Duppy Conqueror Chords

...DUPPY CONQUEROR... by Bob Marley
---------------------..............

*from 'Burnin'' (1973)*


Intro:

C  F  G  F

Verse 1:

C        F      G  F
 Yes, me friend,
         C        F    G  F
We deh a-street a-gain.
C        F          G            F
 Yes, me friend, me good friend,
           C      F    G
Dem say we free a-gain.

    F              C        F  G
The bars could not hold me;
F                    C       F    G  F
 Force could not con-trol me now.
                    C     F     G  F
They try to keep me down, yeah!
                C      F     G  F
But Jah put I a-round, yeah!

               C              F     G  F
Yes, I've been accused many a times,
              C         F  G
And wrongly a-bused now.
                    F             C
Oh, but through the powers of the Most-I,
        F              C     F  G  F
They've got to turn me loose.

Bridge 1:

Am                        C
 Don't try to cold me up, on this bridge now,
Am                       C
 I've got to reach Mount Zion; the highest region.
Am                C
 So if you a bull-bucka let me tell you this...

Chorus 1:

G
 I'm a Duppy Conqueror, conqueror, oh, yeah!

Verse 2:

C        F      G  F
 Yes, me friend,
         C        F    G  F
We deh a-street a-gain,    ooh!
C        F          G            F
 Yes, me friend, me good friend,
           C      F     G  F
Dem say we free a-gain,     ooh, oh!

Bridge 2:

Am                        C
 Don't try to cold me up, on this bridge now,
Am                       C
 I've got to reach Mount Zion; the highest region.
Am                C
 So if you a bull-bucka let me tell you this...

Chorus 2:

G
 I'm a Duppy Conqueror, conqueror, oh, yeah!

Verse 3:

C        F      G  F
 Yes, me friend,
         C        F    G    F
We deh a-street a-gain, oh! Oh, yeah!
C        F                G        F
 Yes, me friend; we deh a-street a-gain.
C        F          G            F
 Yes, me friend, me good friend,
           C      F     G  F
Dem say we free a-gain,     oh! Oh, yeah!

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   C       F       G       Am

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx5553  xxx565  xxx787  xxx555


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)