...CHANT A PSALM... by Steel Pulse -------------------............... *from 'True Democracy' (1982)* Intro: B Bb Ab (x2) Abm Ebm E F# Verse 1: Abm Ebm E F# Re-joice, re-joice; good tidings I bring you. Abm Ebm E F# Hear ye; a message to you my friend. Abm Ebm E F# Voi-ces cry, invoke your angels, Abm Ebm E F# When pressure drop, it cannot conquer dread, no. Abm Ebm E F# So blow a-way your bluesy feeling. Abm Ebm E F# Spirits say; take the world off your shoulder. Abm Ebm E F# One foot in the grave; a foolish step to take. Abm Ebm E F# Who sow in tears, shall reap in joy. Abm Ebm E F# Wise man doctrines, assure your safety, Abm Ebm E F# No more stumbling block; back stabbers get down. Abm Ebm E F# To the righteous revealed, the secret of the scriptures. Abm Ebm E F# Ebm Abm The wicked dem portion is vanity, dis-ciples of Lucifer... Bridge 1: F# C#m Abm In your hands, lie your destination, C#m Ebm Abm The book of true life; you hold the key. F# C#m Abm Mystical powers, to you unfold, C#m Ebm E F# Seek ye the half that has never been told. Break: Ebm Get behind me, Satan, get behind me, Satan. I've got to; Chorus 1: F# C#m Abm Chant, a Psalm a day, (I want to); C#m Ebm Abm Chant, a Psalm a day, (I've got to); F# C#m Abm Chant, a Psalm a day, (I want to); C#m Ebm Abm Chant, a Psalm a day. Interlude: F# C#m Abm Chant a Psalm a day, (Chant a Psalm a day), (Chant a Psalm a day, chant a Psalm a day). C#m Ebm Abm Chant a Psalm a day, (Chant a Psalm a day), (Chant a Psalm a day, chant a Psalm a day). F# C#m Abm Chant a Psalm a day, (Chant a Psalm a day), (Chant a Psalm a day, chant a Psalm a day). C#m Ebm Abm Chant a Psalm a day, (Chant a Psalm a day), (Chant a Psalm a day, chant a Psalm a day). Break: B Bb Ab Verse 2: (n.C) Abm Ebm E F# I reach ya, I reach ya, I reach ya, reach in a vision, yeh, come on. Abm Ebm E F# Come walkies down easy street. Abm Ebm E F# Attract these angels in dreams and your prayers. Abm Ebm E F# Remember the Three Holy Children, remember the visions of Daniel, Abm Ebm E F# Remember the magic of Moses, so; Abm Ebm E F# So dash a-way your bluesy feeling. Abm Ebm E F# Spirits say; take the world off your shoulder. Abm Ebm E F# One foot in the grave; a foolish step to take. Abm Ebm E F# Who sow in tears, shall reap in joy. Abm Ebm E F# When pressure drop, it cannot conquer dread, no. Abm Ebm E F# When pressure drop, it cannot conquer dread, no. Abm Ebm E F# Got to be wise, yes, yes, in dis ya I-wah, Abm Ebm E F# Abm Woe be-tide for the wicked dis-ciples of Lucifer... Break: Ebm Get behind me, Satan, get behind me, Satan. Chorus 2: F# C#m Abm Chant, a Psalm a day, (I've got to); C#m Ebm Abm Chant, a Psalm a day. Break: F# C#m Abm Chant a Psalm a day, (Chant a Psalm a day), (Chant a Psalm a day, chant a Psalm a day). C#m Ebm Abm Chant a Psalm a day, (Chant a Psalm a day), (Chant a Psalm a day, chant a Psalm a day). Coda: F# C#m Abm Moses he did, chant, chant, C#m Ebm Abm Samson he did, chant, chant. F# C#m Abm E-lijah he did, chant, chant, so; C#m Ebm Abm I want the whole a we fe, chant. F# C#m Abm Solomon he did, chant, chant, F# C#m Abm His father King David, chant, chant. F# C#m Abm John the Baptist, chant, chant, C#m Ebm Abm I want the whole a we fe, chant. (Repeat to Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- B Bb Ab Abm Ebm E F# C#m EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EAD G B E EADGBE 799877 688766 466544 466444 x68876 x79997 x91111119 x46654 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)