Equal Rights Chords
by Peter Tosh
Equal Rights by Peter Tosh is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Am, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
intro: G Am C D G
G Am
Everyone is crying out for peace yes
C D G
None is crying out for justice
(2x)
C D
I don't want no peace
G C G C
I need equal rights and justice (3x)
Got to get it
G C G C
Equal rights and justice
G Am
Everybody want to go to heaven
C D G
But nobody want to die
G Am
Everybody want to go to up to heaven
C D G
But none o them, none of them want to die
Chorus
(Just give me my share)
What is due to Caesar
You better give it on to Caesar
And what belong to I and I
You better, you better give it up to I
Chorus
(I'm fighting for it)
Everyone heading for the top
But tell me how far is it from the bottom
Nobody knows but
Everybody fighting to reach the top
How far is it from the bottom
Chorus
Everyone is talking about crime
Tell me who are the criminals
I said everybody's talking about crime, crime
Tell me who, who are the criminals
I really don't see them
Chorus
There be no crime
Equal rights and justice (Precede cada frase abaixo)
There be no criminals
Everyone is fighting for
Palestine is fighting for
Down in Angola
Down in Botswana
Down in Zimbabwe
Down in Rhodesia
Right here in Jamaica