Jamaican reggae band Inner Circle was formed 1968 by Ian and Roger Lewis. The band gained success through the front-man and lead singer Jacob Miller, who was killed in a car crash 1980. 1978-80 Inner Circle was more popular in Jamaica than Bob Marley. The band also appeared in the reggae film Rockers in 1978. The album Everything Is Great reached top 20 in the UK 1979. In 1989 the hit 'Bad Boys' was released with Charlton Coffie as lead singer. Another international hit was 'Sweat (A La La La La Long)' 1993.
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Song: Black Roses Performer: Inner Circle Author of Song: Calton Coffie Submitted by: Jorge Valente ([email protected])
BLACK ROSES by Inner Circle
Chorus: (Bb)Whatever happened to my G(Bbmaj7)arden of black ro(Gm)ses Oh n(Eb)urturing years of so long (F) (Bb)Whatever happened to my G(Bbmaj7)arden of black r(Gm)oses They say a st(Eb)ranger treated them wr(F)ong
(Bb)When I was A boy(Bbmaj7) I planted A ga(Gm)rden yeah That mea(Eb)nt so much to me(Dm7) (Eb)One of reality(F) (Bb)A garden of love(Bbmaj7) none like this(Gm) before me One of A k(Eb)ind equality(Dm7) A pra(Eb)yer for you and me(F) wo ho ho ho ho
CHORUS
(Bb)If we can keep(Bbmaj7) the candles bur(Gm)ning To shel(Eb)ter them from pa(Dm7)in and let(Eb) them live again(F) (Bb)Shower the world(Bbmaj7) with their inn(Gm)ocence Who's tea(Eb)rs felt like ra(Dm7)in, history(Eb) remains the same(F) wo ho ho ho ho
Bridge: (Gm)But one by one they come up mi(Eb)ssing (Gm)Strangers thought that I was sl(Eb)eeping (Gm)Some life somelife means noth(Eb)ing to some (Gm)Watch out now we've G(Eb)ot them on the run(F)
repeat chorus and fade........ LONG LIVE REGGAE RIDDIM