Chords for Trojan 50 Anniversary Launch, Turtle Bay, Brixton, 2018

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[N] Good evening, I'm Chris Salovich and here are a number of gentlemen all associated in
one way or another with Trojan Records.
Don Letts, Chips Richard, _ Loxley Gitchee, Lawrence Kane [C] Honeyset.
Fantastic.
Who has by the way authored this astonishing book? _ _ _
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[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] [Dm] The
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ musicians in Jamaica.
We were the young pioneers [G] playing reggae music.
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We [C] _ _ _ have [G] to remember that most reggae people [G#m] pay packet was open at a record shop on Fridays.
First stop [Em] was music first and then [Am] groceries second.
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] I'm here as a Trojan fan and while all this boardroom stuff was going on, [F#] the people on
the [G] street didn't give a shit because the truth [F#] of the matter is that [D] between the time
the Trojan started until it had its heyday in 75, it had become so much [C] a part of our
lives that was never [F] going to die [C] anyway.
_ _ Yours is [G] a quest that's just begun.
_ When you [C] feel_
[G#] Well, you know, people, I mean, my brother Chips, I hear you, but you know, I've gotten
[Cm] quite older and my voice [N] isn't that strong as it once was, but still I can say I am the magnificent.
And I'm back in the back of a full bus with a most stuttering, storming, sounds of soul.
Shots [Am] of might.
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_ [Em] He's [G] in a black.
_ [C] He's wearing tiger.
_ He's wearing up.
_ He's wearing down.
_ He's wearing up. _ _ _ _