Chord/Tab song: Back to My Roots

...BACK TO MY ROOTS... by Steel Pulse


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from 'Vex' (1994)

Intro:

[Bb] [Dm] Woah na na na,
Yeh eh [Gm]eh, ee yeh...
[Dm] Hey yeh.
[Cm] [Dm] Woah na na,
[Cm] [Ebm] Woah now.

Verse 1:

[Bb] This is to whom,
It [Dm]may concern
[Gm] Ragamuffin,
Rasta-[Dm]man return.
[Cm] Says we all got,
A [Dm]lesson to learn,
[Cm] This is the reason,
[Ebm] That I'm back
To my [Bb]roots.[Dm]

Chorus 1:

[Dm] I'm back to my,
[Gm] Roo roo roo roo,
Dm Cm Dm, Cm Ebm
Roo roo roots.

I'm back to my [Bb]roots,[Dm]
[Gm] Roo roo roo roo,
Dm Cm Dm, Cm Ebm
Roo roo roots.

Bridge 1:

[Dm] So we took,
That commercial road,
Searching for some,
Fame and gold.
[Gm] And gained the,
Whole wide world
And almost,
Lost our souls.

[Dm] Some say we should,
Have led the way,
Taken over from,
Bob Marley.
[Gm] Got brainwashed,
By the system yeah,
What a heavy heavy,
Price we paid.

It's [Cm]time to go back,
To the [Ebm]way we was,
[F] Reggae-Raggamuffin,
Rub-a[(Bb)]-Dub.

Chorus 2:

[Dm] I'm back to my,
[Gm] Roo roo roo roo,
Dm Cm Dm, Cm Ebm
Roo roo roots.

I'm back to my [Bb]roots,[Dm]
[Gm] Roo roo roo roo,
Dm Cm Dm, Cm Ebm
Roo roo roots.

Bridge 2:

[Dm] Some a say that,
We gone soft,
Whatever happened to,
The Pulse so hard?
[Gm] They use to take,
A militant stance,
Now all were hearing,
Is a song and a dance.

[Dm] Well we tried all,
That pop and jive,
To keep the band,
And the music alive.
[Gm] So here's my promise,
To everyone;
I'll serve the sufferers,
From this day on.

It's [Cm]time to go back,
To the [Ebm]way we was,
[F] Reggae-Raggamuffin,
Rub-a[(Bb)]-Dub.

Chorus 3:

[Dm] I'm back to my,
[Gm] Roo roo roo roo,
Dm Cm Dm, Cm Ebm
Roo roo roots.
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/steel_pulse/back_to_my_roots_crd.html )
I'm back to my [Bb]roots,[Dm]
[Gm] Roo roo roo roo,
Dm Cm Dm, Cm Ebm
Roo roo roots.

Solo:

Bb Dm, Gm Dm,
Cm Dm, Cm Ebm

(x2)

Dm, Gm (x2)

It's [Cm]time to go back,
To the [Ebm]way we was,
[F] Reggae-Raggamuffin,
Rub-a[(Bb)]-Dub.

Chorus 4:

[Dm] Reggae Raggamuffin rub-a-[Gm]dub,
[Dm] Reggae Raggamuffin rub-a-[Cm]dub.
[Dm] Reggae Raggamuffin rub-a-[Cm]dub.[Ebm]

Chorus 5:

[Dm] I'm back to my,
[Gm] Roo roo roo roo,
Dm Cm Dm, Cm Ebm
Roo roo roots.

I'm back to my [Bb]roots,[Dm]
[Gm] Roo roo roo roo,
Dm Cm Dm, Cm Ebm
Roo roo roots.

Verse 2:

[Bb] This is to whom,
It [Dm]may concern
[Gm] Ragamuffin,
Rasta-[Dm]man return.
[Cm] Says we all got,
A [Dm]lesson to learn,
[Cm] Help I and I,
Mek [Ebm]Babylon burn yah!

Chorus 6:

[Dm] I'm back to my,
[Gm] Roo roo roo roo,
Dm Cm Dm, Cm Ebm
Roo roo roots.

I'm back to my [Bb]roots,[Dm]
[Gm] Roo roo roo roo,
Dm Cm Dm, Cm Ebm
Roo roo roots.

Outro:

Bb Dm, Gm Dm,
Cm Dm, Cm Ebm

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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| |_____ Tabbed by |_|
|_______| Joel from cLuMsY, 2008
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