False Rasta Chords by Jacob Miller

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_ _ [Cm] _ Dread, my [Gm] people, hear [Cm] the fights of sons of generation [Fm] that are gathering up to not be [Cm] dreaded.
_ All [Gm] we got is our blood, girl.
[Cm] When I was [Ab] a clean-faced [Cm] man, they didn't [G] know my name.
[Cm] But now that I'm [Fm] a dreadlocked man, [Cm] _ they don't know me [Fm] _
anymore.
[F] Ala, ala, ala, Alabama, _
[Fm] [Cm] the time has [Fm] come again.
_ [Cm] Kings of kings [Fm] and lords of lords [Cm] conquering the tribe [Fm] of Jerusalem.
_ [Cm] _ _ Ah, [Fm] _ yeah, yeah, [Cm] yeah.
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[Ab] But now that I'm a [Fm] dreadlocked [Cm] man, all my [Fm] friends turn against I.
[Cm] But time will stop [Fm] when they all should follow.
[Cm] _ I'm not yet [Fm] to be followed. _ _
[Cm] I am dread, I am dread, [Fm] I am dread. _
_ [Cm] _ _ Ooh, [Fm] ooh, _ _ [Cm] ooh.
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_ [Cm] Now they know [Gm] that that's the truth [Cm] about I and [Fm] I. _ _
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[Cm] Them dreading and the things I dread. _
I keep freedom [Ab] amongst myself.
With all my brethren [Fm] shall see one day [Cm] that I am a [Fm] rastaman. _ _
[Cm] I am dread, I am dread, [Fm] I am dread.
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[Cm] My parents only want to [Fm] see me [Cm] in some white shirt and necktie around my neck.
I am dread.
_ _ [Fm] _ Defend [Cm] by me, my brethren.
_ [Fm] _ Ooh, yeah.
[Cm] Don't judge [F] a man by [Fm] the way he looks.
[Cm] Don't judge him by [Fm] the way he talks.
[Cm] Allah, Allah, Allah.
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_ _ [Cm] _ _ [D] _ Rally Pablo. _
[G] You all right? _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ Hear the voice [Cm] of the song of the generation.
[F] Let's all [Fm] be gathered _
_ [Cm] _ here.
All we [Bb] fight for is one.
Blood, blood, blood, [A] blood, blood.
_ [Ab] _ _ They say, [Cm] _ _ they say, [G] there's no man _
_ _ _ _ [C] of dread [F] like me.
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[Cm] I am dread.
Defend by me, my brethren.
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Ooh, ooh, _ _ _ _ ooh.
[Cm] _ _ Now [Fm] _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ they know that that's the truth [C] about I and I.
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[Cm] Them dreading and the things [Fm] I dread. _
[G] I keep freedom amongst myself. _
[B] With [Db] all my preference [G] I'll see one day that [Cm] I am a Rastaman _ _
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_ [Cm] _ _ _ Not the way you [Db] look, judging by [N] your ways
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