Fighting Against Conviction Chords by Bunny Wailer

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Buttering down [A] _ [E] centers, _
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fighting against _ [A] conviction.
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_ I _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _
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_ _ find [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [B] myself growing in [C#m] an environment _ [B] _ where _
[E] _ finding [B] food is just as [C#m]
hard as paying [B] the rent. _
[E] In trodding these [B] roads of trial and [C#m] _ tribulation, _ [B] _ _ _
[E] I've seen where [B] some have died in [C#m] _ desperation.
_ [B] _ To [E] keep buttering down centers, _
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fighting _ against conviction. _
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[E] _ Buttering down _ centers, _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _
fighting _ against [A] [E] conviction. _
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[E] In a family [B] of ten _ [C#m] and raised [B] in the ghetto, _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] hustling's the only [C#m] education I [B] know. _ _ _
[E] _ Can't grow [B] no crops in [C#m] this _ concrete [B] jungle.
_ A [E] situation like [B] this _ [C#m] is getting too tough to [B] handle.
To [E] keep buttering down _ centers, _
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fighting against [A] _ conviction.
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[Em] _ Buttering [A] down centers, [E] _
_ _ _ all [F#m] day long, [E] _ fighting against [A] _ conviction.
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[E] _ With a [B] pregnant woman, yes, [C#m] _ _ and five kids [B] to care [E] for.
_ _ _ [B] Can't pull my [C#m] heels, _ I've got [B] to do the [E] town.
_ Skillful as [B] I am, the [C#m] jailer man [B] is bound to find me.
[E] _ _ I [B] pray the day will [C#m] come when I [B] shall be free from _ [E] buttering down _ centers, _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [E] fighting _ [A] against conviction.
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_ [E] _ Buttering down [A] _ centers, [E] _ _ _ _ all [F#m] day long, [E] _ fighting _ [A] against conviction.
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[E] To be trapped and caught [B] and taken _ [C#m] before a judge [B] and angry [E] jury.
_ _ [B] Leading before men [C#m] who seem to [B] have no mercy.
[E] _ _ Can't afford [B] to find [C#m] myself _ _ down [B] in the dungeon. _
[E] _ _ I've got [B] to stay free [C#m] _ so that my [B] kids won't be [E] _ _ buttering down centers, _
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[E] fighting _ against [A] _ [E] conviction.
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[E] _ Buttering [A] down _ [E] centers, _ _ all day [F#m] long, _ _
[E] fighting _ against [A] conviction. _
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[E] _ Now a [B] fugitive at large, [C#m] _ could this be [B] my destiny? _
[E] _ _ [B] With no one to care for [C#m] the welfare _ [B] of my family. _
[E] _ In [B] solitude I found [C#m] new faith and hope in [A] this [B] I'll be secure.
[E] _ For mind and [B] soul would soon be [C#m]
weary.
_ Just couldn't [D#m] take no more [E] _ buttering down [A] _ [E] centers, _ _ _ _ [F#m] all day long, [E] _
fighting against [A] _ conviction.
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Children [A] hear me when I [E] say, _ buttering [A] down _ [E] centers, _ _ _ _ [F#m] all day [E] long, fighting against [A] _ conviction.
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_ Hear me when [A] I sing my [E] song, _ buttering down [A] _ centers, [E] _
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[E] fighting against conviction. _ _ _ _ _