...BAD MAN... by Steel Pulse -------------............... *from 'Handsworth Revolution' (1978)* Intro: Bm D Em (x2) Bridge 1: Bm Em F# Dem dread seh, Bm Em F# Dem dread seh. Bm Em F# Dem dread seh, Bm Em F# Dem dread seh. Bm Em F#m No matter how you bad, I man; badder than you, Bm Em F# No matter how you dread, I man; dreader than you. Bm Em F# No matter how you hard, I man harder than you, Bm Em F# No matter how you raw, I more-weak heart, back way so. Chorus 1: Bm Em F#m A bad man no want go back into cap-tivity, Bm Em F#m A bad man no want go back to slavery. Bm Em F# Bm Em F# Up-rising, from the claws of the wicked. Verse 1: Bm Em F# Two bulls can't reign in one pen, Bm Em F# Two lions can't roar in a small den. Bm Em F# Two scorpions don't sting at the same spot, Bm Em F# Two guns can't fire the same bullet shot, so; Chorus 2: Bm Em F#m A bad man no want go back into cap-tivity, Bm Em F#m A bad man no want go back to slavery. Bm Em F# Bm Em F# Up-rising, from the claws of the wicked. Verse 2: Bm Em F#m Two kings don't wear the same crown, Bm Em F#m Two beauties don't have the same gown on. Bm Em F#m To-morrow is too late to leave town, Bm If you're still here at noon, Em F#m There'll be one big, big, big showdown, so; Chorus 3: Bm Em F# Up-rising, upri-sing, Bm Em F# Up-rising, upri-sing. Break: F#m Bm I give you 'till noon to go, F#m Bm On your way to sur-vival, where; F#m Bm Your heart will beat more fonder with life, F#m Bm And breath still enters your body. Bridge 2: Bm Em F# Dem dread seh, Bm Em F# Dem dread seh. Bm Em F# Dem dread seh, Bm Em F# Dem dread seh. Bm Em F#m No matter how you bad, I man; badder than you, Bm Em F# No matter how you dread, I man; dreader than you. Bm Em F# No matter how you hard, I man harder than you, Bm Em F# No matter how you raw, I more-weak heart, back way so. Verse 3: Bm Em F# If you still coming; me nah run, Bm Em F# If you still coming; me ah go, drop you. Bm Em F# If you still coming; me nah run, Bm Em F# So better stop running be-fore I, break you. Bm Em F# So run and hide before I find you, Bm Em F# Woe betide if I catch up on you. Bm Em F# If you still coming; I box you down, Bm Em F# If you still coming; I clart you down. Break: Bm Em F# Long time... Bm Em F# We deh under backraw. Bm Em F# Long time we deh under back-raw, Bm Em F# Long time we deh under back-raw. Bm Em F# Long time we deh under back-raw, Bm Em F# Long time we deh under back-raw. Verse 4: Bm Em F# Four hundred years, Bm Em F# (Many, many years). Bm Em F# Four hundred years, Bm Em F# (Many, many years). Bm Em F# Slavery, Bm Em F# Slavery. Bm Em F# Slavery, Bm Days... Coda: Bm Em F# Oh, you've been bought, Bm Em F# Oh, you've been sold. Bm Em F# Oh, cast over me, Bm Em F# Got strung up for nothing at all. Bm Em F# Strange fruit, Bm Em F# Strange fruit. Bm Em F# Strange fruit, Bm Em F# Strange fruit. Outro: Bm Em F# (Repeat to Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- Bm D Em F# F#m EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EAD G B E EAD G B E 799777 x57775 x79987 x91111119 x91111109 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)