...BAD MAN... by Steel Pulse -------------............... *from 'Handsworth Revolution' (1978)* Intro: Bm D Em (x2) Bridge 1: Bm F# Dem dread seh, Bm F# Dem dread seh, Bm F# Dem dread seh, Bm F# Dem dread seh. Bm No matter how, Em You bad, I man; F#m Badder than you, Bm No matter how, Em You dread, I man; F# Dreader than you. Bm No matter how you hard, Em F# I man harder than you, Bm No matter how you raw, Em I more-weak heart, F# Back way so. Chorus 1: Bm A bad man no, Em Want go back, F#m Into cap-tivity, Bm A bad man no, Em Want go back, F#m To slavery. Bm Up-rising, Em F# From the claws, Bm F# Of the wicked. Verse 1: Bm Two bulls can't reign, Em F# In one pen, Bm Two lions can't roar, Em F# In a small den. Bm Two scorpions, Don't sting at, Em F# The same spot, Bm Two guns can't fire, Em F# The same bullet shot so; Chorus 2: Bm A bad man no, Em Want go back, F#m Into cap-tivity, Bm A bad man no, Em Want go back, F#m To slavery. Bm Up-rising, Em F# From the claws, Bm F# Of the wicked. Verse 2: Bm Two kings don't wear, Em F#m The same crown, Bm Two beauties don't have, Em F#m The same gown on. Bm To-morrow is too late, Em F#m To leave town, Bm If you're still, Here at noon, There'll be one, Big, big, big, Em F#m Showdown so; Chorus 3: Bm Uprising, Em F# Upri-sing. Bm Uprising, Em F# Upri-sing. Break: F#m I give you, Bm 'Till noon to go, F#m On your way to, Bm Sur-vival, where, F#m Your heart will beat, Bm More fonder with life, F#m And breath still, Bm Enters your body. Bridge 2: ( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/steel_pulse/bad_man_crd.html ) Bm F# Dem dread seh, Bm F# Dem dread seh, Bm F# Dem dread seh, Bm F# Dem dread seh. Bm No matter how, Em You bad, I man; F#m Badder than you, Bm No matter how, Em You dread, I man; F# Dreader than you. Bm No matter how you hard, Em F# I man harder than you, Bm No matter how you raw, Em I more-weak heart, F# Back way so. Verse 3: Bm If you still coming, Em F# Me nah run, Bm If you still coming, Em F# Me ah go, drop you. Bm If you still coming, Em F# Me nah run, Bm So better stop running, Em F# Be-fore I, break you. Bm So run and hide, Em F# Before I, find you, Bm Woe betide if, Em F# I catch up on you, Bm If you still coming, Em F# I box you down, Bm If you still coming, Em F# I clart you down. Break: Bm Em F# Long time... Bm F# We deh under backraw. Bm Long time we deh, Em F# Under back-raw, Bm Long time we deh, Em F# Under back-raw. Bm Long time we deh, Em F# Under back-raw, Bm Long time we deh, Em F# Under back-raw. Verse 4: Bm F# Four hundred years, Bm F# (Many, many years). Bm F# Four hundred years, Bm F# (Many, many years). Bm F# Slavery, Bm F# Slavery, Bm F# Slavery, Bm Days... Coda: Bm Oh, Em F# You've been bought, Bm Oh, Em F# You've been sold. Bm Oh, Em F# Cast over me, Bm Got strung up, Em F# For nothing at all. Bm Em F# Strange fruit, Bm Em F# Strange fruit, Bm Em F# Strange fruit, Bm Em F# Strange fruit. Outro: BEF# (Repeat to Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- BEF# EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE xx4432 xxx453 xx4322 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)