Chords for Chalkdust - Port Of Spain Gone Insane
Tempo:
110.5 bpm
Chords used:
F#
B
E
C#
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [F#]
[E] [F#] [B]
[F#] [B] [F#]
This is Paradian [E] Life.
[F#] [B]
[E]
[B] [F#]
[B]
[E] [B]
[F#] [B]
[E] Some searching dustbins like chicken [B] hock,
Bought like chicken bones and rotten [C#] pork,
Some sleeping in filth on [F#] the sidewalk.
[B] Man be holding down, like everything turns upside down,
His only drunks, in [F#] store streets and halls walking along,
[B] Some cook tiller, with [E] the nasty canal [B] water,
While they die, [F#] some pass by and [B] turn they eye,
It look like the nation's pain, they're working [F#] again.
[C#m] [F#] Water's pain, [B] down the
[F#] drain,
The [B] nation's pain, [F#] they're working again.
[C#m] Water's [F#] pain, [B] morning chain.
[F#]
[E] [F#] [B]
[F#] [B] [F#]
[E] [F#] [B]
Men as long ago they were old, [E] now it's young people on the dole,
[B] And they don't beg you to down, [F#] rascally some bold.
Big strong man stretching the hand, all day up and down the land,
Begging for food, money and [B] transportation.
[E] Young young men dress up like girls [B] in the night,
[F#] Selling their bodies and then [B] spreading AIDS [D#] for spite,
[E] The broke and the slicking dumb old [B] people,
To get money to buy the [C#] needle,
While they gander at some [F#] seeing double.
[B] Man be holding down, like everything turns upside down,
His only drunks, in [F#] store streets and halls walking along,
[B] People smoking, [E] and the free leader [B] is hiding,
And police [F#] passing come and [B] give a down,
Like the nation's pain, they're [F#] working again.
[E] Water's [F#] pain, [B] down the [F#] drain,
The [B] nation's pain, they're [F#] working again.
[E] Water's [F#] pain, [B] morning chain.
[F#]
[E] [F#] [B]
[F#] [B] [F#]
[E] This [F#] is Curry [B] Danvers.
Women walking bout in the nude, [E] some cursing obscene and [B] lewd,
In town now you're seeing women, [F#] crude and rude.
Some of them walking in a band, with gun and knife in their hand,
Snatching handbags and sticking up [B] business man.
[E] You could pay to beat up a [B] man in town,
[F#] You could pay to have this house [B] or his store burned down,
[E] You could pay to kill [B] somebody dead,
Or have his daughter kidnapped [C#] instead,
You could buy a gun like you're [F#] buying bread.
[B] Man be holding down, like everything turns upside down,
His only drunks, in [F#] store streets and halls walking along,
[B] On Charlotte Street, men [E] and women [B] urinating,
And cursing [F#] and drinking, [B] is the ending,
Like the nation's pain, they're [F#] working again.
[E] Water's [F#] pain, down the drain,
The [B] nation's pain, [F#] they're working again.
[E] Water's [F#] pain, [B] morning chain.
[F#]
[E] [F#] [B]
[F#] [B] [F#]
[E] [F#] [B]
Business men selling black market,
[E] To sell up their paper kits,
[B] While customs booms and trains [F#] run rockets,
And the goods that small vendors buy,
They're marking it up sky high,
Used by 400% dealers,
[B] Multiplied, this is Caribbean [E] vibes.
Food vendors in town without [B] a license,
[F#] Selling diarrhea and [B] typhoid, nice and [D#] frozen,
[E] Sex houses, lock up, instruct [B] the dam,
On your telephone now, [C#] deadlam,
You could hear women selling [F#] sexual charms,
[B] Man be holding down, like [C#m] everything turns [B] upside down,
His only drunks, in [F#] store streets and halls walking along,
[B] People armed with, like [E] color cutlass in [B] their car,
In case some [F#] driver touch a [B] rear fender,
Like the nation's pain, [F#] they're working again.
[E] Water's [F#] pain, [D#m] down the drain,
The [B] nation's pain, they're [E] working [F#] again.
[E] Water's [F#] pain, [B] morning chain.
[F#]
[B] [E] [F#] [B]
[F#] [B] [F#]
[E] [F#] [B]
[F#]
[B] [F#] [B]
[F#] [B] [F#]
[E] [F#] [N]
[E] [F#] [B]
[F#] [B] [F#]
This is Paradian [E] Life.
[F#] [B]
[E]
[B] [F#]
[B]
[E] [B]
[F#] [B]
[E] Some searching dustbins like chicken [B] hock,
Bought like chicken bones and rotten [C#] pork,
Some sleeping in filth on [F#] the sidewalk.
[B] Man be holding down, like everything turns upside down,
His only drunks, in [F#] store streets and halls walking along,
[B] Some cook tiller, with [E] the nasty canal [B] water,
While they die, [F#] some pass by and [B] turn they eye,
It look like the nation's pain, they're working [F#] again.
[C#m] [F#] Water's pain, [B] down the
[F#] drain,
The [B] nation's pain, [F#] they're working again.
[C#m] Water's [F#] pain, [B] morning chain.
[F#]
[E] [F#] [B]
[F#] [B] [F#]
[E] [F#] [B]
Men as long ago they were old, [E] now it's young people on the dole,
[B] And they don't beg you to down, [F#] rascally some bold.
Big strong man stretching the hand, all day up and down the land,
Begging for food, money and [B] transportation.
[E] Young young men dress up like girls [B] in the night,
[F#] Selling their bodies and then [B] spreading AIDS [D#] for spite,
[E] The broke and the slicking dumb old [B] people,
To get money to buy the [C#] needle,
While they gander at some [F#] seeing double.
[B] Man be holding down, like everything turns upside down,
His only drunks, in [F#] store streets and halls walking along,
[B] People smoking, [E] and the free leader [B] is hiding,
And police [F#] passing come and [B] give a down,
Like the nation's pain, they're [F#] working again.
[E] Water's [F#] pain, [B] down the [F#] drain,
The [B] nation's pain, they're [F#] working again.
[E] Water's [F#] pain, [B] morning chain.
[F#]
[E] [F#] [B]
[F#] [B] [F#]
[E] This [F#] is Curry [B] Danvers.
Women walking bout in the nude, [E] some cursing obscene and [B] lewd,
In town now you're seeing women, [F#] crude and rude.
Some of them walking in a band, with gun and knife in their hand,
Snatching handbags and sticking up [B] business man.
[E] You could pay to beat up a [B] man in town,
[F#] You could pay to have this house [B] or his store burned down,
[E] You could pay to kill [B] somebody dead,
Or have his daughter kidnapped [C#] instead,
You could buy a gun like you're [F#] buying bread.
[B] Man be holding down, like everything turns upside down,
His only drunks, in [F#] store streets and halls walking along,
[B] On Charlotte Street, men [E] and women [B] urinating,
And cursing [F#] and drinking, [B] is the ending,
Like the nation's pain, they're [F#] working again.
[E] Water's [F#] pain, down the drain,
The [B] nation's pain, [F#] they're working again.
[E] Water's [F#] pain, [B] morning chain.
[F#]
[E] [F#] [B]
[F#] [B] [F#]
[E] [F#] [B]
Business men selling black market,
[E] To sell up their paper kits,
[B] While customs booms and trains [F#] run rockets,
And the goods that small vendors buy,
They're marking it up sky high,
Used by 400% dealers,
[B] Multiplied, this is Caribbean [E] vibes.
Food vendors in town without [B] a license,
[F#] Selling diarrhea and [B] typhoid, nice and [D#] frozen,
[E] Sex houses, lock up, instruct [B] the dam,
On your telephone now, [C#] deadlam,
You could hear women selling [F#] sexual charms,
[B] Man be holding down, like [C#m] everything turns [B] upside down,
His only drunks, in [F#] store streets and halls walking along,
[B] People armed with, like [E] color cutlass in [B] their car,
In case some [F#] driver touch a [B] rear fender,
Like the nation's pain, [F#] they're working again.
[E] Water's [F#] pain, [D#m] down the drain,
The [B] nation's pain, they're [E] working [F#] again.
[E] Water's [F#] pain, [B] morning chain.
[F#]
[B] [E] [F#] [B]
[F#] [B] [F#]
[E] [F#] [B]
[F#]
[B] [F#] [B]
[F#] [B] [F#]
[E] [F#] [N]
Key:
F#
B
E
C#
C#m
F#
B
E
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
This is Paradian [E] Life.
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] Some searching dustbins like chicken [B] hock,
Bought like chicken bones and rotten [C#] pork,
Some sleeping in filth on [F#] the sidewalk.
_ [B] Man be holding down, like everything turns upside down,
His only drunks, in [F#] store streets and halls walking along,
[B] Some cook tiller, with [E] the nasty canal [B] water,
While they die, [F#] some pass by and [B] turn they eye,
It look like the nation's pain, they're working [F#] again.
_ _ [C#m] _ [F#] Water's pain, [B] down the _
[F#] drain,
The [B] nation's pain, [F#] they're working again.
_ _ [C#m] Water's [F#] pain, [B] morning chain.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ Men as long ago they were old, [E] now it's young people on the dole,
[B] And they don't beg you to down, [F#] rascally some bold.
_ Big strong man stretching the hand, all day up and down the land,
Begging for food, money and [B] transportation. _
_ _ [E] Young young men dress up like girls [B] in the night,
_ _ [F#] Selling their bodies and then [B] spreading AIDS [D#] for spite,
[E] The broke and the slicking dumb old [B] people,
To get money to buy the [C#] needle,
While they gander at some [F#] seeing double. _
_ [B] Man be holding down, like everything turns upside down,
His only drunks, in [F#] store streets and halls walking along,
[B] People smoking, _ [E] and the free leader [B] is hiding,
And police [F#] passing come and [B] give a down,
Like the nation's pain, they're [F#] working again.
_ _ [E] Water's [F#] pain, [B] down the [F#] drain,
The [B] nation's pain, they're [F#] working again.
_ _ [E] Water's [F#] pain, [B] morning chain.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [E] This [F#] is Curry [B] Danvers. _
_ Women walking bout in the nude, [E] some cursing obscene and [B] lewd,
In town now you're seeing women, [F#] crude and rude.
_ Some of them walking in a band, with gun and knife in their hand,
Snatching handbags and sticking up [B] business man.
_ _ [E] You could pay to beat up a [B] man in town,
_ _ [F#] You could pay to have this house [B] or his store burned down,
[E] You could pay to kill [B] somebody dead,
Or have his daughter kidnapped [C#] instead,
You could buy a gun like you're [F#] buying bread.
_ [B] Man be holding down, like everything turns upside down,
His only drunks, in [F#] store streets and halls walking along,
[B] On Charlotte Street, men [E] and women [B] urinating,
And cursing [F#] and drinking, [B] is the ending,
Like the nation's pain, they're [F#] working again.
_ _ [E] Water's [F#] pain, down the drain,
The [B] nation's pain, [F#] they're working again.
_ [E] Water's [F#] pain, [B] morning chain.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ Business men selling black market,
[E] To sell up their paper kits,
[B] While customs booms and trains [F#] run rockets,
And the goods that small vendors buy,
They're marking it up sky high,
Used by 400% dealers,
[B] Multiplied, this is Caribbean [E] vibes.
Food vendors in town without [B] a license,
_ _ [F#] Selling diarrhea and [B] typhoid, nice and [D#] frozen,
[E] Sex houses, lock up, instruct [B] the dam,
On your telephone now, [C#] deadlam,
You could hear women selling [F#] sexual charms,
[B] Man be holding down, like [C#m] everything turns [B] upside down,
His only drunks, in [F#] store streets and halls walking along,
[B] People armed with, like [E] color cutlass in [B] their car,
In case some [F#] driver touch a [B] rear fender,
Like the nation's pain, [F#] they're working again.
_ _ [E] Water's [F#] pain, [D#m] down the drain,
The [B] nation's pain, they're [E] working [F#] again.
_ _ [E] Water's [F#] pain, [B] morning chain.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [B] _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
This is Paradian [E] Life.
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] Some searching dustbins like chicken [B] hock,
Bought like chicken bones and rotten [C#] pork,
Some sleeping in filth on [F#] the sidewalk.
_ [B] Man be holding down, like everything turns upside down,
His only drunks, in [F#] store streets and halls walking along,
[B] Some cook tiller, with [E] the nasty canal [B] water,
While they die, [F#] some pass by and [B] turn they eye,
It look like the nation's pain, they're working [F#] again.
_ _ [C#m] _ [F#] Water's pain, [B] down the _
[F#] drain,
The [B] nation's pain, [F#] they're working again.
_ _ [C#m] Water's [F#] pain, [B] morning chain.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ Men as long ago they were old, [E] now it's young people on the dole,
[B] And they don't beg you to down, [F#] rascally some bold.
_ Big strong man stretching the hand, all day up and down the land,
Begging for food, money and [B] transportation. _
_ _ [E] Young young men dress up like girls [B] in the night,
_ _ [F#] Selling their bodies and then [B] spreading AIDS [D#] for spite,
[E] The broke and the slicking dumb old [B] people,
To get money to buy the [C#] needle,
While they gander at some [F#] seeing double. _
_ [B] Man be holding down, like everything turns upside down,
His only drunks, in [F#] store streets and halls walking along,
[B] People smoking, _ [E] and the free leader [B] is hiding,
And police [F#] passing come and [B] give a down,
Like the nation's pain, they're [F#] working again.
_ _ [E] Water's [F#] pain, [B] down the [F#] drain,
The [B] nation's pain, they're [F#] working again.
_ _ [E] Water's [F#] pain, [B] morning chain.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [E] This [F#] is Curry [B] Danvers. _
_ Women walking bout in the nude, [E] some cursing obscene and [B] lewd,
In town now you're seeing women, [F#] crude and rude.
_ Some of them walking in a band, with gun and knife in their hand,
Snatching handbags and sticking up [B] business man.
_ _ [E] You could pay to beat up a [B] man in town,
_ _ [F#] You could pay to have this house [B] or his store burned down,
[E] You could pay to kill [B] somebody dead,
Or have his daughter kidnapped [C#] instead,
You could buy a gun like you're [F#] buying bread.
_ [B] Man be holding down, like everything turns upside down,
His only drunks, in [F#] store streets and halls walking along,
[B] On Charlotte Street, men [E] and women [B] urinating,
And cursing [F#] and drinking, [B] is the ending,
Like the nation's pain, they're [F#] working again.
_ _ [E] Water's [F#] pain, down the drain,
The [B] nation's pain, [F#] they're working again.
_ [E] Water's [F#] pain, [B] morning chain.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ Business men selling black market,
[E] To sell up their paper kits,
[B] While customs booms and trains [F#] run rockets,
And the goods that small vendors buy,
They're marking it up sky high,
Used by 400% dealers,
[B] Multiplied, this is Caribbean [E] vibes.
Food vendors in town without [B] a license,
_ _ [F#] Selling diarrhea and [B] typhoid, nice and [D#] frozen,
[E] Sex houses, lock up, instruct [B] the dam,
On your telephone now, [C#] deadlam,
You could hear women selling [F#] sexual charms,
[B] Man be holding down, like [C#m] everything turns [B] upside down,
His only drunks, in [F#] store streets and halls walking along,
[B] People armed with, like [E] color cutlass in [B] their car,
In case some [F#] driver touch a [B] rear fender,
Like the nation's pain, [F#] they're working again.
_ _ [E] Water's [F#] pain, [D#m] down the drain,
The [B] nation's pain, they're [E] working [F#] again.
_ _ [E] Water's [F#] pain, [B] morning chain.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [B] _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ [N] _ _ _