Steel Pulse originalmente formado por David Hinds (voz, guitarra), Basil Gabbidon (guitara, voz) and Ronnie McQueen (bajo) en Handsworth Wood Boys School, Birmingham, UK.
Es Hinds quien, como letrista, ha estado siempre detrás de Steel Pulse, desde sus comienzos en la Birmingham club scene en adelante. Formados en 1975, su álbum debut, 'Kibudu, Mansetta And Abuku" se editó en la pequeña discográfica independiente Dip, y se unió a la situación de la "juventud negra" urbana con la imagen de una gran África como hogar.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
...STATE OF EMERGENCY... by Steel Pulse ------------------------...............
*from 'State of Emergency' (1988)*
Intro:
(Drums)
(n.C) State of emergency, state of emergency, state of emergency. State of emergency, state of emergency, state of emergency.
Interlude:
G#mA, G#mB (x2)
Verse 1:
G#mAG#mA From Brixton to Cape Town; unrest all around. G#mAG#mA From Handsworth to Uitenhage; lawlessness, 'pon rampage.
Bridge 1:
G#mA Sticks and stones, they're throwing; set ablaze the buildings. G#mA Youthful minds are stirring; time to make a change. G#mA Who they think they're fooling? No want no diverse doctrine, G#mA For-ever we will strive; fighting against Apartheid.
Chorus 1:
G#mA State of emergency, G#mB State of emergency; I never seen such urgency. G#mA State of emergency, G#mB State of emergency; I never seen such urgency.
Break:
G#mAG#mB (Forever, we will strive). G#mAG#mB (Forever, we will strive), I never seen a thing like this before.
Bridge 2:
G#mA Sticks and stones, they're throwing; set ablaze the buildings. G#mA Youthful minds are stirring; time to make a change. G#mA Who they think they're fooling? No want no diverse doctrine, G#mA For-ever we will strive; fighting against...
Chorus 2:
G#mA State of emergency, G#mB State of emergency; I never seen such urgency. G#mA State of emergency, G#mB State of emergency; I never seen such urgency.
G#mA State of emergency, G#mB State of emergency; I never seen such urgency. G#mA State of emergency, G#mB State of emergency; I never seen such urgency.
Break:
G#mAG#mB (Forever, we will strive), the whole wide world is burning. G#mAG#mB (Forever, we will strive), pring pring, gun shot ring.
Coda:
G#mAG#mA From Brixton to Cape Town; unrest all around. G#mA From Handsworth to Durban; no satisfaction.
G#mA We will strive for freedom now, we will strive for freedom now. G#mA We will strive for freedom now, we will strive for freedom now.
Outro:
G#mA, G#mB (x2), G#m
CHORD DIAGRAMS: ---------------
G#mAB
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 466444 577655 799877
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2008 ([email protected])