Chords for We Like it So (Steel Beam) - Mighty Sparrow

Tempo:
127.1 bpm
Chords used:

C#

F#

G#

D#

D#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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We Like it So (Steel Beam) - Mighty Sparrow chords
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[D#m] [D#]
[C#] [Fm] [D#m] [G#]
[C#] [D#m]
[C#] [F#]
[C#] [F#] [D#]
[C#] [D#m]
[C#] [F#] [D#]
[C#]
[G#]
[C#]
[G#]
[C#] [F#]
[C#] [F#] from [C#] dawn to dawn.
You're intelligent I think and [C#] you should face issues.
[D#] But you're behaving like a [G#] moron,
cursing me for where I'm [C#] born, but you can't pay hollow water, you pay too much for butter.
Take your steel [G#] beam and go.
The terrible school system is such a bloody problem.
Take your steel [C#] beam and go.
Agriculture's in a state, planning is inadequate.
Take your steel [F#] beam and go.
[Fm] The northern and [F#] southern idol,
the two kingpins [D#] of bubble, we know we [C#] like it so.
[D#m] Fuck the shit [G#] up, [C#] we're free.
[A#m]
[D#m] [G#] [C#]
[F#] [G#] [C#]
[F#] [G#] [C#] [A#m]
[F#] [G#] [C#]
[D#] [C#]
[F#] [D#] [C#]
Anything that's wrong you go [G#] put it right.
Georgie Porgie tell we [C#] the other night.
So instead of displaying [G#] impatience, cool yourself and give the [C#] fellow a chance.
[F#] How the hell you could say ONR would [C#] do better, but we send you back Grenada in a drum.
[F#] We and Georgie going to put it [C#] right together.
[D#] We have freeness and [G#] freedom, plenty roti, plenty [C#] rum.
Hospitals have no limit, this brown paper they using.
Take your steel [G#] beam and go.
Public transportation is an abomination.
Take your steel [C#] beam and go.
Well food, clothes and rent is proof, cost of living gone through the roof.
Take your steel [F#] beam and go.
[Fm] [F#] Classified information for personal gain is [D#] common, we know, but we [C#] like it so.
[Fm] [D#m] [D#]
[C#] [D#m] [G#]
[C#] [F#] [G#]
[C#] [F#] [G#]
[A#m] [G#]
[C#] [D#]
[C#] [A#m] [D#]
[C#] Sparrow boy you need [G#] psychiatry again, to build them bourgeois people [C#] motorcade.
Me afraid to tell you straight [G#] to your face, you back in a jackass in [C#] a horse race.
[F#] Georgie say all you ain't [C#] getting one damn seat.
[F#] When I come out to [C#] mama guy, [F#] and go casa say how are you [C#] going to feel the heat?
[D#] The penalty to oppose is [G#] high, that's political suicide.
[C#] We have no house so we squat, living with cockroach and rat.
Take your steel [G#] beam and go.
This cesspit flowing over, you could catch yellow fever.
Take your steel [C#] beam and go.
Soldier in bulldozer, break down me shark in mover.
Take your steel [F#] beam and go.
[Fm] Is plenty [A#m] sexual favors [F#] to be a ten days [D#] worker, we know, but [C#] we like it so.
[D#m] [G#] [C#] [Fm]
[D#m] [G#] [C#]
[F#] [G#] [C#]
[F#] [D#] [C#]
[F#] [G#] [C#]
[D#m] [C#]
[F#] [D#] [C#]
It ain't have a single thing [G#] you could say, could make me abandon me [C#] balise.
No steel beam go fall down on [G#] top me head, Sparrow is a [C#] PNM killer dead.
[F#] Buddy you may be shocked [C#] when I tell you this, [F#] Hudson Phillips is a Yankee [C#] CIA.
[F#] And the whole of ONR is [C#] only communists.
[D#] They'll take and fall [G#] away, and make people work each [C#] day.
Is yes you in a union and can't get recognition.
Take your steel [G#] beam and go.
The unemployment levy murdering everybody.
Take your steel [C#] beam and go.
Children come out of college below elementary, not leave.
Take your steel beam [F#] and go.
[Fm] We grieving with [A#m] frustration, [F#] through [D#] maladministration, we know, but we [C#] like it so.
[Fm] [D#m] We swear [G#] to [C#] see.
[Fm] [D#m] [G#]
[C#] [F#] [G#]
[C#] [F#]
[C#] [F#]
[C#] [D#m]
[C#] [F#] [D#]
[C#] This console that you [G#] show in here for weeks, goodwill cost you your [C#] popularity.
Francisco how come you ain't [G#] understand, we ain't one of blasted [C#] opposition.
Yes, [F#] just like Georgie Porgie had done [C#] sharpen my gill pin.
Waiting for the opposition till.
And anytime we catch them only back peddling.
[D#] I ain't even want no bail, [G#] I afraid to make a jail.
[C#] Food you could produce here is imported from elsewhere.
Take your steel [G#] beam and go.
To fishing you old water is jail in Venezuela.
Take your steel beam [C#] and go.
No one to devise for we are good foreign policy.
Take your steel beam [F#] and go.
[C#] Bribery and [F#] corruption control [D#] every decision, we know, but [C#] we like it so.
[Fm]
[D#m] We [D#] swear to [C#] see.
[Fm] [D#m] [G#] [C#]
[D#m] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#]
[N]
Key:  
C#
12341114
F#
134211112
G#
134211114
D#
12341116
D#m
13421116
C#
12341114
F#
134211112
G#
134211114
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To jam and learn The Mighty Sparrow - (We Like It So) Steel Beam chords, your primary focus should be mastering these chords sequence: F#, C#, F#, G#, C#, D# and C#. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 63 BPM before aiming for the song's 127 BPM. To match your vocal range and chord inclination, adjust the capo in line with the key: C# Minor.

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_ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ [D#] _ _
[C#] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [G#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [D#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [D#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ from [C#] dawn to dawn.
You're intelligent I think and [C#] you should face issues.
[D#] But you're behaving like a [G#] moron,
cursing me for where I'm [C#] born, but you can't pay hollow water, you pay too much for butter.
_ Take your steel [G#] beam and go.
The terrible school system is such a bloody problem.
Take your steel [C#] beam and go.
_ _ Agriculture's in a state, planning is inadequate.
_ Take your steel [F#] beam and go.
[Fm] The northern and [F#] southern idol,
the two kingpins [D#] of bubble, we know we [C#] like it so. _ _ _ _
[D#m] Fuck the shit [G#] up, [C#] we're free.
_ [A#m] _ _
[D#m] _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [A#m] _ _
[F#] _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [D#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
Anything that's wrong you go [G#] put it right. _
Georgie Porgie tell we [C#] the other night. _ _
So instead of displaying [G#] _ impatience, _ cool yourself and give the [C#] fellow a chance. _
[F#] How the hell you could say ONR would [C#] do better, but we send you back Grenada in a drum.
[F#] We and Georgie going to put it [C#] right together. _
[D#] We have freeness and [G#] freedom, plenty roti, plenty [C#] rum.
Hospitals have no limit, this brown paper they using.
Take your steel [G#] beam and go. _ _
_ Public transportation is an abomination.
_ Take your steel [C#] beam and go.
Well food, clothes and rent is proof, cost of living gone through the roof.
Take your steel [F#] beam and go. _ _
[Fm] _ [F#] Classified information for personal gain is [D#] common, we know, but we [C#] like it so. _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [D#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ [G#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ _
_ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ _ [D#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ Sparrow boy you need [G#] psychiatry again, _ to build them bourgeois people [C#] motorcade.
_ _ Me afraid to tell you straight [G#] to your face, _ _ you back in a jackass in [C#] a horse race.
_ [F#] Georgie say all you ain't [C#] getting one damn seat.
[F#] When I come out to [C#] mama guy, [F#] and go casa say how are you [C#] going to feel the heat?
[D#] The penalty to oppose is [G#] high, that's political suicide.
[C#] We have no house so we squat, living with cockroach and rat.
Take your steel [G#] beam and go.
_ This cesspit flowing over, you could catch yellow fever.
_ Take your steel [C#] beam and go.
_ Soldier in bulldozer, break down me shark in mover.
_ Take your steel [F#] beam and go.
[Fm] Is plenty [A#m] sexual favors [F#] to be a ten days [D#] worker, we know, but [C#] we like it so. _ _ _ _ _
[D#m] _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[D#m] _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [D#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[D#m] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [D#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
It ain't have a single thing [G#] you could say, _ could make me abandon me [C#] balise.
No steel beam go fall down on [G#] top me head, _ Sparrow is a [C#] PNM killer dead. _
[F#] Buddy you may be shocked [C#] when I tell you this, [F#] Hudson Phillips is a Yankee [C#] CIA. _ _
[F#] And the whole of ONR is [C#] only _ communists.
[D#] They'll take and fall [G#] away, and make people work each [C#] day.
Is yes you in a union and can't get recognition.
_ Take your steel [G#] beam and go.
The unemployment levy murdering everybody.
_ Take your steel [C#] beam and go.
Children come out of college below elementary, not leave.
Take your steel beam [F#] and go.
[Fm] We grieving with [A#m] frustration, [F#] through _ [D#] maladministration, we know, but we [C#] like it so. _
_ _ [Fm] _ [D#m] We swear [G#] to [C#] see.
_ [Fm] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [G#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [D#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ This console that you [G#] show in here for weeks, _ _ goodwill cost you your [C#] popularity.
_ _ _ Francisco how come you ain't [G#] understand, _ _ we ain't one of blasted [C#] opposition.
_ Yes, [F#] just like Georgie Porgie had done [C#] sharpen my gill pin.
_ Waiting for the opposition till.
_ _ And anytime we catch them only back peddling.
_ [D#] I ain't even want no bail, [G#] I afraid to make a jail.
[C#] Food you could produce here is imported from elsewhere.
Take your steel [G#] beam and go.
_ To fishing you old water is jail in Venezuela.
_ Take your steel beam [C#] and go.
No one to devise for we are good foreign policy.
_ Take your steel beam [F#] and go.
_ [C#] Bribery and [F#] corruption control [D#] every decision, we know, but [C#] we like it so.
_ _ _ [Fm] _
[D#m] We [D#] swear to [C#] see.
_ [Fm] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[D#m] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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This song is part of Sweeter Than Ever album.

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