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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...MAN NO SOBER... by Steel Pulse ------------------...............
*from 'True Democracy' (1982)*
Intro:
EmF#mBmA (x2)
BmGEmA Woo! BmGEmA Man no sober.
Verse 1:
BmGEmA The drunkard he staggers around, BmGEmA The alleys of, cities and towns. BmG His sorrows he tries to drown, EmABmG So-lution, so-lution, so-lution to his problems, EmABmG So-lution to his problems, can never be found. EmA Booze is what he chooses.
Bridge 1:
EmABmG Like a gypsy, he's tipsy, he drinks too much whiskey. EmABm Like a gypsy, he's tipsy, he drinks too much.
GEmA A Mr. Winehead stagger deh, BmGEmA Booze is what he chooses, BmG Booze is what he choose; watch him how he topples over.
Chorus 1:
BmGEmA, Em
BmGEmA Man no sober.
Break:
BmGEmA In and out of discotheques, in and out of wine bars. BmGEmA Burned out shell; looks a wreck; got to help him somehow, oh.
EmABm Man no sober, man no sober, man no sober. EmA Gypsy, he's tipsy, he drinks too much. BmG, EmA Man no sober.
BmGEmA Booze is what he chooses, BmGEm, BmG Booze is what he choose; watch him how he topples over. EmA With A... with A, BmGEmA With a bottle in his hand; hang-over.
BmGEmA In and out of discotheques, in and out of wine bars. BmGEmA Burned out shell; looks a wreck; got to help him somehow, oh.