Biography:
Steel Pulse is a British roots reggae band from Birmingham, England. They were the first non-Jamaican act to win the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album for their 1986 album Babylon The Bandit.
Steel Pulse originally formed at Handsworth Wood Boys School, Birmingham, and comprised David Hinds (lead vocals, guitar), Basil Gabbidon (lead guitar, vocals) and Ronnie McQueen (bass).
However, it is Hinds who, as songwriter, has always been the engine behind Steel Pulse
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Other songs:
- A Who Responsible
- Back To My Roots
- Bad Man
- Blues Dance Raid
- Bodyguard
- Bootstraps
- Brown Eyed Girl
- Chant A Psalm
- Earth Crisis
- Find It Quick
- Handsworth Revolution
- Islands Unite
- Ku Klux Klan
- Leggo Beast
- Macka Splaff
- Man No Sober
- Prediction
- Prodigal Son
- Rally Round
- Ravers
- Reggae Fever
- Roller Skates
- Soldiers
- State Of Emergency
- Steppin Out
- Taxi Driver
- Wild Goose Chase
- Your House
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...BAD MAN... by Steel Pulse
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*from 'Handsworth Revolution' (1978)*
Intro:
Bm D Em (x2)
Bridge 1:
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh,
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh.
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh,
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh.
Bm Em F#m
No matter how you bad, I man; badder than you,
Bm Em F#
No matter how you dread, I man; dreader than you.
Bm Em F#
No matter how you hard, I man harder than you,
Bm Em F#
No matter how you raw, I more-weak heart, back way so.
Chorus 1:
Bm Em F#m
A bad man no want go back into cap-tivity,
Bm Em F#m
A bad man no want go back to slavery.
Bm Em F# Bm Em F#
Up-rising, from the claws of the wicked.
Verse 1:
Bm Em F#
Two bulls can't reign in one pen,
Bm Em F#
Two lions can't roar in a small den.
Bm Em F#
Two scorpions don't sting at the same spot,
Bm Em F#
Two guns can't fire the same bullet shot, so;
Chorus 2:
Bm Em F#m
A bad man no want go back into cap-tivity,
Bm Em F#m
A bad man no want go back to slavery.
Bm Em F# Bm Em F#
Up-rising, from the claws of the wicked.
Verse 2:
Bm Em F#m
Two kings don't wear the same crown,
Bm Em F#m
Two beauties don't have the same gown on.
Bm Em F#m
To-morrow is too late to leave town,
Bm
If you're still here at noon,
Em F#m
There'll be one big, big, big showdown, so;
Chorus 3:
Bm Em F#
Up-rising, upri-sing,
Bm Em F#
Up-rising, upri-sing.
Break:
F#m Bm
I give you 'till noon to go,
F#m Bm
On your way to sur-vival, where;
F#m Bm
Your heart will beat more fonder with life,
F#m Bm
And breath still enters your body.
Bridge 2:
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh,
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh.
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh,
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh.
Bm Em F#m
No matter how you bad, I man; badder than you,
Bm Em F#
No matter how you dread, I man; dreader than you.
Bm Em F#
No matter how you hard, I man harder than you,
Bm Em F#
No matter how you raw, I more-weak heart, back way so.
Verse 3:
Bm Em F#
If you still coming; me nah run,
Bm Em F#
If you still coming; me ah go, drop you.
Bm Em F#
If you still coming; me nah run,
Bm Em F#
So better stop running be-fore I, break you.
Bm Em F#
So run and hide before I find you,
Bm Em F#
Woe betide if I catch up on you.
Bm Em F#
If you still coming; I box you down,
Bm Em F#
If you still coming; I clart you down.
Break:
Bm Em F#
Long time...
Bm Em F#
We deh under backraw.
Bm Em F#
Long time we deh under back-raw,
Bm Em F#
Long time we deh under back-raw.
Bm Em F#
Long time we deh under back-raw,
Bm Em F#
Long time we deh under back-raw.
Verse 4:
Bm Em F#
Four hundred years,
Bm Em F#
(Many, many years).
Bm Em F#
Four hundred years,
Bm Em F#
(Many, many years).
Bm Em F#
Slavery,
Bm Em F#
Slavery.
Bm Em F#
Slavery,
Bm
Days...
Coda:
Bm Em F#
Oh, you've been bought,
Bm Em F#
Oh, you've been sold.
Bm Em F#
Oh, cast over me,
Bm Em F#
Got strung up for nothing at all.
Bm Em F#
Strange fruit,
Bm Em F#
Strange fruit.
Bm Em F#
Strange fruit,
Bm Em F#
Strange fruit.
Outro:
Bm Em F#
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
Bm D Em F# F#m
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EAD G B E EAD G B E
799777 x57775 x79987 x91111119 x91111109
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])
-------------...............
*from 'Handsworth Revolution' (1978)*
Intro:
Bm D Em (x2)
Bridge 1:
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh,
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh.
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh,
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh.
Bm Em F#m
No matter how you bad, I man; badder than you,
Bm Em F#
No matter how you dread, I man; dreader than you.
Bm Em F#
No matter how you hard, I man harder than you,
Bm Em F#
No matter how you raw, I more-weak heart, back way so.
Chorus 1:
Bm Em F#m
A bad man no want go back into cap-tivity,
Bm Em F#m
A bad man no want go back to slavery.
Bm Em F# Bm Em F#
Up-rising, from the claws of the wicked.
Verse 1:
Bm Em F#
Two bulls can't reign in one pen,
Bm Em F#
Two lions can't roar in a small den.
Bm Em F#
Two scorpions don't sting at the same spot,
Bm Em F#
Two guns can't fire the same bullet shot, so;
Chorus 2:
Bm Em F#m
A bad man no want go back into cap-tivity,
Bm Em F#m
A bad man no want go back to slavery.
Bm Em F# Bm Em F#
Up-rising, from the claws of the wicked.
Verse 2:
Bm Em F#m
Two kings don't wear the same crown,
Bm Em F#m
Two beauties don't have the same gown on.
Bm Em F#m
To-morrow is too late to leave town,
Bm
If you're still here at noon,
Em F#m
There'll be one big, big, big showdown, so;
Chorus 3:
Bm Em F#
Up-rising, upri-sing,
Bm Em F#
Up-rising, upri-sing.
Break:
F#m Bm
I give you 'till noon to go,
F#m Bm
On your way to sur-vival, where;
F#m Bm
Your heart will beat more fonder with life,
F#m Bm
And breath still enters your body.
Bridge 2:
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh,
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh.
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh,
Bm Em F#
Dem dread seh.
Bm Em F#m
No matter how you bad, I man; badder than you,
Bm Em F#
No matter how you dread, I man; dreader than you.
Bm Em F#
No matter how you hard, I man harder than you,
Bm Em F#
No matter how you raw, I more-weak heart, back way so.
Verse 3:
Bm Em F#
If you still coming; me nah run,
Bm Em F#
If you still coming; me ah go, drop you.
Bm Em F#
If you still coming; me nah run,
Bm Em F#
So better stop running be-fore I, break you.
Bm Em F#
So run and hide before I find you,
Bm Em F#
Woe betide if I catch up on you.
Bm Em F#
If you still coming; I box you down,
Bm Em F#
If you still coming; I clart you down.
Break:
Bm Em F#
Long time...
Bm Em F#
We deh under backraw.
Bm Em F#
Long time we deh under back-raw,
Bm Em F#
Long time we deh under back-raw.
Bm Em F#
Long time we deh under back-raw,
Bm Em F#
Long time we deh under back-raw.
Verse 4:
Bm Em F#
Four hundred years,
Bm Em F#
(Many, many years).
Bm Em F#
Four hundred years,
Bm Em F#
(Many, many years).
Bm Em F#
Slavery,
Bm Em F#
Slavery.
Bm Em F#
Slavery,
Bm
Days...
Coda:
Bm Em F#
Oh, you've been bought,
Bm Em F#
Oh, you've been sold.
Bm Em F#
Oh, cast over me,
Bm Em F#
Got strung up for nothing at all.
Bm Em F#
Strange fruit,
Bm Em F#
Strange fruit.
Bm Em F#
Strange fruit,
Bm Em F#
Strange fruit.
Outro:
Bm Em F#
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
Bm D Em F# F#m
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EAD G B E EAD G B E
799777 x57775 x79987 x91111119 x91111109
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])
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