Chords for Marcia Griffiths "Back In The Days" at Reggae Rising 2009

Tempo:
149.6 bpm
Chords used:

C

G

A

B

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Marcia Griffiths "Back In The Days" at Reggae Rising 2009 chords
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[Em]
Ringer rising, [E] coming on [C] this and [Em] rock it, rock the [C] topside
[A] Remember [C]
the [Em] messages in the music, listen to the messages in the [Dm] music
[G]
[C] [Em]
[C] [G]
[C] Beauty and [B] splendor is what I remember, [C] what I'm thinking [G] of back in those days
[C] We played [Am] volleyball and [B] climbed [G] waterfalls [C] and watched [Em] the sunset end of the day
[G]
[C] At night we would listen to [B] the number [G] one song [C] and dance the night [G] away
Kingston [C] used to mash [Am] it, [G] Eurora used [C] to rock [A] it, Big Huge used to clash it
Brigadier Terry used to conk it, and [G] everyone's feeling iry
[Am] [G]
I [C] remember [Am] the cane [B] men on [G] the street corner [C] selling [Am] that sweet [B] sugar cane
[G]
Used [C] to peel it [A] and bag it and talk to me nicely, [C] even remember my name
That sensy me last night [B] I [A] remember so well, [C] while rocking in the [B] dance hall
Alton Pound [C] used to mash [A] it, Patinkwa Pound [C] used to rock it
[B] Dennis Brown [C] was in separate room [B] and [A] everyone's [G] feeling iry
[A] Count Madrookie [C] used to mash it, [A] Jimmy Cliff [C] always a rock it
[B] A millie [C] spawned the lollipop girl [Em] and [A] everyone's feeling iry
Toots and Dimmi and Tails [C] a bum bum, [G] Hooks and Louis [C] a boom shakalaka
[G] And everyone's feeling [C] iry
[B] [G] Techniques [C] don't care for me [G] at all
[C] [A]
Melodious, a sweet sensation, [G] everyone's feeling [C] iry
[G]
[C] [Am] [B] [G]
[C] [Am] [B]
[C] [B]
[C] [Am] [G] Hey!
[C] I want to do them, I want to [B] do them, them
[G]
I [C] want to [A] do them, I want to do them, [G] them
Me [C] no know, [A] [G]
[A] I me no [B] know, [G] oh
[C] Aye, [A] [B] [G]
[A] [C]
[B] [C]
aye, [A] aye, aye, [B] aye, aye, aye, [G] aye, [C] aye, aye, aye, aye, [A] aye, aye, aye
[C] Solomon was [Bm] the wisest man but [C] he didn't know the secret of [G] the woman
[C] Solomon was [G] the wisest man but he didn't [C] know the secret of the [G]
woman
[C] If [G]
[C] [G]
[C]
[Am] [B] Damien [D] Marley was here [C] this evening, [Em] you know [A] what he would [C] say?
[Am] He [G] would say this
[C] [Em]
[C] [Am] Out in [A] the street they call it murder
Welcome to [C] jungle, [A] [G] welcome to [C] jungle
[A] For people dead and [C] random, [Am] [A] political [C] violence
[A] Welcome to [C] jungle, [Am] [B] [G] welcome to [C] jungle
[B] [G]
[C] [Am] [B] [G]
[C] [Am] [B]
[C] [Em]
[C] [B] [E]
[C] [Em]
[A] Sister [C] Carol, [Em] make up yourself, we love [C] you truly
[Dm] Yes, Sister [C] Carol
[Em]
[C] [G]
[C] [G] We love [C] every [A] single one of you here [B] this [A] evening
[C] [A] [B] [G]
[C] [A] [B] Freddie [G] MacGregor
[C] [Am] [B] [G] A [C] hard working, [Am] one of the [B] hardest [G] working brothers [C] in the business [Am] [B] Freddie MacGregor
[C] [Am] Desi and [B] Judy [C] Yeah, Desi
[B] Jack [C] Fodder
[A] Molly, [G]
[C] Molly my love
[A]
[C] [Am] [A] Tom, [C]
Michelle
[Em] We love you truly
Yeah
[A] [D]
[C] [Em]
[C] [Em] Welcome [C] to jungle, [Em] welcome to [C] jungle
[B] For people [G] dead and [C] random, [Em] political [C] violence
Welcome [A] [C] to jungle, [G] [Am] [A] [G] welcome to jungle
[Am] [A] [G]
Alright
[B] [A] [G] [A] [D]
[E] [Ab]
Key:  
C
3211
G
2131
A
1231
B
12341112
Am
2311
C
3211
G
2131
A
1231
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Ringer rising, [E] coming on [C] this and [Em] rock it, _ _ rock the [C] topside
[A] Remember _ _ [C] _
the [Em] messages in the music, _ listen to the messages in the [Dm] music
_ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] Beauty and [B] splendor is what I remember, [C] what I'm thinking [G] of back in those days
[C] We played [Am] volleyball and [B] climbed [G] waterfalls [C] and watched [Em] the sunset end of the day
[G] _
[C] At night we would listen to [B] the number [G] one song [C] and dance the night [G] away
Kingston [C] used to mash [Am] it, [G] _ Eurora used [C] to rock [A] it, _ Big Huge used to clash it
Brigadier Terry used to conk it, and [G] everyone's feeling iry
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _
I [C] remember [Am] the cane [B] men on [G] the street corner [C] selling [Am] that sweet [B] sugar cane
[G]
Used [C] to peel it [A] and bag it and talk to me nicely, [C] even remember my name
That sensy me last night [B] I [A] remember so well, [C] while rocking in the [B] dance hall
Alton Pound [C] used to mash [A] it, _ Patinkwa Pound [C] used to rock it
[B] _ Dennis Brown [C] was in separate room [B] and [A] everyone's [G] feeling _ iry
_ [A] Count Madrookie [C] used to mash it, [A] _ Jimmy Cliff [C] always a rock it
[B] A millie [C] spawned the lollipop girl [Em] and [A] everyone's feeling _ iry
_ Toots and Dimmi and Tails [C] a bum bum, _ [G] _ Hooks and Louis [C] a boom shakalaka
[G] And everyone's feeling [C] _ iry
_ [B] _ [G] Techniques [C] don't care for me [G] at _ all
[C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
Melodious, a sweet sensation, _ [G] everyone's feeling [C] _ _ iry
_ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] Hey! _
[C] I want to do them, I want to [B] do them, them
[G]
I [C] want to [A] do them, I want to do them, [G] them
Me [C] no know, _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [A] I me no [B] know, [G] oh
[C] Aye, [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [C] _
_ aye, [A] aye, aye, [B] aye, aye, aye, [G] aye, [C] aye, aye, aye, aye, [A] aye, aye, aye _
_ [C] _ Solomon was [Bm] the wisest man but [C] he didn't know the secret of [G] the woman
[C] _ Solomon was [G] the wisest man but he didn't [C] know the secret of the [G]
woman
[C] _ If _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [B] Damien [D] Marley was here [C] this evening, [Em] you know [A] what he would [C] say?
_ _ [Am] He [G] would say this
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Am] Out in [A] the street they call it _ murder
_ Welcome to [C] jungle, [A] _ _ _ [G] welcome to [C] jungle
[A] For _ people dead and [C] random, [Am] _ _ [A] political _ [C] violence
_ _ _ [A] _ Welcome to [C] jungle, _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ [G] welcome to [C] jungle
_ _ [B] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] Sister [C] Carol, _ _ [Em] make up yourself, we love [C] you truly
_ _ [Dm] Yes, Sister [C] Carol
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] We love [C] every [A] single one of you here [B] this [A] evening _
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ [B] Freddie [G] MacGregor
_ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ [G] A [C] hard working, [Am] one of the [B] hardest [G] working brothers [C] in the business [Am] _ [B] Freddie MacGregor
[C] _ _ [Am] Desi and [B] Judy _ [C] Yeah, Desi
_ [B] Jack _ [C] Fodder
_ _ _ _ [A] Molly, [G] _
[C] Molly my love
_ [A] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] Tom, _ [C]
Michelle
[Em] _ We love you truly _
_ _ _ Yeah
[A] _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ Welcome [C] to jungle, _ _ [Em] _ _ welcome to [C] jungle
_ [B] For people [G] dead and [C] random, _ _ [Em] political _ [C] violence
Welcome _ _ [A] _ [C] to jungle, [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] [G] welcome to jungle
_ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _
Alright
_ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _

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