Blues Dance Raid Steel Pulse
...BLUES DANCE RAID... by Steel Pulse
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*from 'True Democracy' (1982)*
Intro:
Em D C Bm,
[Bm] [C] Music a bubble,
[G] [A] Not looking for trouble.
Em D C Bm,
[Bm] [C] Some shekels fe I shenks,
[G] [A] Just a burn up de lamb's bread.
Em,
Em, Am C (x3)
Verse 1:
[Em] From time to time, dem a watch I, dem a spy wid dem bad eye.
[Am] (Come a-raid I blues dance, [C]come a-raid I blues).
[Em] Tipped off by informers; dem a watch who come out and come in.
[Am] (Come a-raid I blues dance, [C]come a-raid I blues).
Yes, they [Em]knew when the time would be right; run come gate crash I party.
[Am] (Come a-raid I blues dance, [C]come a-raid I blues).
[Em] Raid blues dance, raid I blues.
[Am] (Come a-raid I blues dance, [C]come a-raid I blues).
[Em] Kick off the door, woe I name dem call,
I back against de wall, a rub a daughter.
[Am] (Come a-raid I blues dance, [C]come a-raid I blues).
Chorus 1:
[Bm] Dem a run come kill I [Am]vibe, interfere wid I,
[C] The pigs come to de-[Bm]stroy;
Rasta [A]cry [G]blood, [Bm]dreadlocks [A]cry [G]blood.
Verse 2:
[Em] Raid...
[Am] (Come a-raid I blues dance, [C]come a-raid I blues).
Break:
[Em] Raid blues dance, raid blues dance, raid I, raid blues dance.
[Am] (Raid blues dance, [C]raid I blues).
Verse 3:
Out of [Em]darkness, out of night, people [Am]screaming, batons wheeling,
A lot of [C]bleeding, bruised feelings.
Search [Em]warrant for their outivation, walkie talkies reinforcements.
[Am] From dem pocket dem draw handcuff, [C]dis ya session it rough.
Every [Em]step of the way, got to retaliate, yeh, fight dem back.
[Am] (Come a-raid I blues dance), mash dem up, ([C]come a-raid I blues).
[Em] Vex to death, dem a threat, mek arrest, kiss me neck.
[Am] (Come a-raid I blues dance, [C]come a-raid I blues).
[Em] Raid blues dance, raid I blues.
[Am] (Come a-raid I blues dance),
A [C]run come, a run come who, (come a-raid I blues).
Chorus 2:
[Bm] Dem a run come kill I [Am]vibe, interfere wid I,
[C] The pigs come to de-[Bm]stroy;
Rasta [A]cry [G]blood, [Bm]dreadlocks [A]cry [G]blood.
Interlude:
[Em]
[Am] (Come a-raid I blues dance, [C]come a-raid I blues).
Break:
[Em] Raid blues dance, raid blues dance, raid I, raid blues dance.
[Am] (Come a-raid I blues dance, [C]come a-raid I blues).
[Em] (Raid blues dance, raid I blues,[Am] raid blues dance, [C]raid).
Coda:
Come a-[Em]kick in I speaker, come a-mash up I tweeter,
Come a-[Am]lick out I window, come a-[C]grab up I ratchet.
Come a-[Em]move out I soft drink, come a-rough up the people,
Come a-[Am]turn off me system, have fe [C]give you some b**ch lick.
Come a-[Em]smash up I turntable, come a-scratch up I music,
Come a-[Am]drive up you meat van, come-a, come-a, come a-[C]raid.
Outro:
Em, Am C
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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