Chords for Barrington Levy - Reggae Sunsplash (Jamaica,1991)

When I went away to [Am] a far, far land, _
[E] spent some [Am] time in New York.
Most of my time in England.
[E]
Welcome back to [Am] my homeland. _ _ _
Come from England to make some vibes, [E] just to keep [Am] my fans alive.
Come from England to make some vibes, [E] just to [Am] keep my fans alive.
But the vibes they teaching [E] me, that don't [Am] write in my book, no.
But the vibes they teaching [E] me, that don't write [Am] in my book, like.
The police now put them down. _
[E] Now put the jail [Am] on, now when them must hang.
Dump them down, just leave them to the [E] ground.
Ask them they [Am] can't be because them panic. _
Teach the youth them, how to live.
[E] Teach the [Am] youth them, how to survive.
Hold your corner, save your [E] life.
_ And [Am] that's no jive. _
Some people living, selling some snark.
[E] While some people [Am] living, wiping down cars.
Yet you see the times we're living [E] in.
The [Am] people are suffering. _ _
Teach me nothing, just teach me something. _
[E] Don't teach me [Am] nothing, just _ _ _ [A] hold your corner.
Save your [E]
life.
And [A] that's no [Am] jive. _ _
_ My _ _ heart.
[E] _
My _ [Am] _ heart. _ _
My _ _ heart. _ _
[E] Christ.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _
Now police now put them down.
_ [E]
Now put the jail on, [Am] now when them must hang.
Dump them down, just leave them to the [E] ground.
Ask them they [Am] can't be because them panic.
Teach _ _ the youth them, how to [E] live.
Teach the [Am] youth them, how to survive.
Hold your corner, _ save your [E] life.
And [Am] that's no jive.
_ _ Take it down, take it down to the [E] ground.
Respect you [Am] to Mandela.
_ _ Take it down, take it down to the ground.
[E] _ Respect you [Am] to Mandela.
How you feel about Ness Mandela being free?
Put _ _ [E] _ it up, [Am] put it up.
_ How you feel about Ness Mandela being [E] free?
_ We [Am] cannot forget that man.
Come, how are we going to sing a song for [A] Nelson [E] Mandela today?
See what I'm [Am] saying?
And it goes like this.
_ _ Mandela, Mandela, [E] _ _ Mandela, you're free. _
_ _ _ _ Mandela, Mandela, _
[E] _ Mandela, [Am] you're free. _ _
_ _ _ Mandela, Mandela, [E] _
Mandela, [Am] you're free. _ _
_ _ Mandela, Mandela, _ [E] _
Mandela, [Am] you're free.
All they trying to keep a good man down, but they can't.
Yes, they trying to keep a [E] good man down, [Am] but they can't.
Come.
_ All I have to say, I love Mandela.
[Em] _ _ Take a shot because I love Mandela.
[A] _ All I have to say, I love Mandela.
_ _ Take it down, take it down low.
_ _ All I have to say, I love Mandela.
[E] _ _ I can't hear [A] anything. _
Come.
All I have to say, I love Mandela.
[Em] _ Take a shot because I love Mandela.
[E] _ All I have to say, I love Mandela. _
_ Mandela, you're free. _ _
[A] _ _ Mandela, Mandela, [E] _
Mandela, [Am] you're free. _ _ _ _
_ [E] Mandela, Mandela, _ _ Mandela, [Am] you're free.
It's so nice, it's so sweet, it's so beautiful to [E] see that [A] Mandela free.
[Am] It's so nice, it's so sweet, it's so beautiful to [E] see that [Am] Mandela free.
Lick him out.
Holla, holla, holla out.
[Em] _ Lick a shot, lick a shot, lick it out.
_ Holla, holla, holla out.
Lick a shot, lick a shot, and lick it out. _
All I have to say, I love Mandela.
[E] _
Lick a shot [Em] because I love Mandela.
_ [E] All I have to say, I love Mandela. _ _
Mandela, you're [Am] free. _ _ _ _
Mandela, Mandela, [E] _ Mandela, [Am] you're free.
_ _ _ _ Mandela, Mandela, _ [E] _ Mandela, [Am] you're free.
_ _ _ Mandela, _ Mandela, [E] _ Mandela, [Am] you're free. _ _
_ _ Mandela, Mandela, _ [E] _