to the African of pussy
[C] African [Gm] children
[C] They don't know [Gm] where we're coming from [G] African children
Down in the land of [Gm] the free
[C] African [Gm] children
[G] They don't know, [Gm] they don't know where you're coming [C] from
We be speaking in tongues
[G]
[D] [Am]
[D]
[Am] [Gm] [Dm]
[D] [Gm]
[Am] [G]
[Dm]
[Am] [Gm]
[Am]
[Gm]
[Dm] [Gm]
And do you feel like [Dm] rich
[F] Do you [Gm] feel like rich
[G] See
Some living [Dm] in the high [G] rise
Some [D] living in the low [Gm] rise
And when it [G] rains
Your children can't go out to play
[Gm]
Some [Gm] living in the high rise
Some living in the low rise
And when it rains
Your [C] children can't go out to [Gm] play Or play
[Dm]
[G]
[Gm]
[G]
Here you go
Here
[Gm] you go
[C] You [C] see out there
[G] You see out there
Key:
Gm
F
Dm
Am
G
Gm
F
Dm
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
Oh,
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Dm] oh, oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh, _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ oh, _ [F] oh,
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ oh,
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ oh,
[Am] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ oh,
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] oh, oh,
_ [Bb] _ oh,
_ [Am] _ oh,
_ [Gm] oh,
_ _ [Dm] oh,
oh, _ [Gm] _ _ oh,
_ [Am] _ _
[Bb] oh,
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
oh,
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] oh, _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ oh,
[F] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ All _ _ _ the [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Dm] people what they think they [Gm] can have it
Bring [Am] it down!
_ [Dm] A pre-cast stone [F] wall concrete _ [Gm] cubicle
_ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] Their rent increasing [Dm] every other day
_ [Gm] _ Structure repairs the [Am] system never done
[Gm] Lived out of action on the 27th floor
And when the thing worked don't you know it smelled
Now African [Gm] children _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] Children
How many African children
There [Gm] lie there in the carnival
_ _ _ [Eb] How many African [Dm] children
They must know where we're coming [F] from
Special request [Gm] to the homeless [F] pussy
_ _ _ Special request to the body [F] type pussy
[Gm] _ _
Special request to the Britain of pussy
Special request to the African of pussy _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ African [Gm] children
_ _ [C] They _ don't know [Gm] where we're coming from [G] _ African children
Down in the _ land of [Gm] the free
_ [C] _ African _ [Gm] children
_ _ [G] They don't know, [Gm] they don't know where you're coming [C] from
_ We be speaking in tongues _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Am] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ And do you feel like [Dm] rich
_ [F] _ Do you [Gm] feel like rich
_ [G] _ _ See
Some living [Dm] in the high [G] rise _
Some [D] living in the low [Gm] rise _
_ And when it [G] rains
Your children can't go out to play
_ [Gm] _ _ _
_ Some [Gm] living in the high rise
_ Some living in the low rise
_ _ _ And when it rains
Your [C] children can't go out to [Gm] play Or play _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Here you go
Here _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] you go _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] You [C] see out there
_ _ _ [G] You see out there _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
Oh,
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Dm] oh, oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh,
oh, _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ oh, _ [F] oh,
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ oh,
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ oh,
[Am] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ oh,
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] oh, oh,
_ [Bb] _ oh,
_ [Am] _ oh,
_ [Gm] oh,
_ _ [Dm] oh,
oh, _ [Gm] _ _ oh,
_ [Am] _ _
[Bb] oh,
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
oh,
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] oh, _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ oh,
[F] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ All _ _ _ the [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Dm] people what they think they [Gm] can have it
Bring [Am] it down!
_ [Dm] A pre-cast stone [F] wall concrete _ [Gm] cubicle
_ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] Their rent increasing [Dm] every other day
_ [Gm] _ Structure repairs the [Am] system never done
[Gm] Lived out of action on the 27th floor
And when the thing worked don't you know it smelled
Now African [Gm] children _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] Children
How many African children
There [Gm] lie there in the carnival
_ _ _ [Eb] How many African [Dm] children
They must know where we're coming [F] from
Special request [Gm] to the homeless [F] pussy
_ _ _ Special request to the body [F] type pussy
[Gm] _ _
Special request to the Britain of pussy
Special request to the African of pussy _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ African [Gm] children
_ _ [C] They _ don't know [Gm] where we're coming from [G] _ African children
Down in the _ land of [Gm] the free
_ [C] _ African _ [Gm] children
_ _ [G] They don't know, [Gm] they don't know where you're coming [C] from
_ We be speaking in tongues _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Am] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ And do you feel like [Dm] rich
_ [F] _ Do you [Gm] feel like rich
_ [G] _ _ See
Some living [Dm] in the high [G] rise _
Some [D] living in the low [Gm] rise _
_ And when it [G] rains
Your children can't go out to play
_ [Gm] _ _ _
_ Some [Gm] living in the high rise
_ Some living in the low rise
_ _ _ And when it rains
Your [C] children can't go out to [Gm] play Or play _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Here you go
Here _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] you go _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] You [C] see out there
_ _ _ [G] You see out there _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _