...KU KLUX KLAN... by Steel Pulse
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*from 'Handsworth Revolution' (1978)*
Intro:
Am Em (x16)
Verse 1:
AmEm
Walking along just kicking stones,
AmEm
Minding my own business.
AmEm
I come face to face, with my foe;
AmEm
Dis-guised In violence from head to toe.
Bridge 1:
AmEm
I holla and I bawl, (Ku Klux Klan),
AmEm
But dem naw let me go now.
AmEm
To let me go was not dem in-tention.
Am
Dem seh one nigger the less;
Em
The better for the show.
Am
Stand strong black skin,
Em
And take your blow.
Chorus 1:
AmEm
It's the Ku, the Ku Klux Klan,
AmEm
Here to stamp out blackman yah.
AmEm
It's the Ku, the Ku Klux Klan.
Verse 2:
AmEm
To be taught a lesson not to walk alone,
AmEm
I was waiting for the Good Sa-maritan.
AmEm
But waiting was hopeless; it was all in vain;
AmEm
The Ku Klux Klan; back again.
Bridge 2:
AmEm
I holla and I bawl, (Ku Klux Klan),
AmEm
But dem naw let me go now.
AmEm
To let me go was not dem in-tention.
Am
Dem seh one nigger the less;
Em
The better for the show.
Am
Stand strong black skin,
Em
And take your blow.
Chorus 2:
AmEm
It's the Ku, the Ku Klux Klan,
AmEm
Rape, lynch, kill and maim;
AmEm
Things can't remain the same, yah no!
Verse 3:
Am
Blackman do unto the Klan,
Em
As they would do to you;
AmEm
In this case hate they neighbour.
AmEm
Those cowards only kill who they fear;
Am
That's why they hide behind,
Em
The hoods and cloaks they wear.
Bridge 3:
AmEm
I holla and I bawl, (Ku Klux Klan),
AmEm
But dem naw let me go now.
Chorus 3:
EmAmEm
Ku Klux Klan, oh no, oh no;
AmEm
Here to stamp out blackman yah.
AmEm
Rape, lynch, kill and maim;
AmEm
Things can't remain the same, yah no!
AmEm
No, no, no, no.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)