Rastaman Live Up

...RASTAMAN LIVE UP!... by Bob Marley

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*from 'Confrontation' (1983)*





Chorus 1:



(n.C)           C                   F        G

 Rastaman, live up; Bongoman, don't give up.

               C                          F       G

Congoman, live up, yeah, Binghi-man don't give up.



Verse 1:



C                              F                    G

 Keep your culture; don't be a-fraid of the vulture.

C                                F                      G

 Grow your dreadlock; don't be a-fraid of the wolf-pack.



Chorus 2:



               C                    F       G

Rastaman, live up; Binghi-man don't give up.

               C                         F       G

Congoman, live up, yeah, Bongoman, don't give up.



Verse 2:



C                          F                 G

 David slew Goliath with a sling and a stone;

C                                   F              G

 Samson slew The Philistines with a donkey jawbone.



Chorus 3:



             C                   F        G

Iyaman, live up; Rastaman, don't give up!

                 C                   F       G

Binghi-man, live up; Congoman, don't give up.



Verse 3:



C                                 F               G

 Trodding through creation, in an Irie meditation;

C                        F                    G

 Seen many visions, in-a this yah Armagiddyon.



Chorus 4:



               C                   F        G

Rastaman, live up; Bongoman, don't give up.

               C                          F       G

Congoman, live up, yeah, Binghi-man don't give up.



Verse 4:



C                                     F               G

 Saw it in the beginning; so shall it be in this iwa;

         C                                  F                     G

And they fallen in confusion, well-a just a step from Babel Tower.



Chorus 5:



               C                   F        G

Rastaman, live up; Bongoman, don't give up.

               C                          F       G

Congoman, live up, yeah, Binghi-man don't give up.



Verse 5:



C                                F                      G

 Grow your dreadlock; don't be a-fraid of the wolf-pack.

            C                       F                      G

A-tell you, one man a-walkin' and a billion man a-sparkin'.



Chorus 6:



               C                   F        G

Rastaman, live up; Bongoman, don't give up.

               C                                       G

Congoman, live up, yeah, don't give up, don't give up, don't give up!



(Fade)





CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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   C       F       G



 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE

 x35553  133211  355433





Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005

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