Back to My Roots Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Woe[Bm],[Em][Eb][Dm][D][Bm][G][Bm]
Na, Na, Na.
Hey, [Em]Yeh, [Bm]Yeh,[C] Oh, Y[Bm]eh.[C][Cm]
This [G]is to whom it may [Bm]concern,[Em]
[Bm]Raggamuffin rastaman return.
[C]Says we all got a lesson [Bm]to learn.
[C]This is the reason that...
[Cm]I'm back to

[Verse 2]
my root[G]s,[Bm]
Back to [Em]my roots.
[Bm]I'm [C]back[Em][Bm][D]
[Cm]to my ro[Bm]ots.

[Verse 3]
[Bm]We took that commercial road,
Searching for some fame and [Em]gold,
And gained the whole wide world,
And almost lost our souls.
[Bm]Some

[Verse 4]
say we should have
lead [D]the [Bm]way;
Take it over from Bob Marley.
[Em]Got brainwashed by the system, yeah,
What a heavy price we paid.
It's [Am]time

[Verse 5]
[C]to go [Am]back[C],[Am][Em]
The [C]way [Am]we w[C]as;[Bm]
Reggae Raggamuffin [G]rub-a-dub.[D]
Back to my [G]root[A]s.[D]
[Bm][C][G][Bm][C][Cm]
Back to my root[G]s.[D]
Back to my [G]root[A]s.[D]
There [G]ain't no turning back,
[C][G][Bm][C][Gm]
[Cm]We pon d[Eb]e culture track.
[D]Som[Bm]e a

[Verse 6]
say that we [D]gone soft;
[Bm]Whatever happened to the pulse so hard?
[D]They use[Em]d to take a militant stance;
Now all we're hearing is
a song and a dance.

[Verse 7]
Well, we [Bm]tried all the pop and jive,
[D]To kee[Bm]p the band and the music alive.
[Em]So here's my promise
to everyone:
I'll serve the sufferers
[Bm]from [Em]this day on.
It's [Am]time

[Verse 8]
[C]to go [Am]back
to the way [C]we was,
[Bm]Reggae Raggamuffin rub-a-dub.
[G]Back

[Verse 9]
[D]Back to my roo[Em]t s.[A][D]
[G]Bac[Bm]k to [C]my[G] roo[Bm]ts.[C][Cm][Eb][Cm][G][D][G]

[Interlude 1]
[Em][G][D][G][C][Bm][D][C][Cm][Eb][Cm][Eb][G][Bm][D][G]
[Bm]
[C][G][Bm][G][C][Cm][Eb][Cm][C][G][D][Em][G][D][G]
[C][Bm][D][C][Cm][Eb][Cm][D][Bm][D][Bm]
[Em][Bm][D][G][Bm]
[Em]
It's [Am]time

[Verse 10]
[C]to go [Am]back[C][Am]
[C]to the way we was,
[Bm]Reggae[G][Bm][Em][Bm]
Raggamuffin rub-a-dub.
[C]Back

[Verse 11]
[G][Bm][C][Cm]
Back to my [G]roots.[D]
Back to my [G]root[C] s.[G][D]
[G][C][G][Bm][C][Cm]

[Verse 12]
This [G]is to whom it may con[D]cern,
[G][D]
Raggamuffin rastaman re[Bm]turn.
[G]Say[C]s we all got a les[G]son to lea[Bm]rn.
Help [C]I and I make b[Cm]abylon burn, yeah!
[G]Back[D][G][D][G][D][G][Em]
[G]to my roo[D]ts.[G][Bm][G][C]
[Bm]There ain't no [C]turning back,
We pon de [Cm]culture [G]tra[Bm]ck.[Eb][D]

[Outro 1]
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