Corria o ano de 1975 em Birmigham, Inglaterra, quando três jovens do bairro negro de Handsworth, descendentes de imigrantes jamaicanos, resolveram canalizar suas energias e frustrações para a música, formando uma banda que viria se tornar uma das mais queridas e respeitadas entre os regueiros do mundo todo, o Steel Pulse. O trio era formado pelo baixista Ronald McQueen e pelos guitarristas Basil Gabbidon e David Hinds, que descreveu a situação da época: "Havia seguidas confrontações da polícia com os jovens da comunidade.
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
...ISLANDS UNITE... by Steel Pulse -------------------...............
*from 'Vex' (1994)*
Intro:
FmC#D# Woah, now.
FmC#D# (x2), Fm, C7
Chorus 1:
FmC#D# U-nite, all the islands unite, FmC#D# And fight, the wicked dem out a sight. FmC#D# U-nite, all the islands unite, FmC#D# And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Verse 1:
Fm First world; your bomb is sticking, C#D# Dirty deeds and politricking. Fm A whore's a whore, a witch is a witch, C#D# Answer to your name; Elizabitch. Fm Third world; its time for switching, C#D# Watch how the tables are turning. Fm We must abandon the sinking ship, C#D# So here's your chance; don't make it slip.
Chorus 2:
FmC#D# U-nite, all the islands unite, FmC#D# And fight, the wicked dem out a sight. FmC#D# U-nite, all the islands unite, FmC#D# And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Verse 2:
FmC#D# Christopher Columbus and a-Captain Hook, FmC#D# Pirates of the ocean, glorified, written in your books.. FmC#D# They never knew that this ya music would help us find our way, FmC#D# It's the source I say, that makes us one, pumping through our veins.
Chorus 3:
FmC#D# U-nite, all the islands unite, FmC#D# And fight, the wicked dem out a sight. FmC#D# U-nite, all the islands unite, FmC#D# And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Break:
Fm
Verse 3:
FmC#D# Independence is what we crave for, so leave our riches alone, FmC#D# Don't wanna be your footstool, 'cos you rule with your heart of stone. FmC#D# Don't want corruption to lead us and keep the masses poor, FmC#D# Now prophecy must fulfill, 'pon Babylon the whore.
Chorus 4:
FmC#D# U-nite, all the islands unite, FmC#D# And fight, the wicked dem out a sight. FmC#D# U-nite, all the islands unite, FmC#D# And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
Verse 4:
Fm You take the commonwealth, and make the common poor, C#D# Your tables are turned, 'cos we know the score. Fm We gonna scrap your script and flip your ship; C#D# No more lashes from the massa's whip. Fm The bomb a tick; a cause panic and when it hit, C#D# Your world will smash to bits. FmC#D# Bit by bit, bit by bit, woah, no, no, na, yeah.
Chorus 5:
FmC#D# U-nite, all the islands unite, FmC#D# And fight, the wicked dem out a sight. FmC#D# U-nite, all the islands unite, FmC#D# And fight, the wicked dem out a sight.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS: ---------------
FmC#D#
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 133111 x46664 x68886
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2008 ([email protected])