Peter Tosh, ? Winston Hubert McIntosh 19 Oct 1944, d 11 Sept 1987), was a devoted rastafarian and a legendary Jamaican reggae musician, known for songs as "Legalize It", "Igziabeher (Let Jah Be Praised", "Stop that Train", "Bush Doctor", "Equal Rights", "Stepping Razor", "Mama Africa" and "Get Up Stand Up" with Bob Marley. He was founding member of The Wailers, and went on to have a successful solo career after their album Burnin'. Tosh was born in Petersfield (Westmoreland, Jamaica) by parents too young to take care of him.
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...BURIAL... by Peter Tosh ------------..............
*from 'Legalize It' (1976)*
Intro:
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Chorus 1:
BbGmF Them want I, them want I, be com'a them funeral. BbGmF Them claim say, them claim say; they are the General. BbGmF Them want I, them want I, be com'a them funeral. BbGmF Them claim say, them claim say; they are the General.
Interlude:
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Verse 1:
BbGmFBbGm What a big dis-grace; the way you rob up the place. FBbGmF Rob every-thing you can find, yes, you did, BbGmF And you'll even rob from the blind. You must see want I fe;
Bridge 1:
BbGmF Com'a, com'a funeral; and I no go. BbGmF No one burial, yet you want I; BbGmF Com'a, com'a funeral, make your friend come claim say; BbGmF You are the genii.
Verse 2:
BbGmF Now we know the truth, yes, we do, BbGm Find you wearing the boot. FBbGmF Of taking people's business on your head, yeah, BbGmF So might as well, you be dead.
Chorus 2:
BbGmF Them want I, them want I, be com'a them funeral. BbGmF Them claim say, them claim say; they are the General. BbGmF Them want I, them want I, be com'a them funeral. BbGmF Them claim say, them claim say; they are the General.
Interlude:
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Verse 3:
BbGm Let the dead bury the dead, now, FBbGm And who is to be fed, be fed. FBbGm I ain't got no time to waste on you, no, no, FBbGmF I'm a livin' man; I got work to do, right now.
BbGmFBbGm This man, and that man, yes, they are the same man. FBbGm You taught us this, just as well, FBbGm That the rich man Heaven, is the poor man's Hell. F You must see want I fe;
Bridge 2:
BbGmF Com'a, com'a funeral; Natty no go, BbGmF No one burial, yet you want I; BbGmF Com'a, com'a funeral, make your friend come claim say; BbGmF You are the geni.
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 ([email protected])