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Yellow Star
By Donovan Leitch
From the album Troubadour
(reggae rhythm… )
Verse 1:
There have beEen bad thing done 
There have been Bsome good one 
And many Bpeople died 
And many Enations cried 
And many Ebabies came 
As many Adied agaiG#mn 
Yet always F#mMan prevailed 
Yeah though the ADevil wailed 
E E E E
Verse 2 (same progression)
You know we're way out there 
In some galaxy hair 
With all this space around 
We fight to keep our share. 
With all our cruelty 
And all our jealousy 
We find it hard to give 
To just live and let live 
To live and let live 
Chorus:
AIt's all in the BDance of ELife my Afriend
AIt's all in the BSong that Enever C#mends
AIt's all in the BDance of ELife my C#mfriend 
AFollowing that BYellow EStar 
Following that Yellow Star 
Following that Yellow Star 
Following that Yellow Star 
Verse 3:
We think that we're so big 
The truth we never, never twig 
And if some Quasar gonna blow 
I guess we'd never, never know 
And long before that day 
When we are burned away 
Let us take time to smile 
And swing a little while 
Just a little while. 
Verse 4:
There have been many, many words 
And just as many, many turds 
It's all a kind of dream 
And not quite what it seems 
But when the talking's done 
This Life of Death we're gonna shun 
And turn our heart to Him (Hailé Sélassié)
Whose Light will never, never dim

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Yellow Star

by Donovan

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Chords in this song · guitar

G#m

F#m

C#m

Yellow Star

By Donovan Leitch

From the album Troubadour

(reggae rhythm… )

Verse 1:

There have been bad thing done

There have been some good one

And many people died

And many nations cried

And many babies came

A G#m

As many died again

F#m

Yet always Man prevailed

Yeah though the Devil wailed

E E E E

Verse 2 (same progression)

You know we're way out there

In some galaxy hair

With all this space around

We fight to keep our share.

With all our cruelty

And all our jealousy

We find it hard to give

To just live and let live

To live and let live

Chorus:

A B E A

It's all in the Dance of Life my friend

A B E C#m

It's all in the Song that never ends

A B E C#m

It's all in the Dance of Life my friend

A B E

Following that Yellow Star

Verse 3:

We think that we're so big

The truth we never, never twig

And if some Quasar gonna blow

I guess we'd never, never know

And long before that day

When we are burned away

Let us take time to smile

And swing a little while

Just a little while.

Verse 4:

There have been many, many words

And just as many, many turds

It's all a kind of dream

And not quite what it seems

But when the talking's done

This Life of Death we're gonna shun

And turn our heart to Him (Hailé Sélassié)

Whose Light will never, never dim

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