Blackheart Man Chords by Bunny Wailer
Tempo:
147.9 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
G
Bm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[D] [Em]
[D] [G] I said don't go [D] near him, chica the black hearted [Em] man, [D] children, or even liars near him.
Chica the black hearted man, little children, [G] I said don't go [Dm] near him, chica the black
[A] hearted man, children, [D] [G] or even [D] liars near him.
[F#m]
[C#] [A]
[D] [F#m]
[A] [C#m] [A]
[D] Growing in a neighborhood [A]
for such [D] a long time, [A]
that it's [D] filled with [Bm] fear.
[A]
[D] [Bm] [A]
I [D] can't go here, [A] can't go there, [D] and I ain't [B] [A] supposed to go [Bm] anywhere, anywhere at all.
[A]
[D] When I [G] asked my [A] mom if she [D] could let me [Bm] [A]
go [D] out and play, [A]
like [Bm] little children do.
[A]
She said [D] be careful of [Bm] the [A] strangers, [D] giving candies to [A] children, and then [Bm] take them away.
[A]
[Em] [G] He lives in the gullies [D] of the [A] city, black hearted man, y [F#m]'all, [A] black hearted [G] man.
Even in the [D] lonely parts of the country, [A] you'll find the black hearted man, y [F#m]'all, [A] the black hearted [G] man.
He ain't got no [D] friends, no home, no family.
[A] He's the black hearted man, y'all, that's the black hearted [G] man.
He's [Bm] famed to live just [D] like a gypsy, [A] he's [C#] the black hearted man, [F#m] yeah.
[A]
[D] Growing and [G] learning and [A]
gathering [D] for myself, [Bm] [A] a little [D] more experience, [A]
jumping [D] over the [Em] fence.
[A]
[D] Curiosity [Bm] has brought [A] me, yes, [D] brought me [G] [A] a [Bm] little common sense, yeah.
[A]
[D] Brought me the road of [A] life, I've [D] come to [Bm] [A]
this one [D] conclusion, [F#m]
[D] [G] [F#m]
that [D] everything is equal
[B] [A] under the sun, [D] all that is [A] created by [Bm] Jemima, yeah.
[Em] [A]
And [D] he said, and it shall be [A] open, [D] seek and ye shall [A]
find, [D] wisdom is [Bm] found in the [A] simplest
[D] of places [Bm] in the nick of [A]
time.
[D] And it shall be [A] open, [D] seek and ye shall [A] find, [Bm] wisdom is found in the simplest of places
in the nick of [A]
time.
[G] Now I've drawn the [D] same road of perfection, [A] just like the black hearted man, [F#m] just [A] like
the black hearted [G] man.
Yet in my [D] share of humiliation, [A] just like the black hearted man, y'all, [F#m] [A] the black hearted man.
[G] You'll find me in [D] the prisons or the dungeons, [A] just like the black hearted man, yeah, the
black hearted man.
[G] I even get pain [D] without the reason, [A] just like the black hearted man, just like the black
hearted man, y [D]'all.
[F#m]
[A] [C#m] [A]
[D] [F#m]
[A]
[D] No cross, no [A] crown, no sorrow, [D] no laughter, [G] [A] trial and cross [D] is denied me, [G] [A]
[D] [G] [A]
[D] but the heart
of [G] the [A] battle is [D] the [G] sweetest.
[A]
[Bm] God of victory, who'll be?
[A]
[D] Ancient [G] children [A] used to say, if you [D] want it, you know you got to run, run, run.
[Bm] How could the [A] world go through, [D] let appear the cross [Bm] [A] alone?
[D] Them that drink of the [A] old wine [D] have no [A] place [D] for the new, [G] [A]
[D] for the new.
[G] [A]
[D] And the stones that are ahead of [G] the [A] corner are [D] the same ones [G] [A]
that [D] were filled as a few.
[G] [A]
[D] [G] [A] Hear me when I say [F#] now, now, it's the black hearted man, yeah, who becomes the wonder
of the sea.
[A]
[D] [Em]
[D] [G] I said don't go [D] near him, chica the black hearted [Em] man, [D] children, or even liars near him.
Chica the black hearted man, little children, [G] I said don't go [Dm] near him, chica the black
[A] hearted man, children, [D] [G] or even [D] liars near him.
[F#m]
[C#] [A]
[D] [F#m]
[A] [C#m] [A]
[D] Growing in a neighborhood [A]
for such [D] a long time, [A]
that it's [D] filled with [Bm] fear.
[A]
[D] [Bm] [A]
I [D] can't go here, [A] can't go there, [D] and I ain't [B] [A] supposed to go [Bm] anywhere, anywhere at all.
[A]
[D] When I [G] asked my [A] mom if she [D] could let me [Bm] [A]
go [D] out and play, [A]
like [Bm] little children do.
[A]
She said [D] be careful of [Bm] the [A] strangers, [D] giving candies to [A] children, and then [Bm] take them away.
[A]
[Em] [G] He lives in the gullies [D] of the [A] city, black hearted man, y [F#m]'all, [A] black hearted [G] man.
Even in the [D] lonely parts of the country, [A] you'll find the black hearted man, y [F#m]'all, [A] the black hearted [G] man.
He ain't got no [D] friends, no home, no family.
[A] He's the black hearted man, y'all, that's the black hearted [G] man.
He's [Bm] famed to live just [D] like a gypsy, [A] he's [C#] the black hearted man, [F#m] yeah.
[A]
[D] Growing and [G] learning and [A]
gathering [D] for myself, [Bm] [A] a little [D] more experience, [A]
jumping [D] over the [Em] fence.
[A]
[D] Curiosity [Bm] has brought [A] me, yes, [D] brought me [G] [A] a [Bm] little common sense, yeah.
[A]
[D] Brought me the road of [A] life, I've [D] come to [Bm] [A]
this one [D] conclusion, [F#m]
[D] [G] [F#m]
that [D] everything is equal
[B] [A] under the sun, [D] all that is [A] created by [Bm] Jemima, yeah.
[Em] [A]
And [D] he said, and it shall be [A] open, [D] seek and ye shall [A]
find, [D] wisdom is [Bm] found in the [A] simplest
[D] of places [Bm] in the nick of [A]
time.
[D] And it shall be [A] open, [D] seek and ye shall [A] find, [Bm] wisdom is found in the simplest of places
in the nick of [A]
time.
[G] Now I've drawn the [D] same road of perfection, [A] just like the black hearted man, [F#m] just [A] like
the black hearted [G] man.
Yet in my [D] share of humiliation, [A] just like the black hearted man, y'all, [F#m] [A] the black hearted man.
[G] You'll find me in [D] the prisons or the dungeons, [A] just like the black hearted man, yeah, the
black hearted man.
[G] I even get pain [D] without the reason, [A] just like the black hearted man, just like the black
hearted man, y [D]'all.
[F#m]
[A] [C#m] [A]
[D] [F#m]
[A]
[D] No cross, no [A] crown, no sorrow, [D] no laughter, [G] [A] trial and cross [D] is denied me, [G] [A]
[D] [G] [A]
[D] but the heart
of [G] the [A] battle is [D] the [G] sweetest.
[A]
[Bm] God of victory, who'll be?
[A]
[D] Ancient [G] children [A] used to say, if you [D] want it, you know you got to run, run, run.
[Bm] How could the [A] world go through, [D] let appear the cross [Bm] [A] alone?
[D] Them that drink of the [A] old wine [D] have no [A] place [D] for the new, [G] [A]
[D] for the new.
[G] [A]
[D] And the stones that are ahead of [G] the [A] corner are [D] the same ones [G] [A]
that [D] were filled as a few.
[G] [A]
[D] [G] [A] Hear me when I say [F#] now, now, it's the black hearted man, yeah, who becomes the wonder
of the sea.
[A]
Key:
A
D
G
Bm
F#m
A
D
G
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] I said don't go [D] near him, chica the black hearted [Em] man, _ [D] children, _ _ or even liars near him.
Chica the black hearted man, little children, _ _ [G] I said don't go [Dm] near him, chica the black
[A] hearted man, children, [D] _ _ _ [G] or even [D] liars near him.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] Growing in a neighborhood [A] _
for such [D] a long time, [A] _
that it's [D] filled with [Bm] fear.
[A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [A] _ _
I [D] can't go here, [A] can't go there, [D] and I ain't [B] [A] supposed to go [Bm] _ anywhere, _ _ anywhere at all.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] When I [G] asked my [A] mom if she [D] could let me [Bm] _ [A] _ _
go [D] out and play, [A] _ _
like [Bm] little children do.
[A] _ _
She said [D] be careful of [Bm] the [A] strangers, _ _ [D] giving candies to [A] children, _ and then [Bm] take them away. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] He lives in the gullies [D] of the _ _ [A] city, _ _ _ black hearted man, y [F#m]'all, _ _ [A] black hearted [G] man.
_ _ _ _ Even in the [D] lonely parts of the country, _ [A] _ _ _ you'll find the black hearted man, y [F#m]'all, _ _ [A] the black hearted [G] man.
_ _ _ He ain't got no [D] friends, no home, no family.
_ [A] _ _ _ He's the black hearted man, y'all, _ _ that's the black hearted [G] man.
_ _ _ _ He's [Bm] famed to live just [D] like a gypsy, _ _ [A] _ _ he's [C#] the black hearted man, [F#m] yeah.
_ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] Growing and [G] learning and [A] _
gathering [D] for myself, [Bm] _ [A] a little [D] more experience, _ [A] _ _ _
jumping [D] over the [Em] fence.
[A] _
_ _ [D] Curiosity [Bm] has brought [A] me, yes, [D] brought me [G] [A] a _ _ [Bm] little common sense, _ _ _ yeah.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [D] Brought me the road of [A] life, I've [D] come to [Bm] _ _ [A]
this one _ [D] conclusion, _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [F#m] _
that [D] everything is equal
[B] [A] under the sun, [D] all that is _ [A] created by [Bm] Jemima, _ _ _ _ yeah.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [A]
And [D] he said, and it shall be [A] open, _ _ [D] seek and ye shall [A] _
find, _ [D] wisdom is [Bm] found in the [A] simplest
_ [D] of places [Bm] in the nick of [A] _
time.
_ [D] And it shall be [A] open, _ _ [D] seek and ye shall [A] find, _ _ [Bm] wisdom is found in the simplest of places
in the nick of [A] _
time.
_ [G] _ _ Now I've drawn the [D] same road of perfection, _ _ [A] _ _ just like the black hearted man, [F#m] _ _ just [A] like
the black hearted [G] man.
_ _ _ Yet in my [D] share of _ _ humiliation, _ _ [A] _ _ just like the black hearted man, y'all, _ _ [F#m] [A] the black hearted man.
[G] _ _ _ _ You'll find me in [D] the prisons or the dungeons, _ _ [A] _ _ just like the black hearted man, yeah, _ _ the
black hearted man.
[G] _ I even get pain _ [D] _ _ without the reason, _ _ [A] _ _ just like the black hearted man, _ just like the black
hearted man, y [D]'all.
_ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ No cross, no [A] crown, no sorrow, [D] no laughter, _ [G] [A] trial and cross [D] is denied me, [G] _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ but the heart
of [G] the [A] battle is [D] the _ _ [G] sweetest.
[A] _
_ [Bm] God of victory, _ _ _ _ _ _ who'll be?
[A] _ _
_ _ [D] Ancient _ [G] children [A] used to say, if you [D] want it, you know you got to run, run, run.
[Bm] How could the [A] world go through, [D] let appear the cross [Bm] [A] alone?
_ _ [D] Them that drink of the [A] old wine _ [D] have no _ _ [A] place _ _ [D] for the new, _ [G] _ [A] _
_ _ [D] for the new.
[G] _ [A] _
_ [D] And the stones that are ahead of [G] the [A] corner are [D] the same ones [G] _ [A] _
that [D] were filled as a few.
[G] _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] [A] Hear me when I say [F#] now, now, it's the black hearted man, yeah, _ who becomes the wonder
of the sea.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] I said don't go [D] near him, chica the black hearted [Em] man, _ [D] children, _ _ or even liars near him.
Chica the black hearted man, little children, _ _ [G] I said don't go [Dm] near him, chica the black
[A] hearted man, children, [D] _ _ _ [G] or even [D] liars near him.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [C#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] Growing in a neighborhood [A] _
for such [D] a long time, [A] _
that it's [D] filled with [Bm] fear.
[A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [A] _ _
I [D] can't go here, [A] can't go there, [D] and I ain't [B] [A] supposed to go [Bm] _ anywhere, _ _ anywhere at all.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] When I [G] asked my [A] mom if she [D] could let me [Bm] _ [A] _ _
go [D] out and play, [A] _ _
like [Bm] little children do.
[A] _ _
She said [D] be careful of [Bm] the [A] strangers, _ _ [D] giving candies to [A] children, _ and then [Bm] take them away. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] He lives in the gullies [D] of the _ _ [A] city, _ _ _ black hearted man, y [F#m]'all, _ _ [A] black hearted [G] man.
_ _ _ _ Even in the [D] lonely parts of the country, _ [A] _ _ _ you'll find the black hearted man, y [F#m]'all, _ _ [A] the black hearted [G] man.
_ _ _ He ain't got no [D] friends, no home, no family.
_ [A] _ _ _ He's the black hearted man, y'all, _ _ that's the black hearted [G] man.
_ _ _ _ He's [Bm] famed to live just [D] like a gypsy, _ _ [A] _ _ he's [C#] the black hearted man, [F#m] yeah.
_ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] Growing and [G] learning and [A] _
gathering [D] for myself, [Bm] _ [A] a little [D] more experience, _ [A] _ _ _
jumping [D] over the [Em] fence.
[A] _
_ _ [D] Curiosity [Bm] has brought [A] me, yes, [D] brought me [G] [A] a _ _ [Bm] little common sense, _ _ _ yeah.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [D] Brought me the road of [A] life, I've [D] come to [Bm] _ _ [A]
this one _ [D] conclusion, _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [F#m] _
that [D] everything is equal
[B] [A] under the sun, [D] all that is _ [A] created by [Bm] Jemima, _ _ _ _ yeah.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [A]
And [D] he said, and it shall be [A] open, _ _ [D] seek and ye shall [A] _
find, _ [D] wisdom is [Bm] found in the [A] simplest
_ [D] of places [Bm] in the nick of [A] _
time.
_ [D] And it shall be [A] open, _ _ [D] seek and ye shall [A] find, _ _ [Bm] wisdom is found in the simplest of places
in the nick of [A] _
time.
_ [G] _ _ Now I've drawn the [D] same road of perfection, _ _ [A] _ _ just like the black hearted man, [F#m] _ _ just [A] like
the black hearted [G] man.
_ _ _ Yet in my [D] share of _ _ humiliation, _ _ [A] _ _ just like the black hearted man, y'all, _ _ [F#m] [A] the black hearted man.
[G] _ _ _ _ You'll find me in [D] the prisons or the dungeons, _ _ [A] _ _ just like the black hearted man, yeah, _ _ the
black hearted man.
[G] _ I even get pain _ [D] _ _ without the reason, _ _ [A] _ _ just like the black hearted man, _ just like the black
hearted man, y [D]'all.
_ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ No cross, no [A] crown, no sorrow, [D] no laughter, _ [G] [A] trial and cross [D] is denied me, [G] _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ but the heart
of [G] the [A] battle is [D] the _ _ [G] sweetest.
[A] _
_ [Bm] God of victory, _ _ _ _ _ _ who'll be?
[A] _ _
_ _ [D] Ancient _ [G] children [A] used to say, if you [D] want it, you know you got to run, run, run.
[Bm] How could the [A] world go through, [D] let appear the cross [Bm] [A] alone?
_ _ [D] Them that drink of the [A] old wine _ [D] have no _ _ [A] place _ _ [D] for the new, _ [G] _ [A] _
_ _ [D] for the new.
[G] _ [A] _
_ [D] And the stones that are ahead of [G] the [A] corner are [D] the same ones [G] _ [A] _
that [D] were filled as a few.
[G] _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] [A] Hear me when I say [F#] now, now, it's the black hearted man, yeah, _ who becomes the wonder
of the sea.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _