Chords for Lord Kitchener "Tribute to Spree Simon"(1975)
Tempo:
122.45 bpm
Chords used:
F
Bb
Cm
Gm
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb] [Cm] [F] [Bb]
[A] [F] [Bb]
[Dbm] [F] [Bb]
[Dbm] [F] [Gm]
[A] [F] [Bb]
[Cm] [F] [Bb]
Steel band man, [F] [Cm] yes you be in pan, [F]
but my [A] friend [Bb] you won't understand.
[D] [Gm]
Has it ever [G] dawned on [Cm] you who invented [Gm] pan?
Well, I ask you to join me [Eb] in offering [Bb] tribute to this man, Ogon.
[Gm] Everybody wondering [Cm] about his steel [F] band style.
You [Bb] like him all, [Eb] when you get to know him it's gonna [Cm] break [F] your heart.
[Bb] Time to know, [Dbm] it's one [Cm] did I want [F] in Sunscreen, and this is [Bb] how [Dbm] he [Cm] started his first [F] melody.
[G]
[A] [Gm]
[A] [Dm]
[Gm]
[A] [Gm]
[Cm] [F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb] A blessed day [F] in [Cm] 1939, [F] the genius say [Bb] he recalled to mind.
[D] [Gm]
Held on to an old [G] oil [Ab] drum, beating it with [Dm] scorn, [Eb] just [Bb] a form [Gm] of skylarking, and [A] there it [Dm] was, the [Bb] steel band was born.
Ogon, [Gm] everybody wondering about [Cm] his steel [F] band style.
[Bb]
When [Gm] you get to know him it's [A] gonna break [F] your heart.
[Bb] I tell you now, [Dm] [A] it's founded [Cm] by one [F] Winston Spring, [Bb] and this is how [Dbm] he [Ab] started his first [F] melody.
[G]
[F] [Gm]
[Cm] [F] [Gm]
He [F] [Gm]
[A] [Bb]
[F] [Gm]
[F] [Bb]
went [G] along, [Cm] beating blow by blow, [F]
he thought it's song [Bb] like a piano.
[D] You know, [Gm]
this really inspired him [Cm] to a great [Dm] extent.
[Eb]
[Bb] He [Gm] continued pounding until he [Bb] formed this new instrument.
Ogon, [Gm] everybody wondering [Cm] about his steel [F] band style.
You [Bb] like him all, when you get to know him [Cm] it's gonna break [F] your heart.
[Bb] I tell you now, [Dbm] it's [Cm] founded by one [F] Winston Spring, [Bb] and this is how [A] he [Cm] started his first [F] melody.
[G] [F] [G]
[Cm] [F] [Bb]
[Cm] [F] [Bb]
[A] [F] [Bb]
[Dbm] [F] [Bb]
[Dbm] [F] [Gm]
[A] [F] [Bb]
[Cm] [F] [Bb]
Steel band man, [F] [Cm] yes you be in pan, [F]
but my [A] friend [Bb] you won't understand.
[D] [Gm]
Has it ever [G] dawned on [Cm] you who invented [Gm] pan?
Well, I ask you to join me [Eb] in offering [Bb] tribute to this man, Ogon.
[Gm] Everybody wondering [Cm] about his steel [F] band style.
You [Bb] like him all, [Eb] when you get to know him it's gonna [Cm] break [F] your heart.
[Bb] Time to know, [Dbm] it's one [Cm] did I want [F] in Sunscreen, and this is [Bb] how [Dbm] he [Cm] started his first [F] melody.
[G]
[A] [Gm]
[A] [Dm]
[Gm]
[A] [Gm]
[Cm] [F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb] A blessed day [F] in [Cm] 1939, [F] the genius say [Bb] he recalled to mind.
[D] [Gm]
Held on to an old [G] oil [Ab] drum, beating it with [Dm] scorn, [Eb] just [Bb] a form [Gm] of skylarking, and [A] there it [Dm] was, the [Bb] steel band was born.
Ogon, [Gm] everybody wondering about [Cm] his steel [F] band style.
[Bb]
When [Gm] you get to know him it's [A] gonna break [F] your heart.
[Bb] I tell you now, [Dm] [A] it's founded [Cm] by one [F] Winston Spring, [Bb] and this is how [Dbm] he [Ab] started his first [F] melody.
[G]
[F] [Gm]
[Cm] [F] [Gm]
He [F] [Gm]
[A] [Bb]
[F] [Gm]
[F] [Bb]
went [G] along, [Cm] beating blow by blow, [F]
he thought it's song [Bb] like a piano.
[D] You know, [Gm]
this really inspired him [Cm] to a great [Dm] extent.
[Eb]
[Bb] He [Gm] continued pounding until he [Bb] formed this new instrument.
Ogon, [Gm] everybody wondering [Cm] about his steel [F] band style.
You [Bb] like him all, when you get to know him [Cm] it's gonna break [F] your heart.
[Bb] I tell you now, [Dbm] it's [Cm] founded by one [F] Winston Spring, [Bb] and this is how [A] he [Cm] started his first [F] melody.
[G] [F] [G]
[Cm] [F] [Bb]
[Cm] [F] [Bb]
Key:
F
Bb
Cm
Gm
A
F
Bb
Cm
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Dbm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Dbm] _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb]
Steel band man, [F] [Cm] yes you be in pan, _ [F]
but my [A] friend [Bb] you won't understand.
[D] _ [Gm]
Has it ever [G] dawned on [Cm] you who invented [Gm] pan?
Well, I ask you to join me [Eb] in offering [Bb] tribute to this man, Ogon.
[Gm] Everybody wondering [Cm] about his steel [F] band style.
You [Bb] like him all, [Eb] when you get to know him it's gonna [Cm] break [F] your heart.
[Bb] Time to know, [Dbm] it's one [Cm] did I want [F] in Sunscreen, and this is [Bb] how [Dbm] he [Cm] started his first [F] melody.
[G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] A blessed day [F] in [Cm] _ 1939, [F] the genius say [Bb] he recalled to mind.
[D] _ [Gm]
Held on to an old [G] oil [Ab] drum, beating it with [Dm] scorn, [Eb] just [Bb] a form [Gm] of skylarking, and [A] there it [Dm] was, the [Bb] steel band was born.
Ogon, [Gm] everybody wondering about [Cm] his steel [F] band style.
_ [Bb]
When [Gm] you get to know him it's [A] gonna break [F] your heart.
[Bb] I tell you now, [Dm] [A] it's founded [Cm] by one [F] Winston Spring, [Bb] and this is how [Dbm] he [Ab] started his first [F] melody.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ He [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb]
went [G] along, [Cm] beating blow by blow, _ [F]
he thought it's song [Bb] like a piano.
[D] You know, [Gm]
this really inspired him [Cm] to a great [Dm] extent.
[Eb]
[Bb] He [Gm] continued pounding until he [Bb] formed this new instrument.
Ogon, [Gm] everybody wondering [Cm] about his steel [F] band style.
You [Bb] like him all, when you get to know him [Cm] it's gonna break [F] your heart.
[Bb] I tell you now, [Dbm] it's [Cm] founded by one [F] Winston Spring, [Bb] and this is how [A] he [Cm] started his first [F] melody.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Dbm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Dbm] _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb]
Steel band man, [F] [Cm] yes you be in pan, _ [F]
but my [A] friend [Bb] you won't understand.
[D] _ [Gm]
Has it ever [G] dawned on [Cm] you who invented [Gm] pan?
Well, I ask you to join me [Eb] in offering [Bb] tribute to this man, Ogon.
[Gm] Everybody wondering [Cm] about his steel [F] band style.
You [Bb] like him all, [Eb] when you get to know him it's gonna [Cm] break [F] your heart.
[Bb] Time to know, [Dbm] it's one [Cm] did I want [F] in Sunscreen, and this is [Bb] how [Dbm] he [Cm] started his first [F] melody.
[G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] A blessed day [F] in [Cm] _ 1939, [F] the genius say [Bb] he recalled to mind.
[D] _ [Gm]
Held on to an old [G] oil [Ab] drum, beating it with [Dm] scorn, [Eb] just [Bb] a form [Gm] of skylarking, and [A] there it [Dm] was, the [Bb] steel band was born.
Ogon, [Gm] everybody wondering about [Cm] his steel [F] band style.
_ [Bb]
When [Gm] you get to know him it's [A] gonna break [F] your heart.
[Bb] I tell you now, [Dm] [A] it's founded [Cm] by one [F] Winston Spring, [Bb] and this is how [Dbm] he [Ab] started his first [F] melody.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ He [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb]
went [G] along, [Cm] beating blow by blow, _ [F]
he thought it's song [Bb] like a piano.
[D] You know, [Gm]
this really inspired him [Cm] to a great [Dm] extent.
[Eb]
[Bb] He [Gm] continued pounding until he [Bb] formed this new instrument.
Ogon, [Gm] everybody wondering [Cm] about his steel [F] band style.
You [Bb] like him all, when you get to know him [Cm] it's gonna break [F] your heart.
[Bb] I tell you now, [Dbm] it's [Cm] founded by one [F] Winston Spring, [Bb] and this is how [A] he [Cm] started his first [F] melody.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _
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