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Jah War
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ARTIST: The Ruts
ALBUM: The Crack
YEAR: 1979
tabbed by : pp1pete
CAPO: 0
TUNING: standard
INTRO Bass lick
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VERSE 1
Em
The air was thick with a smell of oppression
Bm
The militants joined with angry position
Em
Redemption type with a strain of repression
D6
Young blood boiling hot with agression
CHORUS
Am G
Jah war fighting fighting
Am D
Jah war, too close frightening
BRIDGE
Em Bm Em D
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VERSE2
Em
The winds were blowing and stirring up reaction
Bm
A storm broke out a militant action
Em
Hot heads came in uniform
D
Thunder and lightning in a violent form
CHORUS
Am G
Jah war fighting fighting
Am D
Jah war, too close frightening
BRIDGE
Em Bm Em D
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INSTRUMENTAL
Em - Bm - Em - D
CHORUS
Am G
Jah war fighting fighting
Am D
Jah war, too close frightening
VERSE 3
Em
The air was thick with a smell of oppression
Bm
The militants joined with angry position
Em
Redemption type with a strain of repression
D
Young blood boiling hot with agression
CHORUS
Am G
Jah war fighting fighting
Am D
Jah war, too close frightening
CHORUS 2
Em Bm
Fighting fighting Jah war
Em D
Too close frightening Jah war
Em Bm
Fighting fighting Jah war
Em D
Too close frightening Jah war
VERSE 4
Am
Clarence Baker
G
No trouble maker
Am
Said the truncheon came down
G
Knocked him to the ground
Am
Said the blood on the streets that day
G
The blood and the madness
Am
Said the blood on the streets that day
D
....Hey
ENDING
Em Bm
Fighting fighting Jah war
Em Bm
Fighting fighting Jah war
Em Bm
Fighting fighting Jah war
Em D
Fighting fighting Jah war