Blackheart Man Chords by Bunny Wailer

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_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] I said don't [D] near him, take out the black heart [Em] man, _ [D] children, _ _ or even liars fear him,
take out the black heart man, picture children _ I [G] said don't [Dm] near him, take out the black
[G] heart man, [D] children, _ _ _ or even liars hearing.
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_ _ [A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] Growing in a [Em] neighborhood [A] _
_ for such [D] a long [G] time,
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that is [D] filled with [G] fear.
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [A] _
_ I [D] can't forgive, [A] can't confess, _ [D] and I ain't [B] [A] supposed to.
[Bm] We couldn't be there _ anywhere at all.
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_ _ [D] When I [G] asked my [A]
mom if she [D] could let me [Bm] _ [A] _
_ go [D] out and _ [A] play,
_ like [Bm] little children do, [A] _
_ she said [D] be careful of the [A]
strangers.
_ _ [D] Giving [Bm] candies to [A] children _ and then [Bm] take them home. _
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[G] He lives in the gullies [D] of the _ _ [A] city.
_ _ _ Black heart man, y [F#m]'all, _ _ [A] black heart [G] man. _ _ _ _
Even in the [D] lonely parts of the country,
_ [A] _ _ _ you'll find the black heart man, y [F#m]'all, _ _ [A] the black heart [G] man. _ _ _ _
He ain't got no [D] friends, no home, no family.
_ [A] _ _ _ He's the black heart man, y'all, _ that's the black heart [G] man. _ _ _ _
He's paid [Bm] to live [D] just like a gypsy.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ He's the black heart _ [F#m] man, yeah.
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_ _ _ [D] Growing and learning [Bm] and [A]
gathering _ [D] for myself.
[Bm] _ [A]
A little more [D] experience, _ [A] _ _
_ jumping [D] over the [Em] fence.
[A] _ _ _ [D] Curiosity has [A] brought me, yes, [D] brought me [Bm] in.
[A] _
_ A [Bm] little common sense, _ _ _ yeah.
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_ _ _ [D] Trotting the road of [A]
life, I have [D] come to [Bm] _ _
[A] this one [D] conclusion. _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _
[A] _ That [F#m] everything is [B] equal [A] on the surface.
[D] All that is _ [A]
created by [Bm] your mind, _ _ _ _ yeah.
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And [D] he said, knock and it shall [A] be opened.
_ [D] Seek and ye shall [A] _
find.
_ [D] Wisdom is [Bm] found in the [A] simplest of things, [D] _ [Bm] in the nick of [A]
time.
_ _ [D] Knock and it shall [A] be opened.
_ _ [D] Seek and ye shall [A]
find.
_ _ [Bm] Wisdom is found in the simplest of things, in the [A] nick of time.
_ _ [G] _ _ Now I trot [D] the same road of affliction.
_ _ [A] _ _ Just like the black heart man, [F#m] _ _ just [A] like the black heart man.
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Getting my [D] share of _ humiliation.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ Just like the black heart man, yeah, _ _ [F#m] _ [A] the black heart man.
[G] _ _ _ You'll find me in [D] the prisons or the dungeons.
_ [A] _ _ Just like the black heart man, yeah, _ _ the black heart man.
[G] _ I even get paid _ [D] _ without a reason.
_ _ [A] _ _ Just like the black heart man, _ _ just like the black heart man, yeah.
Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock, knock.
[D] _ _ [F#m] _ _
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_ _ _ [D] _ Knock, boss, knock, [A]
round, the [D] star of no laughter.
[Bm] _
[A] Trial and parcel [D] in the ivory.
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[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ But the [G] heart of the [A] battle is [D] the sweeter.
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[A] _ _ [Bm] God of victory, _ _ _ _ _ who we?
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_ _ _ [D] Ancient _ [G] children [A] used to say, if you [D] want it, you know you've [A] got to run.
_ _ _ [Bm] How could the [A] world go through?
[D] Let your fear be cause [A] alone.
_ _ [D] Then back to drink up the [A] old wine.
Have [Bm] no _ _ [A] place _ _ [D] for the new, _ [G] _
[A] _ _ [Bm] for the new.
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[A] _ _ [D] And the stones at the head of [G] the [A] corner are [D] the same ones.
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[A] _ That [D] were filled as a few.
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[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] Hear [A] me when I say [F#] now, it's the black heart man in the red.
Who becomes the wonder of the sea. _ _ _ _ _
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