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Jah War

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Eminor
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Step 1 / 33Position: 5
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
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CAPO: 0
TUNING: standard
INTRO Bass lick
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----7--5-----5--7---------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------7---------------------------------------------------------------|
Em Bm Em D
VERSE 1
EmThe air was thick with a smell of oppression
BmThe militants joined with angry position
EmRedemption type with a strain of repression
D6Young blood boiling hot with agression
CHORUS
AmJah war fGighting fighting
AmJah war, tDoo close frightening
BRIDGE
e|----Em----------Bm-------------Em-----------D------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------5-----------------------5----------------------------|
A|----10--9--7--10-9-7--------10--9--7--10-9-7------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE2
EmThe winds were blowing and stirring up reaction
BmA storm broke out a militant action
EmHot heads came in uniform
DThunder and lightning in a violent form
CHORUS
AmJah war fGighting fighting
AmJah war, Dtoo close frightening
BRIDGE
e|----Em----------Bm-------------Em-----------D------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------5-----------------------5----------------------------|
A|----10--9--7--10-9-7--------10--9--7--10-9-7------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
INSTRUMENTAL
Em- Bm- Em- D  
CHORUS
AmJah war fGighting fighting
AmJah war, Dtoo close frightening
VERSE 3
EmThe air was thick with a smell of oppression
BmThe militants joined with angry position
EmRedemption type with a strain of repression
DYoung blood boiling hot with agression
CHORUS
AmJah war fGighting fighting
AmJah war, Dtoo close frightening
CHORUS 2
EmFighting fighting BmJah war
EmToo close frightening DJah war
EmFighting fighting BmJah war
EmToo close frightening JDah war
VERSE 4
AmClarence Baker
GNo trouble maker
AmSaid the truncheon came down
GKnocked him to the ground
AmSaid the blood on the streets that day
GThe blood and the madness
AmSaid the blood on the streets that day
D....Hey
ENDING
EmFighting fighting JBmah war
EmFighting fighting JBmah war
EmFighting fighting JBmah war
EmFighting fighting JDah war
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