Preserve My Life Chords by Popcaan

Tempo:
89.15 bpm
Chords used:

C

Am

G

F

Dm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Popcaan - Preserve My Life [2016] chords
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Not nice when me [C] have a school
[G] Four mile me used to walk, [Am] now man a rise
And jealousy [Dm] take over dem [C] heart
Big up me [G] real dogs, dem about [Am] to feel good
When dem here step up and [F] tap the [C] chart
[G] Oh God preserve [Am] the life I live
[F] [C] Loudly and [G] proudly
Me [Am] can say me never burn my bridge
[F] Shrug the bad [C] mind
Why [G] you wanna stop my [Am] life?
Why you do not want to [Em] see a black man [C] rise?
[G] Poverty is not my [Am] choice
Tell me why you really want to [F] stop not [C] nice
We [G] want drive Rolls [Am] Royce
Want have more than a million [F] [C] nights
Drink champagne [G] from the private [Am] flights Ah, [C] Josh
We a [G] people we walk through [Am] the dark for the [C] ghetto youth
Fully [G] up a bad vibes and [Am] sad stories
[F] [C] Man make [G] it now so me give [Am] God glory
[C] People will [G] hate me now dem want [Am] talk to me
[F] [C] My destiny great dog and dem [Am] know
[C] Man a God in the [G] earth now and [Am] it's sure
It's sure
[C] Any boy went down [Em] real time [Am] reveal to [C] me
Me taste good me a go lucky [G] place it [Am] reveal To see
[F] Dirty [C] bad mind
Why [G] you wanna stop my [Am] life?
Why you do not want to see a [E] black man [C] rise?
[G] Poverty is not my [Am] choice
Tell me why you really want to [F] stop not [C] nice
[G] We want drive Rolls [Am] Royce
Want have [E] more than a million [C] nights
Drink [G] champagne from the private [Am] flights
Ah, [C] Big up every youth in the street
People a [G] hustle with the [Am] cabby car Ah, [F] yeah
[C] Highs and the [G] price and dem can't [Am] distract me cause
[Dm] I'm [C] newly here
[G] Come from nothing at [Am] all
Man never have nothing at [Dm] all
[C] Now [G] right now nothing no [Am] stall
Anytime me step up a dem [F] all
[C] Jack down, [G] fail me, [Am] fail what?
[F] [C] Right now every [G] ghetto youth a lift up like [Am] elevator
Yeah, [C] man born by the house up at your real and [Am] celebrate
[F] Celebrating, [C] dem know how we make the [G] millions
Add it up like [Am] calculator
Dirty [C] bad mind
[G] Why you wanna stop my [Am] life?
Why you do not want to see a [F] black man [C] rise?
[G] Poverty is not my [Am] choice
Tell me why you really want to stop not [C] nice
[G] We want drive Rolls [Am] Royce
Want have [E] more than a million [C] nights
Drink [G] champagne from the private [Am] flights
Ah, [C] blessings in Christ man
[G]
[Am] You know the thing God do in the bus stop
[F] [C] Represent every ghetto [G] youth worldwide
[Am] What you all here
What dem a [C] do?
[G] Big up all [Am] true black man
Big up [F] all leaders
[C] And [G] roll it
[Am] To build life
Dirty [C] bad mind
[G] Why you wanna stop my [Am] life?
Why you do not want to see [F] a black man [C] rise?
[G] Poverty is not my
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C
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Am
2311
G
2131
F
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Dm
2311
C
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Am
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G
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To learn Popcaan - Preserve My Life chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: Am, F, C, G, Am, C and Am. For a smooth transition, initiate your practice at 44 BPM and gradually match the song's pace of 89 BPM. Tune your capo to accommodate your vocal range, referencing the song's key: C Major.

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_ Not nice when me [C] have a school
[G] Four mile me used to walk, [Am] now man a rise
And jealousy [Dm] take over dem [C] heart
Big up me [G] real dogs, dem about [Am] to feel good
When dem here step up and [F] tap the [C] chart
[G] Oh God preserve [Am] the life I live
[F] _ [C] Loudly and [G] proudly
Me [Am] can say me never burn my bridge
[F] Shrug the bad [C] mind
Why [G] you wanna stop my [Am] life?
Why you do not want to [Em] see a black man [C] rise?
[G] Poverty is not my [Am] choice
Tell me why you really want to [F] stop not [C] nice
We [G] want drive Rolls [Am] Royce
Want have more than a million [F] [C] nights
Drink champagne [G] from the private [Am] flights Ah, _ [C] Josh
We a [G] people we walk through [Am] the dark for the [C] ghetto youth
Fully [G] up a bad vibes and [Am] sad stories
[F] _ [C] Man make [G] it now so me give [Am] God glory
_ [C] People will [G] hate me now dem want [Am] talk to me
[F] [C] My destiny great dog and dem [Am] know
_ [C] Man a God in the [G] earth now and [Am] it's sure
It's sure
[C] Any boy went down [Em] real time [Am] reveal to [C] me
Me taste good me a go lucky [G] place it [Am] reveal To see
[F] Dirty [C] bad mind
Why [G] you wanna stop my [Am] life?
Why you do not want to see a [E] black man [C] rise?
[G] Poverty is not my [Am] choice
Tell me why you really want to [F] stop not [C] nice
[G] We want drive Rolls [Am] Royce
Want have [E] more than a million [C] nights
Drink [G] champagne from the private [Am] flights
Ah, [C] Big up every youth in the street
People a [G] hustle with the [Am] cabby car Ah, [F] yeah
[C] Highs and the [G] price and dem can't [Am] distract me cause
[Dm] I'm [C] newly here
[G] Come from nothing at [Am] all
Man never have nothing at [Dm] all
[C] Now [G] right now nothing no [Am] stall
Anytime me step up a dem [F] all
[C] Jack down, [G] fail me, [Am] fail what?
_ [F] [C] Right now every [G] ghetto youth a lift up like [Am] elevator
_ Yeah, [C] man born by the house up at your real and [Am] celebrate
_ [F] Celebrating, [C] dem know how we make the [G] millions
Add it up like [Am] calculator
Dirty [C] bad mind
[G] Why you wanna stop my [Am] life?
Why you do not want to see a [F] black man [C] rise?
[G] Poverty is not my [Am] choice
Tell me why you really want to stop not [C] nice
[G] We want drive Rolls [Am] Royce
Want have [E] more than a million [C] nights
Drink [G] champagne from the private [Am] flights
Ah, _ [C] blessings in Christ man
[G]
[Am] You know the thing God do in the bus stop
[F] [C] Represent every ghetto [G] youth worldwide
[Am] What you all here
What dem a [C] do?
_ [G] Big up all [Am] true black man
Big up [F] all leaders
[C] And [G] roll it
[Am] To build life
Dirty [C] bad mind
[G] Why you wanna stop my [Am] life?
Why you do not want to see [F] a black man [C] rise?
[G] Poverty is not my

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