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...WE AND DEM... by Bob Marley
----------------..............
*from 'Uprising' (1980)*
Intro:
Bm
Chorus 1:
 AmWe no know how we and dem a-go work this out, oy!
We no know how we and dem a-go work it out.
Verse 1:
But someone will 'Bmave to pay,Em  
 CFor the innocent Dblood,
That they, Bmshed every Emday.
Oh, Cchildren, mark my Dword;
It's what the BmBible Emsay, Dyeah, Cyeah!
Chorus 2:
 AmWe no know how we and dem a-go work this out, oy!
We no know how we and dem a-go work it out.
Verse 2:
But in the Bmbeginning,Em  
Jah cre-Cated every-Dthing;
 BmHe gave Emman dom-Cinion over all Dthings.
 BmBut now it's too Emlate;
                           C              D(Bm)
You see, men has lost their faith, hey-ey-hey!
 BmEating up Emall the flesh from Coff the Dearth, eh!
Chorus 3:
 AmWe no know how we and dem a-go work this out, oy!
We no know how we and dem a-go work it out. (No, we don't know).
Break:
(with Vocal Ad-libs)
  Bm  Em,   C   D(x3)
Chorus 4:
 AmWe no know how we and dem a-go work this out; them a flesh and bone!
We no know how we and dem a-go work it out.
Verse 3:
But we now Bmhave no Emfriends, in-a Chigh socie-Dty, yeah,
We no Bmhave no Emfriends; oh, Cmark my identi-Dty.
We no Bmhave no Emfriends... Coh-Doh, yeah!
Coda:
 AmWe no know how we and dem a-go work it out, (no, we no know),
We no know how we and dem a-go work it out, (we no know).
We no know how we and dem a-go work it out, (no, we no know),
We no know how we and dem a-go work it out. Rasta!
We no know how we and dem a-go work this out, Ilyabom!
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
   Bm      Am      Em      C       D
 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 799777  577555  x79987  x35553  x57775
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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We And Dem

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...WE AND DEM... by Bob Marley

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

*from 'Uprising' (1980)*

Intro:

Chorus 1:

We no know how we and dem a-go work this out, oy!

We no know how we and dem a-go work it out.

Verse 1:

Bm Em

But someone will 'ave to pay,

C D

For the innocent blood,

Bm Em

That they, shed every day.

C D

Oh, children, mark my word;

Bm Em D C

It's what the Bible say, yeah, yeah!

Chorus 2:

We no know how we and dem a-go work this out, oy!

We no know how we and dem a-go work it out.

Verse 2:

Bm Em

But in the beginning,

C D

Jah cre-ated every-thing;

Bm Em C D

He gave man dom-inion over all things.

Bm Em

But now it's too late;

C D Bm

()

You see, men has lost their faith, hey-ey-hey!

Bm Em C D

Eating up all the flesh from off the earth, eh!

Chorus 3:

We no know how we and dem a-go work this out, oy!

We no know how we and dem a-go work it out. (No, we don't know).

Break:

(with Vocal Ad-libs)

Bm Em C D

, (x3)

Chorus 4:

We no know how we and dem a-go work this out; them a flesh and bone!

We no know how we and dem a-go work it out.

Verse 3:

Bm Em C D

But we now have no friends, in-a high socie-ty, yeah,

Bm Em C D

We no have no friends; oh, mark my identi-ty.

Bm Em C D

We no have no friends... oh-oh, yeah!

Coda:

We no know how we and dem a-go work it out, (no, we no know),

We no know how we and dem a-go work it out, (we no know).

We no know how we and dem a-go work it out, (no, we no know),

We no know how we and dem a-go work it out. Rasta!

We no know how we and dem a-go work this out, Ilyabom!

(Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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

Bm Am Em C D

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE

799777 577555 x79987 x35553 x57775

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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