{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1968725,"song":"My Ancestors","artist":"Jimmy Cliff","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1968725-my-ancestors-chords-by-jimmy-cliff/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1968725?type=chord","rating":0.12442,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Eb7[/ch] [ch]Ab7[/ch] \r\n[ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Eb7[/ch] [ch]Ab7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nMy ancestors were kings of old[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Ab[/ch]            \r\nThey ruled the world and all of its gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Ab[/ch]                       [ch]Eb[/ch]        \r\nBut look at me, oh look at me, just look at me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nMy ancestors would find the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nBefore they bowed down to anyone[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]Ab[/ch]                       [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nBut you gonna look at me, oh look at me, just look at me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Ab[/ch]                 [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nYeah, oh look at me, I'm a stranger in this land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]                             \r\nWatch me stand tall, help me, help me be just a man, oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]                             [ch]Eb7[/ch]\r\nMy ancestors, they were mighty men[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAnd my son, he will be one of them[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAnd they'll just look at him, yeah, they'll look at him[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Eb[/ch]           [ch]Db[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]          \r\nAnd they'll say, he's a man, he's a man, my son's a man, oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]      [ch]Ab7[/ch]                   [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Eb7[/ch]\r\nMy ancestors, they passed it on to me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab7[/ch]                [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Eb7[/ch]\r\nI've got to, got to work[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab7[/ch]                 [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Eb7[/ch]\r\nAnd pass it on to my son[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab7[/ch]             [ch]Eb[/ch]      [ch]Ab7[/ch]     \r\nAnd he will be a man, oh yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Eb7[/ch]\r\nAnd pass it on to his son[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab7[/ch]             [ch]Eb[/ch]                  [ch]Ab7[/ch]          [ch]Eb[/ch]               \r\nAnd he will be a man, oh yes he will, my son will be a man[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nEb Eb7 Ab7 \nEb Eb7 Ab7\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Eb","Eb7","Ab7","Ab","Bb","Db"]}