Biography:
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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Other songs:
- Bring Me Your Cup
- Can't Help Falling In Love With You
- I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
- Kingston Town
- Looking In Your Big Brown Eyes
- Maybe Tomorrow
- Red Red Wine
- Red, Red Wine
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- The Earth Dies Screaming
- After Tonight
- All I Want To Do
- As Always You Were Wrong Again
- Baby
- Bling Bling
- Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
- Boom Shacka Lacka
- Breakfast In Bed
- Bring It On Home To Me
- Cherry Oh Baby
- Come Back Darling
- Cream Puff
- Dance Until The Morning Light
- Dont Blame Me
- Dont Break My Heart
- Dont Do The Crime
- Dont Let It Pass You By
- Dont Slow Down
- Dream A Lie
- Food For Thought
- Forget The Cost
- Get Along Without You Now
- Getting Over The Storm
- Groovin
- Guns In The Ghetto
- Hell Have To Go
- Higher Ground
- Homely Girl
- How Can Poor Men Stand Such Times And Live
- How Will I Get Through This One
- I Cant Help Falling In Love With You
- I Got You Babe
- I Think Its Going To Rain Today
- If It Happens Again
- Ill Be On My Way
- Ill Be Your Baby Tonight
- Impossible Love
- Its My Delight
- Johnny Too Bad
- Kiss And Say Goodbye
- Love Is All Is Alright
- Many Rivers To Cross
- Midnight Rider
- Moonlight Lover
- My Way Of Thinking
- One In Ten
- Please Dont Make Me Cry
- Present Arms
- Rainbow Nation
- Rat In Mi Kitchen
- Reggae Music
- Sardonicus
- Securing The Peace
- She Caught The Train
- Silent Witness
- Sing Our Own Song
- Sins Of The Fathers
- Sweet Cherrie
- Sweet Sensation
- Swing Low
- The Day I Broke The Law
- The Pillow
- The Train Is Coming
- The Way You Do The Things You Do
- Things You Say You Love
- Tyler
- Version Girl
- Watchdogs
- Wear You To The Ball
- Wedding Day
- Where Did I Go Wrong
- Who You Fighting For
- You And Me
- You Could Meet Somebody
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In 2008 UB40 brought out a DELUXE EDITION of their album `Twenty Four Seven` it
contained seven additional tracks and `Securing The Peace` rapped by Astro was one of `em,
Here is the Reggae Guitar Chord Structure and Lyric for the track.
[Chords]
Cm Bb F Gm
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
X35543 X13331 133211 355333
[intro]
Cm Cm Bb Cm F Gm Cm Cm Bb Cm F Gm
Cm Cm Bb Cm F Gm Cm Cm Bb Cm N.C
[Chorus 1]
Cm Cm Bb Cm
Securing the peace then preparing for war,
F Gm
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for,
Cm Cm Bb Cm
Securing the peace then preparing for war,
F Gm
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for.
[Verse 1]
Cm Cb Bb Cm
In peacetime some bury their fathers,
F Gm
In war time some bury their son`s,
Cm Cm Bb Cm
The dead are all labelled as martyrs,
F Gm
And the living inherit the bullet and the gun.
[Chorus 2]
Cm
Securing the peace then preparing for war,
F Gm
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for,
Cm
Securing the peace then preparing for war,
F Gm
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for.
[Verse 2]
N.C
If religious crusade is your calling,
N.C
Ask your god if he`ll stop the bombs falling,
N.C
On the heads Of the poor that were shattered today,
N.C
They were wailing so load you can`t hear yourself think.
[Chorus 3]
Cm
Securing the peace then preparing for war,
F Gm
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for,
Cm
Securing the peace then preparing for war,
N.C
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for.
[Verse 3]
N.C
A single death is tragic a million a statistic,
N.C
To say the war is fought for peace sounds cynically sadistic.
[Saxophone Middle]
Cm Cm Bb Cm F Gm F Cm Cm Bb N.C Gm F
[Verse 3]
N.C
Take your prayers and take your blaspheming,
F Gm F
Take the graves where the mothers are screaming,
Cm Cm Bb Cm
You can`t convince me that you feel the loss,
F Gm
The last real Christian you killed on the cross.
[Chorus 4]
Cm
Securing the peace then preparing for war,
F
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for,
Cm
Securing the peace while preparing for war,
F
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for.
[Verse 4]
Cm Cm Bb Cm
And while the world plays hide and seek,
F Gm
To cover up the violence,
Cm Cm Bb Cm
Innocence claims the right to speak.
F Gm
And guilty the right to silence.
[Saxophone Middle 2]
Cm Cm F F Cm Cm F Gm
[Outro]
N.C
Securing the peace while preparing for war,
N.C
Securing the peace while preparing for war,
Cm
Securing The peace while preparing for war,
F
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for,
Cm
Securing the peace when preparing for war,
N.C
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for.
contained seven additional tracks and `Securing The Peace` rapped by Astro was one of `em,
Here is the Reggae Guitar Chord Structure and Lyric for the track.
[Chords]
Cm Bb F Gm
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
X35543 X13331 133211 355333
[intro]
Cm Cm Bb Cm F Gm Cm Cm Bb Cm F Gm
Cm Cm Bb Cm F Gm Cm Cm Bb Cm N.C
[Chorus 1]
Cm Cm Bb Cm
Securing the peace then preparing for war,
F Gm
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for,
Cm Cm Bb Cm
Securing the peace then preparing for war,
F Gm
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for.
[Verse 1]
Cm Cb Bb Cm
In peacetime some bury their fathers,
F Gm
In war time some bury their son`s,
Cm Cm Bb Cm
The dead are all labelled as martyrs,
F Gm
And the living inherit the bullet and the gun.
[Chorus 2]
Cm
Securing the peace then preparing for war,
F Gm
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for,
Cm
Securing the peace then preparing for war,
F Gm
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for.
[Verse 2]
N.C
If religious crusade is your calling,
N.C
Ask your god if he`ll stop the bombs falling,
N.C
On the heads Of the poor that were shattered today,
N.C
They were wailing so load you can`t hear yourself think.
[Chorus 3]
Cm
Securing the peace then preparing for war,
F Gm
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for,
Cm
Securing the peace then preparing for war,
N.C
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for.
[Verse 3]
N.C
A single death is tragic a million a statistic,
N.C
To say the war is fought for peace sounds cynically sadistic.
[Saxophone Middle]
Cm Cm Bb Cm F Gm F Cm Cm Bb N.C Gm F
[Verse 3]
N.C
Take your prayers and take your blaspheming,
F Gm F
Take the graves where the mothers are screaming,
Cm Cm Bb Cm
You can`t convince me that you feel the loss,
F Gm
The last real Christian you killed on the cross.
[Chorus 4]
Cm
Securing the peace then preparing for war,
F
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for,
Cm
Securing the peace while preparing for war,
F
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for.
[Verse 4]
Cm Cm Bb Cm
And while the world plays hide and seek,
F Gm
To cover up the violence,
Cm Cm Bb Cm
Innocence claims the right to speak.
F Gm
And guilty the right to silence.
[Saxophone Middle 2]
Cm Cm F F Cm Cm F Gm
[Outro]
N.C
Securing the peace while preparing for war,
N.C
Securing the peace while preparing for war,
Cm
Securing The peace while preparing for war,
F
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for,
Cm
Securing the peace when preparing for war,
N.C
And the people don`t know what they`re fighting for.
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