Chords for Linton Kwesi Johnson - Sonny's Lettah (Anti-sus Poem)

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_ _ _ _ _ British Town Prison,
_ _ _ Dubai, _ _
London, South West,
_ [Dm] _ England.
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_ Dear Mama,
_ [Dm] _ Good day.
_ _ I [Am] hope that when these few lines reach you,
they may find you in the best of health.
_ _ _ Mama, _
_ I really don't know how to tell you this,
_ [Dm] cause I didn't make a [Am] solemn promise _
to take care of little [Dm] Jim
and _ try my best to look after [Am] him. _ _
Mama,
_ _ [Dm] I really did try my best,
_ but [Am] nonetheless,
I'm sorry to tell you,
poor [Dm] little Jim got arrested.
_ _ _ [Am] It was the middle of the rush hour
_ _ when [Dm] everybody was hustling and bustling
to go home for the [Am] evening shower. _
_ _ _ Me and Jim [Dm] stood up waiting for the bus,
_ _ not [Am] causing no fuss,
when all of a sudden,
[Dm] a policeman pulled up.
_ Out [Am] came three policemen,
_ _ all of [Dm] them carrying batons.
_ _ They walked [Am] straight up to me and Jim.
_ One of them hold on to [Dm] Jim, _
said he was taking him in.
_ _ [Am] Jim tell him to let go of him,
for he didn't do nothing,
[Dm] _ and he didn't eat,
not even [Am] a bite. _ _
Jim started to wriggle,
the police started to giggle.
_ Mama, _
mek a tell you what them do to Jim.
_ Mama, _
mek a tell [F#] you what them do to [Em] him. _ _ _
[Am] Them thump him in him belly and [G] it hurt,
cause really,
them [Am] lick him on him back [G] and him ribs broke apart.
Them [Am] lick him on him head,
but it's tough like a leaf.
Them kick him in him seat and it started to bleed.
[Am] _ _ _ _ Mama, _
I just couldn't stand up there and do nothing. _ _ _
So me droop one in him eye and he [G] started to cry.
Me thump one in him mouth and [G] him started to shout.
Me [Am] kick one on him shin and him started to spin.
[Am] Me thump him on him chin and [G] him drop on him again,
and [Am] crash,
_ [Em] and dead.
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_ Mek a policeman come down, _
[E] and Jim fell [Dm] down.
_ _ Jim charged Jim Jesus,
_ [Am] Jim charged him for murder.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Mama, _
_ don't [Am] fret.
_ _ Don't get the person down on you.
_ _ [Dm] Be of good courage,
_ [C] till I hear from [Am] you. _
I remain your son.
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