Bob Marley (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981), born Nesta Robert Marley which was later to be changed by passport officials to Robert Nesta Marley, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist. He was the most widely known writer and performer of Reggae, and more specifically Roots Reggae. He is famous for popularising the genre outside of Jamaica and the Caribbean. Much of his music dealt with the struggles of the spiritually wealthy rasta and/or spiritually powerful Jah Rastafari.
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...MR. BROWN... by Bob Marley ---------------..............
*Released 1970*
Intro:
C#F#G#F# (x4)
Verse 1:
C#F#G#F#C# (Who, ooh, ooh, ooh, is Mr. Brown?) F#G#F#C#F#G#F# Mr Brown is a clown who rides to town in a coffin. C#F# (Where he be found?) In the coffin, G#F#C#F#G# Where there is three crows on top and two is laughing. F#C#F#G#F#C#F#G# Oh, what a con-fusion! Ooh, yeah, yeah! F#C#F#G#F#C#F#G# What a bother-ation, ooh, now, now! F#C#F#G#F#C#F#G# Who is Mr. Brown? I wanna know now! F#C#F#G#F# He is nowhere to be found.
Verse 2:
C#F#G#F# From Mandeville to Slide-a-ville, coffin runnin' a-round, C#F#G#F# Up-setting, upsetting, up-setting the town, asking for Mr. Brown. C#F#G#F# From Mandeville to Slide-a-ville, coffin runnin' a-round, C#F#G#F# Up-setting, upsetting, up-setting the town, asking for Mr. Brown.
C#F#G#F#C# I wanna know who... (is Mr. Brown)? F#G#F# Is Mr. Brown controlled by remote?
Bridge:
F#A#F#A# Oh, calling Duppy Conqueror, F#A# I'm the ghost-catcher; this is your chance, Oh big, big Bill bull-bucka, G# Take your chance; prove yourself! Oh, yeah!
Verse 3:
C#F#G#F#C#F# Down in pa-rade, G#F#C#F#G#F#, C#F# People runnin' like a masquerade. G#F#C#F#G#F# The po-lice make a raid, C#F#G#F#, C#F#G# Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, they think it fade.
F#C#F# What a thing in town, G#F#C#F#G#F# Crows chauffeur-driven a-round. C#F#G# Skankin' as if they had never known, F#C#F#G#F#, C# The man they call "Mr. Brown". F#G#F# I can tell you where he's from now...
Coda:
C#F#G#F# From Mandeville to Slide-a-ville, coffin runnin' a-round, C#F#G#F# Up-setting, upsetting, up-setting the town, asking for Mr. Brown.