Chords for Tradewinds - Dave Martins Pt 2 of 3 "Not a blade of grass & Is we Own"

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Tradewinds - Dave Martins Pt 2 of 3  "Not a blade of grass & Is we Own" chords
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This is Dave Martins.
Don't move your dial.
Don't move.
You're
at Pepperpot Radio.
The best around every day.
DJ K Man and
DJ Get Busy.
Play the music.
[C]
Everybody say
peaceful [D] [B]
[Bm] [E] [Em]
people.
[C] Struggling.
We struggle.
[D]
Just [G] ask around.
But [B] [Em] when outside faces [C] from foreign places.
[D]
We [G] ain't backing down.
We ain't giving up no [Am] tree.
We ain't giving up no [D] river.
Nothing [G] long to be.
Not one blue sake.
Not [C] one rice grain.
Not [D] one for us.
[G]
[C] [D]
And [E]
[Em] we love the open country.
[C] Of the roof and honey.
[D] And the essig we bone.
[G] A time of night.
[B] [Em] So we may criticize it.
[C] This is the home we love it.
[D] And we mean forgive.
We [G] have that right.
So we ain't giving up no mountain.
We ain't [C] giving up no tree.
And we ain't [D] giving up no river.
Nothing [G] long to be.
Not one blue sake.
Not [Am] one rice [C] grain.
[D] Not one for us.
Not [G] a blade of grass.
Not one golden apple.
Not [C] one chamu.
Not a [D] drop of water.
From the [G] bummer road.
Not one breadfruit.
Not [C] one white tea.
Not [D] one ginseng.
Not [G] one lime tree.
Not one sapodilla.
Not one [Am] caroline.
Not one [D] sugarcane.
[G]
Not one sherry.
Not one [C] cracker.
Not [D] one guinea.
[G]
Not one blue sake.
Not one [Am] rice [C] grain.
Not one grain.
[D] Not a [G] blade of grass.
[C]
[D] [Em]
[Em] [E] This land is our [Em] land now.
We [C] gonna make it somehow.
We [D] will bend like a bow but never break.
[B] Our [Em] fathers came here.
And the [C] Indians died here.
And [D] we moving from here.
Make no [G] mistake.
So we ain't giving up no mountain.
And we ain't giving [C] up no tree.
And we ain't giving [D] up no river.
That belongs [G] to me.
Not one blue sake.
Not one [C] rice grain.
Not one [D] for us.
Not a blade of [G] grass.
[Em]
Every time we sing this [E] song for our Guyanese audience,
a chorus must break out.
And here is your chorus to break out.
All you have to do is sing.
You all come here to sing.
One.
Two.
Three.
No we ain't giving up no [G] mountain.
[Ab] And we ain't [Am] giving up no [Dbm] river.
[D] That [G] belongs to me.
Not one blue sake.
[Abm] Not one rice grain.
[D] Not one for us.
One more time.
Not [G] a blade of grass.
Let me hear you.
No we ain't giving up no mountain.
Yes.
No we ain't [Am] giving up no tree.
We ain't [D] giving up no river.
That [G] belongs to me.
Not one blue sake.
[A]
[E] [D] [G]
No we ain't giving up no mountain.
And we ain't giving up [Am] no tree.
We ain't giving up [D] no river.
That [G] belongs to me.
Not one blue sake.
Not one rice [C]
grain.
Not one for [D] us.
Not a blade of grass.
[C]
[D] [E]
[Em]
[E] [G] We have come to the almost to the end.
We have one more song to do.
And I just want to tell you briefly that this song is a song that came out of a
fete we played in New York about three years ago.
Maybe some of you were there.
[Ab] I don't know.
But it was a night when it was a magic night.
It was a Guyana night and people were nostalgic
about Guyana.
And I went I was moved by it and went back to Cayman and [Em] wrote a song.
We come across the Caribbean Sea.
Mother father picnic.
And [D] we settle down in GT.
Why ho.
We sat down in the pouring rain.
In the hot sun and the sugar cane.
[D] And we planted the rice and cane.
[Em] Why ho.
[B] Yes we take off the boots and we put on the roots.
[Em] Why ho.
So remember the crown boot that grow in Hessequibo is real.
[E] And the [Am] six o'clock in [D] the sack is [G] real.
[Am] And the lava that run [B] from the fire gun [Em] is real.
[B] And the wall of a force on the quarantine [Em] course is real.
[Am] I hear the boundary crime is real.
[Em]
So the ten of is real.
[B] Human Ayana [Em] is real.
[Am] Brick or rile is real.
[Em] Arab primer is real.
[B] Human Ayana [Em] is real.
[Am]
[Em] [B] [Em]
[C] [B]
[Em] Whether cruel or whether pleasant.
We know the Pagua and come for dance.
[Bm] And we know how [D] to wine and dance.
[Em]
Why ho.
And we celebrate Diwali.
And when it's time for Mashramani.
[D] It's party, party, party.
[Em] Why ho.
[B] Yes we know how to rock until we on the wave.
[Em] Why ho.
So remember the crown boot that grow in Hessequibo is real.
[E] [Am] And the six o'clock [D] in the sack is [G] real.
[Am] And the lava that run [D] from the fire gun [Em] is real.
And [B] the wall of a force on the quarantine course [Em] is real.
[Am] Partner fellows is real.
[Em] Five finger shoes is real.
[B] Human Ayana is [Em] real.
[E] The [Am] semolina wine is real.
And the [Em] mascarade wine is real.
[B] Human Ayana is [Em] real.
[Am] [Em]
[C] [B]
Listen to me [Em] chip sugar cake and salt fish and bake is real.
[Am] Mutton curry and two pearl auri [Em] is real.
Gonna [B] be a nice black pudding and rice is [Em] real.
The coconut metachi [B] and riri riri is real.
Babu lala rich and with the kota in the hand is real.
[Am] Alexander willing and the blue dashiki [Em] is real.
[B] Frankie minis and the boom boom sees [Em] is real.
And [B] the fella in tongue name Lee funky bunk is [Em] real.
And the fellas in the tree watching for a kid for free is real.
And the [Am] brother in the night preaching Jordanite is [Em] real.
[B] Mary and Paul up on the sea wall is real.
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_ This is Dave Martins.
Don't move your dial.
Don't move.
You're
at Pepperpot Radio.
The best around every day.
DJ K Man and
DJ Get Busy.
Play the music.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
Everybody say
peaceful [D] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
people.
[C] Struggling.
We struggle.
_ [D] _
_ Just [G] ask around.
But [B] _ [Em] when outside faces [C] from foreign places.
_ [D]
We _ [G] ain't backing down.
We ain't giving up no _ _ _ [Am] tree.
We ain't giving up no [D] river.
Nothing [G] long to be.
Not one blue sake.
Not [C] one rice grain.
Not [D] one for us.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D]
And _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] we love the open country.
[C] Of the roof and honey.
[D] And the essig we bone.
[G] A time of night.
[B] _ [Em] So we may criticize it.
[C] This is the home we love it.
[D] And we mean forgive.
We [G] have that right.
So we ain't giving up no mountain.
We ain't [C] giving up no tree.
And we ain't [D] giving up no river.
Nothing [G] long to be.
Not one blue sake.
Not [Am] one rice [C] grain.
[D] Not one for us.
Not [G] a blade of grass.
Not one golden apple.
Not [C] one chamu.
Not a [D] drop of water.
From the [G] bummer road.
Not one breadfruit.
_ Not [C] one white tea.
Not [D] one ginseng.
Not [G] one lime tree.
Not one sapodilla.
Not one [Am] caroline.
_ Not one [D] sugarcane.
_ _ _ [G] _
_ Not one sherry.
_ Not one [C] cracker.
_ Not [D] one guinea.
_ _ _ [G] _
_ Not one blue sake.
_ Not one [Am] rice [C] grain.
Not one grain.
_ [D] Not _ a [G] blade of grass.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] This land is our [Em] land now.
We [C] gonna make it somehow.
We [D] will bend like a bow but never break.
[B] _ Our [Em] fathers came here.
And the [C] Indians died here.
And [D] we moving from here.
Make no [G] mistake.
So we ain't giving up no mountain.
And we ain't giving [C] up no tree.
And we ain't giving [D] up no river.
That belongs [G] to me.
Not one blue sake.
Not one [C] rice grain.
Not one [D] for us.
Not a blade of [G] grass.
_ _ [Em] _ _
Every time we sing this [E] song for our Guyanese audience,
a chorus must break out.
_ And here is your chorus to break out.
All you have to do is sing.
You all come here to sing.
_ _ One.
Two.
_ Three.
No we ain't giving up no [G] mountain.
[Ab] And we ain't [Am] giving up no _ [Dbm] river.
_ [D] That [G] belongs to me.
Not one blue sake.
_ [Abm] Not one rice grain.
_ [D] Not one for us.
One more time.
Not [G] a blade of grass.
Let me hear you.
No we ain't giving up no mountain.
Yes.
No we ain't [Am] giving up no tree.
We ain't [D] giving up no river.
That [G] belongs to me.
Not one blue sake.
_ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
No we ain't giving up no mountain.
And we ain't giving up [Am] no tree.
We ain't giving up [D] no river.
That [G] belongs to me.
Not one blue sake.
Not one rice [C]
grain.
Not one for [D] us.
Not a blade of grass.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] We have come to the almost to the end.
We have one more song to do.
And I just want to tell you briefly that this song is a song that came out of a
fete we played in New York about three years ago.
Maybe some of you were there.
[Ab] I don't know.
But it was a night when it was a magic night.
It was a Guyana night and people were nostalgic
about Guyana.
And I went I was moved by it and went back to Cayman and [Em] wrote a song. _
_ We come across the Caribbean Sea.
Mother father picnic.
And [D] we settle down in GT.
Why ho.
_ _ We sat down in the pouring rain.
In the hot sun and the sugar cane.
[D] And we planted the rice and cane.
[Em] Why ho. _
[B] Yes we take off the boots and we put on the roots.
[Em] Why ho.
So remember the crown boot that grow in Hessequibo is real.
[E] _ And the [Am] six o'clock in [D] the sack is [G] real.
_ _ [Am] And the lava that run [B] from the fire gun [Em] is real.
_ [B] And the wall of a force on the quarantine [Em] course is real.
_ [Am] I hear the boundary crime is real.
[Em]
So the ten of is real.
[B] Human Ayana [Em] is real.
_ _ [Am] Brick or rile is real.
[Em] Arab primer is real.
[B] Human Ayana [Em] is real.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [Em] Whether cruel or whether pleasant.
We know the Pagua and come for dance.
[Bm] And we know how [D] to wine and dance.
[Em]
Why ho.
_ And we celebrate Diwali.
And when it's time for Mashramani.
[D] It's party, party, party.
[Em] Why ho.
_ [B] Yes we know how to rock until we on the wave.
[Em] Why ho.
So _ remember the crown boot that grow in Hessequibo is real.
[E] _ [Am] And the six o'clock [D] in the sack is [G] real.
_ _ [Am] And the lava that run [D] from the fire gun [Em] is real.
_ And [B] the wall of a force on the quarantine course [Em] is real.
_ _ [Am] Partner fellows is real.
[Em] Five finger shoes is real.
[B] Human Ayana is [Em] real.
[E] The [Am] semolina wine is real.
And the [Em] mascarade wine is real.
[B] Human Ayana is [Em] real. _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
Listen to me [Em] chip sugar cake and salt fish and bake is real. _
_ [Am] Mutton curry and two pearl auri [Em] is real. _
Gonna [B] be a nice black pudding and rice is [Em] real. _
The coconut metachi [B] and riri riri is real. _ _
Babu lala rich and with the kota in the hand is real. _ _
[Am] Alexander willing and the blue dashiki [Em] is real. _ _
[B] Frankie minis and the boom boom sees [Em] is real. _
And [B] the fella in tongue name Lee funky bunk is [Em] real. _
And the fellas in the tree watching for a kid for free is real. _
And the [Am] brother in the night preaching Jordanite is [Em] real. _ _
[B] Mary and Paul up on the sea wall is real. _ _