Tenement Yard Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays497

Tenement Yard by Jacob Miller is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, Bm and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Obs.: Usar batida de reggae (Tocar o acorde seguido por palm mute) 
 
 
Right-o! 
 
A                   
Hear dem say...ah ah ah! 
A                        Bm         E 
Dreadlocks can't live in a...tenement 
A                      Bm 
Dreadlocks can't live in a tenement yard 
A                      Bm 
Dreadlocks can't live in a tenement yard 
A                           E 
Too much su-su su-su su-su, too much watchie watchie you 
A                           E 
Too much su-su su-su su-su, too much watchie what you are 
 
(repeat) 
 
A                     Bm 
Dreadlocks can't live in privacy 
A                 Bm 
Anything him do, old nigga see 
A                                  E 
Too much watchie watchie watchie, too much su-su su-su su 
A                                  E 
Too much watchie watchie watchie, too much su-su su-su su 
 
 
A                       Bm 
Dreadlocks can't smoke him pipe in peace 
A                      Bm 
Too much informers and too much fears 
A                                 E 
Too much watchie watchie watchie, too much su-su su-su su 
A                                 E 
Too much watchie watchie watchie, too much su-su su-su su 
 
A                      Bm 
Dreadlocks can't live in a tenement yard 
A                      Bm 
Dreadlocks can't live in a tenement yard 
A                   E 
Can't penetrate in a tenement yard 
A                   E 
Can't penetrate in a tenement yard 
 
A                 Bm 
Dreadlocks can't live in a tenement yard 
A                 Bm 
Dreadlocks can't live in a tenement yard 
A                           E 
Too much su-su su-su su-su, too much watchie watch you 
A                           E 
Too much su-su su-su su-su, too much watchie what you are 
 
 
A                          Bm 
Dreadlocks can't penetrate the rent man 
A                    Bm 
All him a do is sell Jah Jah land 
A                                 E 
Too much watchie watchie watchie, too much su-su su-su 
 
A                  E 
Can't penetrate in a tenement yard 
A                  E 
Can't penetrate in a tenement yard 
 
A                     Bm 
Dreadlocks can't lick him pipe in peace 
A                      Bm 
Too much informers and too much fears 
 
A                                 E 
Too much watchie watchie watchie, too much su-su su-su su 
A                                 E 
Too much watchie watchie watchie, too much su-su su-su 
 
 
A                E 
Can't I-ditate in a tenement yard 
A                E 
Can't I-ditate in a tenement yard 
 
A                     Bm 
Dreadlocks can't lick him pipe in peace 
A                     Bm 
Too much Babylon and too much laws 
A          E 
Too much.... 
A          E 
Too much informer..... 

    	

Chord diagrams

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