Chord/Tab song: Bad Man

...BAD MAN... by Steel Pulse


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from 'Handsworth Revolution' (1978)

Intro:

Bm D Em (x2)

Bridge 1:

Dem [Bm]dread seh,[Em][F#]
Dem [Bm]dread seh,[Em][F#]
Dem [Bm]dread seh,[Em][F#]
Dem [Bm]dread seh.[Em][F#]
No [Bm]matter how,
You bad, I man;[Em]
[F#m] Badder than you,
No [Bm]matter how,
You dread, I man;[Em]
[F#] Dreader than you.
No [Bm]matter how you hard,
I man [Em]harder than [F#]you,
No [Bm]matter how you raw,
I more-[Em]weak heart,
[F#] Back way so.

Chorus 1:

[Bm] A bad man no,
Want go [Em]back,
Into cap-[F#m]tivity,
[Bm] A bad man no,
Want go [Em]back,
To [F#m]slavery.
Up-[Bm]rising,
[Em] From the [F#]claws,
Of the [Bm]wicked.[Em][F#]

Verse 1:

Two [Bm]bulls can't reign,
In [Em]one pen,[F#]
Two [Bm]lions can't roar,
In a [Em]small den.[F#]
Two [Bm]scorpions,
Don't sting at,
The [Em]same spot,[F#]
Two [Bm]guns can't fire,
The [Em]same bullet [F#]shot so;

Chorus 2:

[Bm] A bad man no,
Want go [Em]back,
Into cap-[F#m]tivity,
[Bm] A bad man no,
Want go [Em]back,
To [F#m]slavery.
Up-[Bm]rising,
[Em] From the [F#]claws,
Of the [Bm]wicked.[Em][F#]

Verse 2:

Two [Bm]kings don't wear,
The [Em]same crown,[F#m]
Two [Bm]beauties don't have,
The [Em]same gown [F#m]on.
To-[Bm]morrow is too late,
To [Em]leave town,[F#m]
[Bm] If you're still,
Here at noon,
There'll be one,
Big, big, big,
[Em] Showdown [F#m]so;

Chorus 3:

Up[Bm]rising,
[Em] Upri-[F#]sing.
Up[Bm]rising,
[Em] Upri-[F#]sing.

Break:

[F#m] I give you,
'Till [Bm]noon to go,
[F#m] On your way to,
Sur-[Bm]vival, where,
[F#m] Your heart will beat,
More [Bm]fonder with life,
[F#m] And breath still,
Enters your [Bm]body.

Bridge 2:
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/steel_pulse/bad_man_crd.html )
Dem [Bm]dread seh,[Em][F#]
Dem [Bm]dread seh,[Em][F#]
Dem [Bm]dread seh,[Em][F#]
Dem [Bm]dread seh.[Em][F#]
No [Bm]matter how,
You bad, I man;[Em]
[F#m] Badder than you,
No [Bm]matter how,
You dread, I man;[Em]
[F#] Dreader than you.
No [Bm]matter how you hard,
I man [Em]harder than [F#]you,
No [Bm]matter how you raw,
I more-[Em]weak heart,
[F#] Back way so.

Verse 3:

[Bm] If you still coming,
Me [Em]nah run,[F#]
[Bm] If you still coming,
Me [Em]ah go, [F#]drop you.
[Bm] If you still coming,
Me [Em]nah run,[F#]
[Bm] So better stop running,
Be-[Em]fore I, [F#]break you.
[Bm] So run and hide,
Before I, [Em]find you,[F#]
[Bm] Woe betide if,
I catch up [Em]on you,[F#]
[Bm] If you still coming,
I [Em]box you [F#]down,
[Bm] If you still coming,
I [Em]clart you [F#]down.

Break:

[Bm] Long [Em]time.[F#]..
[Bm] We deh under backraw.[Em][F#]
[Bm] Long time we deh,
Under back-[Em]raw,[F#]
[Bm] Long time we deh,
Under back-[Em]raw.[F#]
[Bm] Long time we deh,
Under back-[Em]raw,[F#]
[Bm] Long time we deh,
Under back-[Em]raw.[F#]

Verse 4:

Four [Bm]hundred years,[Em][F#]
(Many, many [Bm]years).[Em][F#]
Four [Bm]hundred years,[Em][F#]
(Many, many [Bm]years).[Em][F#]

[Bm] Slavery,[Em][F#]
[Bm] Slavery,[Em][F#]
[Bm] Slavery,[Em][F#]
[Bm] Days...

Coda:

[Bm] Oh,
[Em] You've been [F#]bought,
[Bm] Oh,
[Em] You've been [F#]sold.
[Bm] Oh,
[Em] Cast [F#]over me,
[Bm] Got strung up,
For [Em]nothing at [F#]all.
[Bm] Strange [Em]fruit,[F#]
[Bm] Strange [Em]fruit,[F#]
[Bm] Strange [Em]fruit,[F#]
[Bm] Strange [Em]fruit.[F#]

Outro:

[Bm] [Em] [F#]
(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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[Bm] [Em] [F#]
[EADGBE]xx4432 [EADGBE]xxx453 [EADGBE]xx4322

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
([email protected])