Burnin' and Lootin' Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Em][Bm][Em][Bm][Em][Bm][E]
[Am][Dm][Am][Dm]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
This [Am]morning [Dm]I woke up in a cu[Am]rfew
O [Dm]God, I was [E]a prisoner too, y[Am]eah!
Could not [Dm]recognize the faces
stand[Am]ing over me
They were all [Dm]dressed in uniforms of [E]brutality,
[Am]eh!

[Verse 2]
[Am]How many r[Dm]ivers do we have t[Am]o cross
Before we [Dm]can talk to the [E]boss? [Am]Eh!
All that [Dm]we got, it seems we h[Am]ave lost
We must [Dm]have really paid
[E]the cost

[Verse 3]
(That's why we [E]gonna [Am]be)
Burnin' and [Dm]a-lootin' [Am]tonight
(Say we gonna burn and loot)
Burnin' and [Dm]a-lootin' tonight
[Am](One more thing)
Burnin' all [Dm]pollution tonight
[Am][E][Am]
[E](Oh, yeah, yeah)[Am]
Burnin' all il[Dm]lusion [Am]tonight

[Verse 4]
[Am]Oh, stop them!
Give me [Dm]the food and let m[Am]e grow
Let the [Dm]Roots Man take a [E]blow[Am]
All them drug[Dm]s gonna
make you [Am]slow now
It's not the [Dm]music of the [E]ghetto. Eh!
[Am]Weepin'

[Verse 5]
and a-wailin' [Dm]tonight
(Oo[Am]h, can't stop the tears!)
Weepin' and [Dm]a-wailin'
[Am]tonight
(We've been suffering these long,
long-a years)
Weepin' and a-wailin' [Dm]tonight
[Am](Will you say cheer?)
Weepin' and [Dm]a-wailin' to
[Am]night
(But where?)
Give me [Dm]the food

[Verse 6]
and let me [Am]grow
Let the [Dm]roots man take a [E]blow
All [Am]them drug[Dm]s gonna
make [Am]you slow
It's not the [Dm]music of the [E]ghetto
We gonna be [Am]burnin' and
a-lootin' [Dm]tonight
[Am](To survive, yeah!)
Burnin' and [Dm]a-lootin' [Am]tonight
(Save your babies' lives)
Burning all pol[Dm]lution tonight
[Am](Pollution)
Burning all il[Dm]lusion [Am]tonight
(Lord-a, Lord-a, Lord-a, Lord!)

[Verse 7]
Burning and [Am]a-looting tonight
tonight
[Dm]Burning and a-looting tonight
[Am]tonight
Burning [Dm]all pollution tonight

[Outro 1]
[Dm][Am][Dm]