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Chop 'Em Down Chords

Music by: Matisyahu · 2004
Genre Reggae Views 288
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[Intro 1]
[Am][Em][Am][Em]
[Am][Em][Am][Em]

[Chorus 1]
From the [Am]forest itself
comes the [Em]handle for the ax
Split this [Am]wilderness,
listen up this [Em]ain't where it's at
Clear a [Am]path so that
you could [Em]find your way back
Chop 'em [Am]down, chop 'em down
chop 'em [Em]down, chop 'em down

[Verse 1]
[Dm]Time flies by like clouds [Em]passing in the sky
[Dm]Lifetimes even gone in the [Em]blink of an eye
[Dm]March through the desert one [Em]step at a time
[Dm]March through the desert one step at a time

[Chorus 2]
From the [Am]forest itself
comes the [Em]handle for the ax
Drop the [Am]staff Moshe Rabbeinu split
the [Em]ocean in half
[Am]March through the desert,
this [Em]ain't where it's at
Said chop 'em [Am]down, chop 'em down
chop 'em [Em]down, chop 'em down

[Verse 2]
[Dm]Patterns engraved not so easily erased
Still [Em]wandering trying to find your place
[Dm]Playing the game
I see pain pain on your face
Now a [Em]day's the Yidden
like children sold as slaves
[Dm]Strange ways running through the maze,
[Em]strange ways always
[Dm]Lost in the desert trying to find your way
Lost, lost in the desert trying to find your way

[Chorus 3]
From the [Am]forest itself
comes the [Em]handle for the ax
Split this [Am]wilderness,
listen up this [Em]ain't where it's at
Clear a [Am]path so that
you could [Em]find your way back
Chop 'em [Am]down, chop 'em down
chop 'em [Em]down, chop 'em down
Chop 'em [Am]down, chop 'em down
chop 'em [Em]down, chop 'em down

[Verse 3]
[Dm]Yosef descended [Em]sold as a slave
[Dm]Thrown into a dungeon
'cause he [Em]wouldn't be swayed
In[Dm]terpreted Pharaoh's dreams
and [Em]Egypt was saved
[Dm]Stockpiled food for seven years of rain
Sold to all the nations
when the drought came
[Am]Yosef rose to power and the [Em]Yidden stayed
They [Am]started to grow and suc[Em]cess was made
[Am]Pharaoh is getting worried,
let's [Em]make them pay
Bound in [Am]chains,
firstborn was sent down [Em]to their graves

[Verse 4]
[Dm]Moshe was saved
and a [Em]prince he was raised
Ha[Dm]shem spoke to him,
here's a [Em]message to relay
Take my [Dm]Nation from Mitzrayim
I [Em]see the suffering
Hard [Dm]hearts ego breaks
take sparks and make way
Trail blaze through the wasteland

[Bridge 1]
breaking the chains
[Am][Em][Am][Em]
[Am]Last generation just the remnants
[Em]March through the desert leaving footprints
[Am]Peel off the lid this is just plastic
Gotta [Em]get into it, get get into it
Heavy [Am]hitter stepping solid never quitter
Jump into the ocean
[Em]before it split got a jump into it
Rip [Am]rip through Egypt get into it
keep my [Em]fire lit just get into it
Six [Am]hundred thousand witnessed it,
no you [Em]didn't forget
No you didn't forget
Rip [Am]rip through Egypt get into it
Gotta [Em]jump into it, junp jump into it
(Rip [Am]rip through Egypt, jump into it
jump [Em]jump into it, jump jump into it)
[Am][Em][Am][Em]
In the [Am]spiritual desert
things are not what they seem
Snakes [Em]camuflaged just to fit the scene

[Outro 1]
[Am][Em][Am][Em]
(Rip [Am]rip throuogh Egypt, jump into i[Em]t)
[Am][Em][Am][Em]
[Am][Em][Am][Em]
[Am][Em][Am][Em]
[Am][Em]
The [Am]King is sitting on His Throne of Glory
[Em][Am][Em]
The King is sitting on His Throne of Glory
[Em][Am]
The King is sitting on His Throne of Glory
[Em]
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