Matisyahu – Youth tab
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Artist: Matisyahu Album: Youth ============================= Fire of Heaven/Altar of Earth ============================= Capo 2 Intro: Am G F GRiff: Am G F Ge|-------------------------------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------------------------------| X 4D|---2-3-2---------2-----------0-------------------------------|A|---------3--0------3--0------------------3---------5-5-------|E|------------------------3------3----1--1---1---3-3-----3-----|Chorus: Am G F G Fire descends from on high in the shape of a lion Am G F G Burn the sacrifice of pride and ride on Mount Zion Am G F G Fire descends from on high in the shape of a lion Am G F G Burn the sacrifice of pride and ride on Mount Zion Am G Rub me the wrong way, taking the highway F G Rubbing sticks together but your fire's man-made Am G Capitalize on hot air, soar like an airplane F Yearn to rise in the sky quick high like cocaine G False pride is suicide but you've got nothing to gain Am Babylon's buildings raise like flames G Drowning in their champagne F G Explosion pulled the pin in the hand grenade Am G Soul stain blowing up, in your own domain F G Fire crackers ohh and aah, but they never maintain Bridge: F G Fires burning, flames are dancing Am G Don't burn the house down Lord F G Am G Heavenly fire only resides on an altar made from the ground Chorus Am G One pair of eyes F G But see two different things Am G F G One person cries but the other one sings Am G You walk around like everybody owes ya something F G Take what you got, thank God for all that life brings Am G The poor man has it all but not content with anything F G While the rich man's hands are empty but he's sitting like a king Bridge Dm G Backpack's getting heavy, moving at a steady pace Am Em Carrying bricks on your shoulders and lead around your waist Dm Am Making way, run in haste, there is no time to taste Em What you ate, we should be grateful got a plateful Fire burns like ice morsels falling fire like rain Chorus ===== Youth ===== Am C x4 Am C Some of them come now, some of the running, some of them looking for fun Am C Some of them looking for away out of confusion Am C Some of them don't know where to be, some of them don't know where to go Am C Some of them trust their instincts ,that somethings missing from the show Am C Some don't fit society, their insides are crying low Am C Some of them teachers squashed the flame, 'fore it had a chance to grow Am C Some of them embers still glow , them charcoal hushed and low Am C Some of them come with hunger suppressed, not fed them feel the death blow yo Chorus: F E Young man control in your hand Am Slam your fist on the table, and make your demand F E Take a stand fan a fire for the flame of the youth Am C/B C D Got the freedom to choose, you better make the right move F E Young man, the power's in your hand Am Slam your fist on the table and make your demand F E You better make the right move Dm Youth is the engine of the world Dm Youth is the engine of the world Am C Storm the halls of vanity Am C Focus your energy Am C Into a laser beam streaming shattered light unites to pierce Am C Between the seams and it seems the world open peering Am C The children see rapid fire for your mind Am C Half a truth is just a lie they rub me the wrong way Am They say their way or fall behind, seventeen disconnect left out C Am The concept as to why, there's a spiritual emptiness C So the youth them get vexed, skip class and get wrecked F Feel with beer and cigarettes, to fill the hole in their chest! Chorus Dm You got the freedom to choose, better make the right move You got the freedom to choose Solo: Am C Chorus Dm Youth is the engine of the world Dm Youth is the engine of the world Dm Youth is the engine of the world ================= Time of Your Song ================= Intro: Bm G D A x4 Bm G The world is moving to the song I hear D A/C# A Who’s that singing wind is rushing in my ear Bm G Mind gushing memories almost lost everything D A/C# A Felony and fellows running in my dream Bm G We were in the van where the hits were driving D A/C# A Saw myself in the highlands at age thirteen Bm G And I'm asking questions to the present day me D A/C# A Moving backwards down the hill see we were posting Chorus: Bm G D A/C# A Moonlight illuminate my night and my days sun-ray make the people say Bm G Had a vision somethings missing so they're screaming out loud D A/C# A Keep my feet on ground and my head in the clouds Bm G D A/C# A I'm the arrow, you're my bow, shoot me forth and I will go Bm G And I know and I go and I go get up and go D A/C# A Make me feel its for real tell me what you know Bm G D A/C# A I don’t mean to glorify, ate the apple of the tree and tried to lie Bm G In the garden i'll remember that’s when I started to sing D A/C# A I said death brings life into uncertain things, Bm G Classroom's not for me, sun setting autumn breeze D A/C# A Sound is moving like a chorus keep hearing that melody Bm G Check the radio but theres nothing playing D A/C# A Check the radio again but theres nothing playing Chorus Bm G D A/C# A Rewind… Dub-wise! Bm G D Swing low, sweet chariot of flames change my name, No A/C# A It was always the same Bm G Till if only what you find when you climb D A/C# A Check the radio but of all that shines theres no time Bm G My life is making your mind work in overtime D A/C# A But along the line you'll have to pay for the crime Bm G Slow it down you turbo too soon D A/C# A Vroom vroom then you want to blast off unto the moon Bm G But you might get trapped in a temple of doom D A/C# A You might get trapped in a temple of doom Chorus =================== Dispatch the Troops =================== Capo 3 Intro: Am F C Em x4 Am F See the daughter of Zion once precious princess C Em Left her father's house to walk streets that never rest Am F Maybe they’ll hear me in the metropolis C Em So I’m sending an SOS Am F Fighting with her “ta” she wants out of this mess C Em And them big city lights might brighten up the darkness Am F You know that I’m tired and you know that I’m stressed C Em You can’t stop me and you can’t stop this Am F You could call the police try to make an arrest C Em Today is the day that I repossess Am F Leaving on the first bus that I can get C Em Now its rings around eyes sopping wet from rain droplets Am F Window shopping for some solace no address and penniless C Em That’s the price you pay for running away from the stress Am F Feeling the pain likes to dance by the DJ C G Reminds me of a time when things were okay Chorus: Dm F Frightened by her own shadow Dm F Dm G Now she wants to go home C G Dm F G Many names, for one G-d Am G Dm F Trotting on, through the façade C G You were all my children Dm F G Got to dig for that feeling Am G Dm F Love, will break down this concealment Am F Strip away the serpent’s skin We came to win C Em Dispatch the troops send out the captain Am G My gem is held captive in the dungeon C Em Don’t come back again till you end the mission Am F If it takes a long time don’t lose the vision C Em If you’re stuck check the blueprint, look within Am F Reflection, got to find the rhythm C Em Won’t you please return child Where you been Am F She says I can’t come home because he won’t let me in C Em And besides we don’t need no more friction Am Used to look so nice, how’d you get so thin F And your heart's like ice, it’s a heart of sin C Skin white like a ghost with a pale complexion Em Pray to g-d for the dead we need resurrection Am F Don’t you know wherever we go thick and thin C Em You are still my children Am F C G Since you’ve been gone my soul’s been hurting Chorus Bridge: Am F C Em Chorus Dm F Wondering through this world Dm F Em G We are just boys and girls C G Dm F G Many names, for one G-d Am G Dm F Trotting on, through the façade C G You were all my children Dm F G Got to dig for that feeling Am G Dm F Love, will break down this concealment ============== Indestructible ============== Capo 2 G: 320033 Bm/F#: 224432 Em: 022000 D/F#: 2x0232 Intro: G Bm/F# Em D/F# x2 Chorus: (x2) G Fear nobody but his majesty Bm/F# My spirit, you retrieved Em For you I wait silently D/F# It seems that you believe in me G Indestructible digging through the rubble Bm/F# Bubblin' we don't need no more trouble Em Never had this cold vision, hot hot friction D/F# Like I’m running a muck upon a rhythm G Stay on a plan so you don’t lose the vision Bm/F# Stay sizzlin’ Peter paddled from a plane like this is Em From the city feelin' it your breathin’ in D/F# You put on your glasses and you see through it Chorus G Some of them run, run, runnin’ like a rat on a wheel Try feel fine, a new deal Who is there? Ticket for a meal This world is real, and it heals for a final generation G I remember that day in November Bm/F# Standing on a roof and I’m feeling so tender Em All shook up like I’ve been in the blender D/F# Fend off the demons in the park after dark G Lend me your hand, I want to be a member Bm/F# Spent too much and now I’m rendered Em Dead, Mend these wounds, we got to find a common D/F# Thread want to fly in the sky bu ya heavy like lead Chorus G Just untooling the hands of the builder Bm/F# Fill them with the strength to go further Em Digging deep for eternal treasure D/F# Stay away from quick sand and false pleasure G Them mouth’s speak with arrogance Bm/F# Appearance like a lion lurking in the mist Em They surround and they gaze their fix D/F# Grab the rope of God’s heritage Chorus G G Bm/F# Em D/F# G Bm/F# Release me from their schemes Em D/F# My distress you will relieve G Bm/F# Shield me on the path that’s dark and slippery Em D/F# Basic deception and futility G Bm/F# I stand with integrity, sneak to the roof of that building Em Don’t want nobody here to see me D/F# They’re saying that I’m living in a fantasy G Bm/F# But I believe if I did keep and I bleed in sincerity Em D/F# Won’t you utterly remove the cloud hanging over me G Bm/F# Won’t you wave that decree in the shade of your wings Em D/F# Shelter me from the wicked who have plundered me G Bm/F# Em D/F# From my mortal enemies, won’t you shield me G Bm/F# Em D/F# ===================== What I'm Fighting For ===================== Em7: 022033 Cadd9: x32033 Intro : Em7 D Cadd9 G D What I’m fighting for Cadd9 D Is worth far more than silver and gold Em7 D What I'm fighting for Cadd9 G D Is a chance to unite the past Cadd9 G D G When a brothers coming home at last Am D Fighting together for lives Em7 D Cadd9 G D Sons and daughters of Abraham Cadd9 D Lay down to a higher command Em7 D Don’t be tricked by the acts of man Cadd9 G D God’s wisdom revealed in a holy plan Cadd9 D A chance to unite the past Cadd9 G D G When a brothers coming home at last Am D Fighting together for lives Em7 G x2 Em7 G Em7 G To Zion we roll and we're not all alone Em7 G Am Unite and you will find G D What I’m fighting for Cadd9 D Is worth far more than silver and gold Em7 D What I’m fighting for Cadd9 G D Is a chance to unite the past Cadd9 G D G When a brothers coming home at last Am D Fighting together for lives Em7 G x2 Em7 G Em7 G To Zion we roll and we're not all alone Em7 G Am Unite and you will find G D Cadd9 G What I’m fighting for ========= Jerusalem ========= Capo 1 Em C G D Chorus: Em Jerusalem, if I forget you, C Fire not gonna come from me tongue G Jerusalem, if I forget you, D Let my right hand forget what it's supposed to do Em In the ancient days, we will return with no delay C Picking up the bounty and the spoils on our way G We've been traveling from state to state D And them don't understand what they say Em 3,000 years with no place to be C And they want me to give up my milk and honey G Don't you see, it's not about the land or the sea D Not the country but the dwelling of his majesty Chorus x2 Em Rebuild the temple and the crown of glory C Years gone by, about sixty G We were burned in the oven in this century D And the gas tried to choke, but it couldn't choke me Em I will not lie down, I will not fall asleep C And they come overseas, yes they're trying to be free G Erase the demons out of our memory D Change your name and your identity Em Afraid of the truth and our dark history C Why is everybody always chasing we G Cut off the roots of your family tree D Don't you know that's not the way to be Chorus x2 Em Caught up in these ways, and the worlds gone craze C Don't you know it's just a phase, cause of the Simon says G If I forget the truth then my words won't penetrate D Babylon burning in the place, can't see through the haze Em Chop down all of them dirty ways, C That's the price that you pay for selling lies to the youth G No way, not okay, oh D No way, not okay, hey Em Ain't no one gonna break my stride C G Ain't no one gonna pull me down D Oh no, I got to keep on moving stay alive Chorus x2 Em C G D x2 Em C Jerusalem If I forget You G D Jerusalem If I forget You Em C Jerusalem If I forget You G D Jerusalem If I forget You Em C G D x2 === WP === Capo 3 Intro:Ame|--------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------------------|G|--------------------------------------------|D|--------------------------------------------| x4A|---0--0--0-------------0--0--0--------------|E|--------------0-3-0---------------0-3-------|C Slap me Daft, we sat down in the back of the class Em To seize knowledge we don't need, I forgot my late pass Dm But I'm early to a arrival beatbox, you got raps? Em Meet me on the football field, don't sleep on field, the quarterback C No one clapped when we locked in, it was removal of our class Em But my flag got captured and I fell between the cracks Dm My tool for inspiration turned into a handicap Em No matter how I tried, I just couldn't fill the gaps C Those whipper snappers, they got trapped old chap Em They lost the way, they never had the right map Dm Needed a sneak attack to slap the demons off my back Em So I picked for the shtetl dreamed big I wouldn't settle C Put the pedal to the metal and returned to fundamentals Em I'll never forget running through the hall with all y'all rebels Dm Roaming through the high land, young bucks invincible Em Echoes in my brain, if kids report to the principle Chorus: F Substance dulls the mind Dm Traife wine clouds the heart Am You can't sew a stitch with one hand G While you're taking it apart F Bright lights might look nice Dm But they sure won't make you sharp Am You can't sew a stitch with one hand G While you're taking it apart C Yeah, misty morning and my mom's a mess Em To make matters worse dog my pops is stressed, life is a test Dm Make the grade or catch an F, now death is all that's left Em To ponder I wander off hoping to catch my breath C And hold it, mold my memories from untold scripts Em And roll up in a tornado twist, now I'm certain Dm There's a pertinent reason I'm on this earth Em Seasons change in white plains, but we remain alert C When new school years appear fools fear for a failure and crawl away Em In tears, I play Popeye the Sailor and stay with spinach Dm We walk the halls with a grimace Em Yeah they gossip in groups, I try to mind my business and tell the truth C For instance Em I listen, see it all with basketball court vision Ignoring ignorance in fields of fiction Dm We lean back in the calmest position Em And embrace the honesty found within our tension, What's good? Chorus Riff Am Trapped in the elevator of your mind Is it real, what will you find behind the door Your imaginations put you in a bind Around you there's a cloud of gloom Swallow the key, lock yourself in a room Can't see outside of your universe C No more war, there won't be anymore hunger Em No jealousy, not even competition Dm Let go, release, you hold the keys Em Time we evaporate into the breeze C We are nothing, we are something Em Let go, release, you hold the keys Dm It's time we evaporate into the breeze Em We are nothing, we'll be something C Welcome to the desert of my soul Em You can stay if you like, there's room for one more Dm Em There's room for one more ============= Shalom/Saalam ============= Capo 1 Instrumental in F Major ================== Late Night in Zion ================== C: x32010 Cmaj7: x32000 Em: 022003 B/G: x20033 C(2): 32013 G/B: x2003x A7sus2: x0200x D/F#: 2x023x Intro: C Em Bm C2 Cmaj7 We're the reflection of imperfection G/B A7sus2 D/F# We come from the infinite place of limitation Am Cmaj7 Rejoice in these days, make a correction Em D/F# G We're the completion Cmaj7 Lights out, down for the count, can't get up G/B A7sus2 D/F# Meanwhile the enemy screams the boy is stuck Am Cmaj7 and the legs of the king are dangling in a rut Em D/F# G Falling pieces, lost sparks, hearts cut Cmaj7 We're not alone in the madness if we're here, then so are you G/B A7sus2 D/F# Deepest caverns underground, we've been digging for the truth, Am Cmaj7 Em D/F# G Scrape my knees, on the hurdles, face down in the puddles Cmaj7 Only one who'll get us out of this mess, the one who put us here G/B A7sus2 D/F# I've got a spear driven through my ear Am Cmaj7 Can't you hear the sound, crystal clear, pistols crashing chandeliers Em D/F# G Long for brooks of water like the deer Chorus: x2 Cmaj7 A man is just a man, filled of faults and weakness G/B For a young Jerusalem all alone and speechless A7sus2 Nighttime, nobody's home, roam streets in darkness Cmaj7 I feel I'm just a man, flesh and bones, homeless Cmaj7 Planting seeds, they won't sink in, I'm dried up G/B A7sus2 D/F# like the desert earth, how could these seeds give birth Am Cmaj7 Water me down, liquify, I will not be cursed Em D/F# G From one into a million disperse Cmaj7 Wisdom reigns like water from heaven to below G/B A7sus2 D/F# Crush my earth, seeds grow, garden start to grow Am Cmaj7 You know you've got to rise, though you like to flow Em D/F# G You can't keep staring out the window Cmaj7 Earth, water, wind, fire we stay low while getting higher G/B A7sus2 D/F# Spark igniter, fighting tired stay wired, enlighten loads Am Cmaj7 Fly alive, weep wail chant, cry, let out a sigh Em D/F# G Energized, give my last dime, life shouldn't pass me by Cmaj7 Rise, to the occasion G/B A7sus2 D/F# Keep these hearts all blazin' build your life on a river of wax Am Cmaj7 Melt into space, we've been here since the beginning Em D/F# G not going away, not going away Chorus ================= Unique is My Dove ================= Intro: D G x2 D On the way into this world, our soul was born in two G Searching for you, I been searching for you D Where ya been, where ya running to G Where ya got to go, what ya got to do D Don't care where we're going, just wanna be with you G Put your head on my shoulder, tell me what you been through D When I lose my focus, you remind me of the truth G Lift us up to the heavens, for a birds eye view Chorus: A G One woman for me F#m G Other half of my soul, you're my queen A G One woman for me F#m Bm Other half of my soul, roots of my tree D We could forget about Galus for a while, G Our troubles for a while Sometimes I look at you and just smile, D Sit in the park and just laugh all day G Sometimes I just lose it with the things that you say, D Waiting by the subway but we missed the train, G We'll take the next one if you can pull me away D Keep me cool down to earth, and no anxiety G Stay modest with the humble heart always Chorus D G A We don't need no umbrella when we're walking in the rain D D/C# D/B D/A D/F# G A Sunlight or clouds, it’s all the same D D/C# D/B D/A D/F# G A Don't need no umbrella, when we're walking in the rain D G D G D So smart and sharp, oh so lovely G And a beauty shine bright, yes you're there for me D Keep the ways of our fathers, how it use to be G Moving forward, don't mean erase our history D Look to your ways, and see a girl who wants to do the right thing G Dedicated to a life, bigger than you or me D Build a temple in our hearts, for his majesty G Stay simple, serve god, and keep our deeds clean Chorus =============== Ancient Lullaby =============== F Bb Mist rising on the horizon F C Listenin’ with my ears and listenin’ with my eyes and Dm Am Listenin’ until we've ridden the mud from the parasite Bb C Listenin’ until our hearts start to glisten, realize F Bb Share the vision and my rhythms and we'll melt the ice F C Start sizzlin’, spilling from the ceiling, bread dripping drizzling Dm Am Close to the broken-heart, them crushed in spirit Bb C Redeem the soul of your servant seek his, pursue it F Bb Keep the sparkle in your eyes F Oh you know, we're not gon die, like flyin’ C Dm Soul times for the times when we'll stay unified Am Bb C The eyes of Hashem are to the righteous and he hears their Chorus: F Bb F Bb F Bb F Bb Soul cry, like an ancient lullaby F Bb F Bb F Bb F Bb Soul cry, like an ancient lullaby F Bb Jerusalem breathes, bringin’ me ease from the Brooklyn squeeze, F C Dirty boppin’ and a bring ya down to ya knees Dm Am Track ya like a lion, leave me be Bb C When they come with their disease to drag us into the street, F Bb My law's still pure, you can't take that from me, F C 3000 years until this last century, Dm Am Bb C Impossible to break the seal of the High Priest, F Bb Yo, I say the branches on the trees them bow to these F Swaying to the melodies, C Dm Craving for the slaves to bring redemption please Am I am you, you are me Bb C No more leaders, we must flea ,We want see God in our enemy Chorus Solo ==================== King without a Crown ==================== Capo 1 Intro: Em D A Bm x2 G Bm You're all that I have and you're all that I need A Each and every day I pray to get to know you please G Bm I want to be close to you, yes I'm so hungry Em You're like water for my soul when it gets thirsty G Bm Without you there's no me, you're the air that I breathe A Sometimes the world is dark and I just can't see G Bm With these, demons surround all around to bring me down to negativity Em But I believe, yes I believe, I said I believe G Bm I'll stand on my own two feet, won't be brought down on one knee A I fight with all of my might and get these demons to flee G Bm Hashem's rays fire blaze burn bright and I believe Em Hashem's rays fire blaze burn bright and I believe G Bm Out of darkness comes light, twilight unto the heights A Crown Heights burnin' up all through till twilight G Bm Said thank you to my God, now I finally got it right Em And I'll fight with all of my heart, and all a' my soul, and all a' my might Chorus: Em D What's this feeling, my love will rip a hole in the ceiling A Bm I give myself to you from the essence of my being Em D And I sing to my god, songs of love and healing A Bm I want Moshiach now, time we start revealing Em D What's this feeling, my love will rip a hole in the ceiling A Bm I give myself to you from the essence of my being Em D And I sing to my god, songs of love and healing A Bm I want Moshiach now G Bm Strippin’ away the layers and reveal your soul A Got to give yourself up and then you become whole G Bm You're a slave to yourself and you don't even know Em You want to live the fast life but your brain moves slow G Bm If you're trying to stay high, bound to stay low A You want God but you can't deflate your ego G Bm If you're already there then there's nowhere to go Em If you're cup's already full then its bound to overflow G Bm If you're drowning in the water's and you can't stay afloat A Ask Hashem for mercy, and he'll throw you a rope G Bm You're looking for help from God you say he couldn't be found Em Searching up to the sky and looking beneath the ground G Bm Like a King without his Crown, you keep fallin' down A You really want to live but can't get rid of your frown G Bm Tried to reach unto the heights and wound bound down on the ground Em Given up your pride and the you heard a sound G Bm Out of night comes day and out of day comes light A Nullified to the One like sunlight in a ray G Bm Makin' room for his love and a fire gone blaze Em Makin' room for his love and a fire gone blaze Chorus Solo Em D See I lift up my eyes where my help come from A Bm And I seen it circling around from the mountain Em D Thunder, you feel it in your chest A Bm You keep my mind at ease and my soul at rest you're not vexed Em D See I lift up my eyes where my help come from A Bm And I seen it circling around from the mountain Em D Thunder, you feel it in your chest A Bm You keep my mind at ease and my soul at rest you're not vexed Em D A Bm x4