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
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!
...BODYGUARD... by Steel Pulse ---------------...............
*from 'Earth Crisis' (1984)*
Intro:
C#mG#m, F#mG#mA, G#m C#mG#m, F#mG#m, Dmaj7
C#mA, G#m (x2)
Verse 1:
C#mAG#m Every time you meet, the public, C#mAG#m You get scared and you, start to pa-nic.
Bridge 1:
C#mAG#m A-who, got A gun? A-who got A bomb? C#mAG#m Who, got a knife? A-who's... gonna lose their life?
Verse 2:
C#mAG#m So-called leaders, with deceitful faces, C#mAG#m Cor-ruption, in a high place. C#mAG#m You hands filled with bribes; mouth pours out lies, yea. C#mAG#m Cause of all op-pression now, running for pro-tection.
Chorus 1:
C#mA Bodyguard; I wouldn't like your job, G#m (Snakes in the grass), say they know not God. C#mA Poly-tricksters, drinking human blood, G#m (A concrete heart), can hold no love.
Interlude:
C#mA, G#m
Verse 3:
C#mAG#m I just can't sorry for the bodyguard. C#mAG#m Bullet-proof vest strapped to your chest, C#mAG#m Under your collar is getting hot.
Bridge 2:
C#mAG#m A-who, got A gun? A-who got A bomb? C#mAG#m Who, got a knife? A-who's... gonna lose their life?
Chorus 2:
C#mA Bodyguard; I wouldn't like your job, G#m (Snakes in the grass), say they know not God. C#mA Poly-tricksters, drinking human blood, G#m (A concrete heart), can hold no love.
Chorus 3:
C#mA Bodyguard; I wouldn't like your job, G#m (Snakes in the grass), say they know not God. C#mA Poly-tricksters, drinking human blood, G#m (A concrete heart), can hold no love.
Break:
C#mB, C#mF#7, C#mB, G#7
C#mB, C#mF#7, C#m, F#mG#m, Dmaj7
Verse 4:
C#mAG#m Hey, hey, no feel no way, C#mAG#m I just can't sorry for the bodyguard.
Bridge 3:
C#mAG#m A-who, got A gun? A-who got A bomb? C#mAG#m Who, got a knife? A-who's... gonna lose their life?
Chorus 4:
C#mA Bodyguard; I wouldn't like your job, G#m (Snakes in the grass), say they know not God. C#mA Poly-tricksters, drinking human blood, G#m (A concrete heart), can hold no love.
Chorus 5:
C#mA Bodyguard; I wouldn't like your job, G#m (Snakes in the grass), say they know not God. C#mA Poly-tricksters, drinking human blood, G#m (A concrete heart), can hold no love.
Coda:
C#mAG#m Watch it all you presidents, boo! C#mAG#m Heads of government, boo! C#mAG#m Mash down parliaments, boo!
C#mA I just can't sorry for the bodyguard. G#m (A who's gonna lose their life?) C#mA I just can't sorry for the bodyguard. G#m (A who's gonna lose their life?)
C#mA All that fretting, all that checking. G#m (Gonna lose their life?) C#mAG#m All that searching, for assassin, hey!