General Penitentiary Chords by Black Uhuru

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[Fm] 2000 years.
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[Fm] _ When the [Cm] morning _ comes,
[Fm] _ I and I [Cm] would run [Ab] to get some [Fm] tea.
Here comes [Cm] the postman [Ab] with a bat
[Fm] _ [C] saying, relax, you don't [Ab] come here
[C] to drink, be true, _ _ [Fm] and act.
_ Oh, _ _ _
_ _ _ General, General,
been up in centuries,
_ _ _ been up in centuries.
_ Oh, _ _
_ General, _ _ General,
been up in centuries,
_ _ _ been [Cm] up in centuries. _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ Has [Cm] time when
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[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [C] he [F] is the step [Cm]-mother's babe _ [Ab] every [Cm] day.
_ _ _ _ So if you _ can't do the time,
[Abm] no bother [Fm] with no crime.
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[Fm] Lots of food that you take [Cm] to save your [Ab] life
can let [C] you lose the same. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ General, General,
[Cm] been _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _
[C] up in centuries.
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ General, General,
been up in centuries.
[C] Been up in centuries.
_ [Ab] been [Fm] up in centuries.
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[Fm] I say,
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[Cm] _ _ it's somewhere else [Ab] of human [C] slavery.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] And [F] it doesn't [Cm] help work
a person [Ab] who need [Fm] a wage and salary.
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[Fm] So if you're high [Cm] and [Ab] be _
[F] _ _ [Cm] hoping that's [Ab] fine.
[Fm] _ I'll not [Ab] want to go and feel [C] those scars tonight.
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[Fm] _ _ _ General, [Cm] General,
been up in centuries.
_ _ _ _ Been up in centuries.
_ _ _ _ Been up in centuries.
_ [C] Oh, _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] General, General,
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_ been up in centuries. _ _ _ _
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