INTRO Bass lick
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Em Bm Em D
verse 1
Em
The air was thick with a smell of oppression
Bm
The militants joined with angry position
Em
Redemption type with a strain of repression
D6
Young blood boiling hot with agression
Chorus
Am G
Jah war fighting fighting
Am D
Jah war, too close frightening
BRIDGE
Em Bm Em D
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VERSE2
Em
The winds were blowing and stirring up reaction
Bm
A storm broke out a militant action
Em
Hot heads came in uniform
D
Thunder and lightning in a violent form
Chorus
Am G
Jah war fighting fighting
Am D
Jah war, too close frightening
BRIDGE
Em Bm Em D
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Instrumental
Em - Bm - Em - D
Chorus
Am G
Jah war fighting fighting
Am D
Jah war, too close frightening
verse 3
Em
The air was thick with a smell of oppression
Bm
The militants joined with angry position
Em
Redemption type with a strain of repression
D
Young blood boiling hot with agression
Chorus
Am G
Jah war fighting fighting
Am D
Jah war, too close frightening
Chorus 2
Em Bm
Fighting fighting Jah war
Em D
Too close frightening Jah war
Em Bm
Fighting fighting Jah war
Em D
Too close frightening Jah war
verse 4
Am
Clarence Baker
G
No trouble maker
Am
Said the truncheon came down
G
Knocked him to the ground
Am
Said the blood on the streets that day
G
The blood and the madness
Am
Said the blood on the streets that day
D
....Hey
ENDING
Em Bm
Fighting fighting Jah war
Em Bm
Fighting fighting Jah war
Em Bm
Fighting fighting Jah war
Em D
Fighting fighting Jah war