Chord/Tab song: Prodigal Son

...PRODIGAL SON... by Steel Pulse


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from 'Handsworth Revolution' (1978)

Intro:

Am Em (x4)

Am Em G D Em, Am (x2)

Break:

[Am] Woy![Dm][Em]
[Am] Woy![Dm][Em]
[Am] Woy![Dm][Em]
[Am] Woy![Dm][Em]

Chorus 1:

[Am] Woy!
Desperation [Dm]has re-[Em]turn,
[Am] Sodom and Go-[Dm]morrah, no deh [Em]yah so!

[Am] Woy!
Desperation [Dm]has re-[Em]turn, over [Am]yonder,
Sodom and Go-[Dm]morrah, no deh [Em]yah so!

Bridge 1:

[Am] Wild one,[Dm][Em]
You are like the [Am]Prodigal Son yeah,[Dm][Em]
[Am] And if you're the Prodigal [Dm]Son, my [Em]friend,
Then [Am]you're the one.[Dm]

Verse 1:

[Em] You left, [Am]taking your [Dm]only pos-[Em]session;
Your [Am]culture.[Dm][Em]
To [Am]enter a world known for [Dm]hacklings,[Em]
In [Am]abundance, yeah.[Dm][Em]
The [Am]hustlers of life,
Have [Dm]hooked and [Em]drained you.
[Am] From the man, from the [Dm]man,
From the [Em]man, from the [Am]man,
Dm Em (n.c)
That you used to be.
Turn your back on [A]us.[G]

Verse 2:

Return [Am]Rastaman [Dm]where you [Em]came from,
The [Am]land of your,[Dm] forefa-[Em]thers.
[Am] Reaching the gates,
With your [Dm]two long hands,[Em]
[Am] Stretching out for clean [Dm]water.[Em]

Bridge 2:

[Am] Wild one,[Dm][Em]
[Am] Prodigal Son.[Dm][Em]
[Am] And if you're the Prodigal [Dm]Son, my [Em]friend,
Then [Am]you're the one, [Dm]eh![Em]

Verse 3:

[Am] Prodigal come forth,
And re-[Dm]joice with your [Em]voice,
To the [Am]heavens.
[Dm] Chant some [Em]song,
[Am] Prodigal come forth and re-[Dm]pent;
Rasta-[Em]fari sins for-[Am]given.[Dm][Em]

Chorus 2:

[Am] Woy!
Desperation [Dm]has re-[Em]turn,
[Am] Sodom and Go-[Dm]morrah, no deh [Em]yah so!

[Am] Woy!
Desperation [Dm]has re-[Em]turn, over [Am]yonder,
Sodom and Go-[Dm]morrah, no deh [Em]yah so!

Interlude:

Am Em (x4)

Verse 4:

One has re-[Am]turned without,[Dm]
One's [Em]soul,
And has [Am]squandered all,[Dm]
His pos-[Em]sessions.
Let us [Am]cleanse your body now,[Dm][Em]
From your [Am]service,
To the [Dm]swine, [Em]because;
[Am] You've been dead,
And now to a-[Dm]noint your [Em]head;
With [Am]wisdom, knowledge,
And over-[Dm]standing.[Em]
A [Am]lesson has been,
Taught unto [Dm]you my [Em]friend,
[Am] Time for a feast and re-[Dm]joicing.[Em]

Bridge 3:

[Am] Wild one,[Dm][Em]
[Am] Prodigal Son.[Dm][Em]
[Am] And if you're the,
Prodigal [Dm]Son, my [Em]friend,
Then [Am]you're the one, [Dm]eh![Em]

Verse 5:

[Am] Prodigal come forth,
And re-[Dm]joice with your [Em]voice,
To the [Am]heavens.
[Dm] Chant some [Em]song,
[Am] Prodigal come forth and re-[Dm]pent;
Rasta-[Em]fari sins for-[Am]given.[Dm][Em]

Chorus 3:

[Am] Woy!
Desperation [Dm]has re-[Em]turn,
[Am] Sodom and Go-[Dm]morrah, no deh [Em]yah so!

[Am] Woy!
Desperation [Dm]has re-[Em]turn, over [Am]yonder,
Sodom and Go-[Dm]morrah, no deh [Em]yah so!

Coda:

[Am] Prodigal has re-[Dm]turned;
To his [Em]culture,
Am Dm (n.c)
Prodigal has re-turned;
Give him water,
[Am] Prodigal has re-[Dm]turned,
Has re-[Em]turned...
Has re-[Am]turned, has returned,
Dm (n.c)
Has re-turned, Eh!
[Am] Prodigal has re-[Dm]turned;
To his [Em]culture,
Am Dm (n.c)
Prodigal has re-turned;
Give him water,
[Am] Prodigal has re-[Dm]turned,[Em]
Am Dm (n.c) Am
Prodigal has re-turned now.

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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