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!
...KU KLUX KLAN... by Steel Pulse ------------------...............
*from 'Handsworth Revolution' (1978)*
Intro:
AmEm (x16)
Verse 1:
AmEm Walking along just kicking stones, AmEm Minding my own business. AmEm I come face to face, with my foe; AmEm Dis-guised In violence from head to toe.
Bridge 1:
AmEm I holla and I bawl, (Ku Klux Klan), AmEm But dem naw let me go, now. AmEm To let me go was not dem in-tention. AmEm Dem seh one nigger the less; the better for the show. AmEm Stand strong black skin and take your blow.
Chorus 1:
AmEm It's the Ku, the Ku Klux Klan, AmEm Here to stamp out blackman, yah. AmEm It's the Ku, the Ku Klux Klan.
Verse 2:
AmEm To be taught a lesson not to walk alone, AmEm I was waiting for the Good Sa-maritan. AmEm But waiting was hopeless; it was all in vain; AmEm The Ku Klux Klan; back again.
Bridge 2:
AmEm I holla and I bawl, (Ku Klux Klan), AmEm But dem naw let me go now. AmEm To let me go was not dem in-tention. AmEm Dem seh one nigger the less; the better for the show. AmEm Stand strong black skin and take your blow.
Chorus 2:
AmEm It's the Ku, the Ku Klux Klan, AmEm Rape, lynch, kill and maim; AmEm Things can't remain the same, yah no!
Verse 3:
AmEm Black-man do unto the Klan as they would do to you; AmEm In this case hate they neighbour. AmEm Those cowards only kill who they fear; AmEm That's why they hide behind the hoods and cloaks they wear.
Bridge 3:
AmEm I holla and I bawl, (Ku Klux Klan), AmEm But dem naw let me go, now.
Chorus 3:
EmAmEm Ku Klux Klan, oh no, oh no; AmEm Here to stamp out black-man, yah. AmEm Rape, lynch, kill and maim; AmEm Things can't remain the same, yah no! AmEm No, no, no, no...
Outro:
AmEm
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS: ---------------
AmEm
EADGBE EADGBE 577555 x79987
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected])