State of Emergency Steel Pulse
...STATE OF EMERGENCY... by Steel Pulse
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*from 'State of Emergency' (1988)*
Intro:
(Drums)
(n.c)
State of emergency,
State of emergency,
State of emergency.
State of emergency,
State of emergency,
State of emergency.
Interlude:
G#m A, G#m B (x2)
Verse 1:
[G#m] From Brixton to [A]Cape Town,
[G#m] Unrest [A]all around.
[G#m] From Handsworth to [A]Uitenhage,
[G#m] Lawlessness, p'on [A]rampage.
Bridge 1:
[G#m] Sticks and stones they're throwing,
[A] Set ablaze the buildings.
[G#m] Youthful minds are stirring,
[A] Time to make a change.
[G#m] Who they think they're fooling?
[A] No want no diverse doctrine,
For-[G#m]ever we will strive,
[A] Fighting against Apartheid.
Chorus 1:
[G#m] State of emergency,[A]
[G#m] State of emergency,
I [B]never seen such urgency.
[G#m] State of emergency,[A]
[G#m] State of emergency,
I [B]never seen such urgency.
Break:
[G#m] (Forever,[A]
We will [G#m]strive).[B]
[G#m] (Forever,[A]
We will [G#m]strive),
I [B]never seen a thing like this before.
Bridge 1:
[G#m] Sticks and stones they're throwing,
[A] Set ablaze the buildings.
[G#m] Youthful minds are stirring,
[A] Time to make a change.
[G#m] Who they think they're fooling?
[A] No want no diverse doctrine,
For-[G#m]ever we will strive,
[A] Fighting against...
Chorus 2:
[G#m] State of emergency,[A]
[G#m] State of emergency,
I [B]never seen such urgency.
[G#m] State of emergency,[A]
[G#m] State of emergency,
I [B]never seen such urgency.
[G#m] State of emergency,[A]
[G#m] State of emergency,
I [B]never seen such urgency.
[G#m] State of emergency,[A]
[G#m] State of emergency,
I [B]never seen such urgency.
Break:
[G#m] (Forever,[A]
We will [G#m]strive),
The [B]whole wide world is burning.
[G#m] (Forever,[A]
We will [G#m]strive),
[B] Pring pring, gun shot ring.
Coda:
[G#m] From Brixton to [A]Cape Town,
[G#m] Unrest [A]all around.
From [G#m]Handsworth to Durban;
[A] No satisfaction.
[G#m] We will strive for freedom now,
[A] We will strive for freedom now.
[G#m] We will strive for freedom now,
[A] We will strive for freedom now.
Outro:
G#m A, G#m B (x2), G#m
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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= = = | |_____ = = Tabbed by |_|
|_______| Joel from cLuMsY, 2008 =
= = = = (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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