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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...TOP RANKIN'... by Bob Marley -----------------..............
*from 'Survival' (1979)*
Intro:
Bm
Verse 1:
BmGBm They don't want to see us u-nite. G All they want us to do is, A Keep on fussing and fighting.
BmGBm They don't want to see us live to-gether. G All they want us to do is, A Keep on killing one another.
Chorus 1:
GA Top rankin', top rankin', Bm Are you skankin'? (Skankin', skankin'), Are you skankin'? (Skankin', skankin'). GA Woah-ho, top rankin', ah, did you mean what you said now? Bm Are you, how are you, are you, Lord, Lord. (Skankin', skankin').
Verse 2:
A They say the blood runs, and it runs through our line, GBm And our hearts, heart of hearts di-vine. A And John saw them comin', GBm A-with the truth from an ancient time.
G Brotherly love, (brotherly love), A The sisterly love, (brotherly love). Bm I feel this morning, I feel this morning. G Brotherly love, (brotherly love), A The sisterly love, (brotherly love). Bm I feel this morning, I feel this morning.
Verse 3:
BmGBm They don't want to... u-nite. G All they want us to do is, A Keep on fussing and fighting.
BmGBm They don't want to see us live to-gether. G All they want us to do is, A Keep on killing one another.
Chorus 2:
GA Top rankin', did you mean what you said now? Bm Are you skankin'? (Skankin', skankin'), Are you skankin'? (Skankin', skankin'). GA Top rankin', did you mean what you said now? Bm Are you? (Skankin', skankin'), Are you? (Skankin', skankin').
GA Top rankin', top rankin', top rankin', top rankin', Bm Are you? (Skankin', skankin'), Are you? (Skankin', skankin').
(Fade)
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])