Steel Pulse – State Of Emergency tab

...STATE OF EMERGENCY... by Steel Pulse
------------------------...............


*from 'State of Emergency' (1988)*


Intro:

(Drums)

(n.c)
 State of emergency,
State of emergency,
State of emergency.
State of emergency,
State of emergency,
State of emergency.

Interlude:

G#m  A, G#m  B (x2)

Verse 1:

G#m              A
 From Brixton to Cape Town,
G#m     A
 Unrest all around.
G#m                 A
 From Handsworth to Uitenhage,
G#m                A
 Lawlessness, p'on rampage.

Bridge 1:

G#m
 Sticks and stones they're throwing,
A
 Set ablaze the buildings.
G#m
 Youthful minds are stirring,
A
 Time to make a change.

G#m
 Who they think they're fooling?
A
 No want no diverse doctrine,
    G#m
For-ever we will strive,
A
 Fighting against Apartheid.

Chorus 1:

G#m                 A
 State of emergency,
G#m
 State of emergency,
  B
I never seen such urgency.

G#m                 A
 State of emergency,
G#m
 State of emergency,
  B
I never seen such urgency.

Break:

G#m        A
 (Forever,
        G#m      B
We will strive).
G#m        A
 (Forever,
        G#m
We will strive),
  B
I never seen a thing like this before.

Bridge 1:

G#m
 Sticks and stones they're throwing,
A
 Set ablaze the buildings.
G#m
 Youthful minds are stirring,
A
 Time to make a change.

G#m
 Who they think they're fooling?
A
 No want no diverse doctrine,
    G#m
For-ever we will strive,
A
 Fighting against...

Chorus 2:

G#m                 A
 State of emergency,
G#m
 State of emergency,
  B
I never seen such urgency.

G#m                 A
 State of emergency,
G#m
 State of emergency,
  B
I never seen such urgency.

G#m                 A
 State of emergency,
G#m
 State of emergency,
  B
I never seen such urgency.

G#m                 A
 State of emergency,
G#m
 State of emergency,
  B
I never seen such urgency.

Break:

G#m        A
 (Forever,
        G#m
We will strive),
    B
The whole wide world is burning.
G#m        A
 (Forever,
        G#m
We will strive),
B
 Pring pring, gun shot ring.

Coda:

G#m              A
 From Brixton to Cape Town,
G#m     A
 Unrest all around.
     G#m
From Handsworth to Durban;
A
 No satisfaction.

G#m
 We will strive for freedom now,
A
 We will strive for freedom now.

G#m
 We will strive for freedom now,
A
 We will strive for freedom now.

Outro:

G#m  A, G#m  B (x2), G#m


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          |_______|  Joel from cLuMsY, 2008    =
           = = = =      (clumsyband@hotmail.com)