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...DUPPY CONQUEROR... by Bob Marley
---------------------..............
*from 'Burnin'' (1973)*
Intro:
  C    F    G   F(x2)
Verse 1:
 CYes, me Ffriend,G  F  
         C        F    G  F
We deh A-street A-gain.
 CYes, me Ffriend, me Ggood friend,F  
Dem say we Cfree a-Fgain.G  
The Fbars could not Chold me;F  G  
 FForce could not con-Ctrol me Fnow.G  
They Ftry to keep me Cdown, Fyeah!G  
But FJah put CI around, Fyeah!G  
 FYes, I've been ac-Ccused many a-Ftimes,G  
And Fwrongly a-Cbused now.F  G  
Oh, but through the Fpowers of the CMost-I,F  G  F  
They've got to Cturn me loose.F  G  F  
Bridge 1:
 FDon't try to cold me Amup, on this bridge now,
 FI've got to reach Mount AmZion; the highest region.
 FSo if you a bull-Ambucka let me tell you this...
 GI'm a Duppy Conqueror, G7conqueror, oh, yeah!
Verse 2:
 CYes, me Ffriend, me Ggood friend,F  
We deh a-Cstreet a-Fgain, Goh!F  
 CYes, me Ffriend, me Ggood friend,F  
Dem say we Cfree a-Fgain, Goh, Foh!
Bridge 2:
So Fdon't try to cold me Amup, on this bridge now,
 FI've got to reach Mount AmZion; the highest region.
 FSo if you a bull-Ambucka let me tell you this...
 GI'm a Duppy Conqueror, G7conqueror, oh, yeah.
Verse 3:
 CYes, me Ffriend,G  F  
Them say we Cfree a-Fgain, Goh, Foh, yeah!
 CYes, me Ffriend,G  F  
Them say we Cfree a-Fgain, Goh.F  
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
   C       F       G       Am      G7
 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x35553  133211  355433  577555  353433
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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Duppy Conqueror

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...DUPPY CONQUEROR... by Bob Marley

---------------------..............

*from 'Burnin'' (1973)*

Intro:

C F G F

(x2)

Verse 1:

C F G F

Yes, me friend,

C F G F

A A

We deh -street -gain.

C F G F

Yes, me friend, me good friend,

C F G

Dem say we free a-gain.

F C F G

The bars could not hold me;

F C F G

Force could not con-trol me now.

F C F G

They try to keep me down, yeah!

F C F G

But Jah put I around, yeah!

F C F G

Yes, I've been ac-cused many a-times,

F C F G

And wrongly a-bused now.

F C F G F

Oh, but through the powers of the Most-I,

C F G F

They've got to turn me loose.

Bridge 1:

F Am

Don't try to cold me up, on this bridge now,

F Am

I've got to reach Mount Zion; the highest region.

F Am

So if you a bull-bucka let me tell you this...

G G7

I'm a Duppy Conqueror, conqueror, oh, yeah!

Verse 2:

C F G F

Yes, me friend, me good friend,

C F G F

We deh a-street a-gain, oh!

C F G F

Yes, me friend, me good friend,

C F G F

Dem say we free a-gain, oh, oh!

Bridge 2:

F Am

So don't try to cold me up, on this bridge now,

F Am

I've got to reach Mount Zion; the highest region.

F Am

So if you a bull-bucka let me tell you this...

G G7

I'm a Duppy Conqueror, conqueror, oh, yeah.

Verse 3:

C F G F

Yes, me friend,

C F G F

Them say we free a-gain, oh, oh, yeah!

C F G F

Yes, me friend,

C F G F

Them say we free a-gain, oh.

(Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

---------------

C F G Am G7

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE

x35553 133211 355433 577555 353433

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

About Duppy Conqueror Chords by Bob Marley

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