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SOUL REBEL
by Bob Marley
*Recorded 1970*
[Intro]
  C#m  B,   C#m   B(n.c)
[Chorus 1]
I'm a C#mrebel; soul Bmaj7rebel,
I'm a C#mcapturer; soul ad-Bmaj7venturer.
[Verse 1]
 BSee the morning sun,
(Ah ah ah ah C#mah), on the hillside,
 ENot living F#good; Bmaj7travel wide.
 BSaid I'm a living man,
(Ah ah ah ah C#mah), and I've got work to do.
 EIf you're not F#happy, children,
Then you Bmaj7must be blue, must be blue. People say;
[Chorus 2]
I'm a C#mrebel, let them talk, soul Bmaj7rebel.
(Talk won't bother me).
I'm a C#mcapturer, (that's what they say),
Soul ad-Bmaj7venturer, (night and day).
I'm a C#mrebel; soul Bmaj7rebel, (do you hear them lippy?)
I'm a C#mcapturer, (gossip around the corner),
Soul ad-Bmaj7venturer, (how they adventure on me, y'all).
[Verse 2]
 BSee the morning sun,
(Ah ah ah ah C#mah), on the hillside,
 ENot living F#good; Bmaj7travel wide.
 BSaid I'm a living man, (ah ah ah ah C#mah),
 E(Ooh, F#ooh, Bmaj7must be blue),
If you're not happy; you must be blue.
[Chorus 3]
I'm a C#mrebel; soul Bmaj7rebel,
I'm a C#mcapturer; soul ad-Bmaj7venturer. (Do you hear me?)
I'm a C#mrebel, (rebel in the morning),
Soul Bmaj7rebel, (rebel at midday time!)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
   C#m     B      Bmaj7    E       F#
 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x46654  x24442  x24342  022100  244322
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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SOUL REBEL

by Bob Marley

*Recorded 1970*

[Intro]

C#m B C#m B

, (n.c)

[Chorus 1]

C#m Bmaj7

I'm a rebel; soul rebel,

C#m Bmaj7

I'm a capturer; soul ad-venturer.

[Verse 1]

See the morning sun,

C#m

(Ah ah ah ah ah), on the hillside,

E F# Bmaj7

Not living good; travel wide.

Said I'm a living man,

C#m

(Ah ah ah ah ah), and I've got work to do.

E F#

If you're not happy, children,

Bmaj7

Then you must be blue, must be blue. People say;

[Chorus 2]

C#m Bmaj7

I'm a rebel, let them talk, soul rebel.

(Talk won't bother me).

C#m

I'm a capturer, (that's what they say),

Bmaj7

Soul ad-venturer, (night and day).

C#m Bmaj7

I'm a rebel; soul rebel, (do you hear them lippy?)

C#m

I'm a capturer, (gossip around the corner),

Bmaj7

Soul ad-venturer, (how they adventure on me, y'all).

[Verse 2]

See the morning sun,

C#m

(Ah ah ah ah ah), on the hillside,

E F# Bmaj7

Not living good; travel wide.

B C#m

Said I'm a living man, (ah ah ah ah ah),

E F# Bmaj7

(Ooh, ooh, must be blue),

If you're not happy; you must be blue.

[Chorus 3]

C#m Bmaj7

I'm a rebel; soul rebel,

C#m Bmaj7

I'm a capturer; soul ad-venturer. (Do you hear me?)

C#m

I'm a rebel, (rebel in the morning),

Bmaj7

Soul rebel, (rebel at midday time!)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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

C#m B Bmaj7 E F#

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE

x46654 x24442 x24342 022100 244322

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

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