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Dont Let It Pass You By

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A reggae band formed 1978 in Birmingham, UK. The music grasps from roots reggae and dub to lovers rock and pop. It is the second most commercial successful reggae band with +70 million sold albums. Many of their hits have been stylishly covers of early reggae and rocksteady hits from Jamaica. After success in UK, UB40's won USA with Labour of Love (1983), their first album of covers. UB40 was 1986 the first Western band to play behind the Iron Curtain, live in Moscow, Soviet Union.

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Four years of hard work!

This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!

UB40`s 'Don`t Let It Pass You By' was a double A side hit single with 'Don`t Slow Down'
in 1981 they`re both off the album from the same year 'Present Arms',
Below is Ali`s Rhythm/Reggae Guitar and Vocal line [for this 7" edit].

[Chords]
C 8 10 10 9 8 8
Bb 6 8 8 7 6 6
Gm X 10 12 12 11 10
Eb 11 13 13 12 13 13

[Intro]
C Bb C Bb Gm C Bb Gm C Eb Gm
C Bb C Bb Gm C Bb Gm C Bb

[Verse 1]
C Bb C Bb Gm
There`s no one coming with that freedom train,
C Bb C Bb
There`s nowhere you can go where you feel no pain,
C Bb Eb C Bb
Take the blinkers off your eyes the powers in your hands,
C Bb C Eb Gm
Stop waiting for your ticket to the promised land.

[Chorus 1]
C Bb C Bb
Don`t let it pass you by,
C Bb C Bb
Don`t let it pass you by,
C Eb Gm C Bb
Don`t let it pass you by.

[Verse 2]
C Bb C Bb Gm
There ain`t no heaven and there ain`t no hell,
C Bb C Eb Gm
Except the one we`re in and you know too well,
C Bb C Bb
There`s no one waiting on waiting on a higher high,
C Bb C Eb Gm
Don`t let the only world you`re ever gonna live in pass you by.

[Chorus 2]
C Bb C Bb
Don`t let it pass you by,
C Bb C Bb
Don`t let it pass you by,
C Eb Gm C Bb
Don`t let it pass you by.

[Keyboard Middle]
C Bb Gm C Bb C Bb Gm C Eb Gm

[Verse 3]
C Bb C Bb Gm
There ain`t no heaven and there ain`t no hell,
C Bb C Eb Gm
Except the one we`re in and you know to well,
C Bb C Bb
There`s no one waiting on waiting on a higher high,
C Bb C Eb Gm
Don`t let the only world you`re ever gonna live in pass you by.

[Chorus 3]
C Bb C Bb
Don`t let it pass you by,
C Bb C Bb
Don`t let it pass you by,
C Eb Gm C Bb
Don`t let it pass you by.

[Outro Till Fade]
C Bb C Bb
Don`t let it pass you by,
C Bb C Bb
Don`t let it pass you by,
C Eb Gm C Bb
Don`t let it pass you by.

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