Down In Jamaica Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][F][C][F][G]
[F][C][F][G]
[F]
Let's talk [C]about

[Verse 1]
down,
down, [F]down
Down a diddy [G]down
Down in Ja[F]maica where Garvey
[C]com[F]e fro[Dm]m[F][G][F]

[Verse 2]
Let's talk about [C]down
Down a diddy [F]down
Come a, come a [G]down
Down in Ja[F]maica where Garvey
come [C]from
[F][Dm][F][G]

[Verse 3]
[F]
Jah, I beg [C]You send some [F]rain [G]down
Fine rain [F]drops down
In Jamaica where [C]he's[F]
[Dm]from
[G][F]

[Verse 4]
[C]
Earth's [F]greatest prophet was [G]born
Down [F]in Saint Ann's [C]bay[F][Dm][F][G]
[F]
He [C]was going [F]about
[G]Prophesying equal rights and [F]justice
To the [C]nation,[F][Dm][G][F]
I [C]know
And because about [F]that,
[G]they took him away
[F]And told us black man he's [C]dead[F][G][F]
But [C]I weep not at a[F]ll
For [G]I know that one man
Just [F]can't dead and bury three [C]times[F]

[Verse 5]
[G]Come on, black people,
it's al[F]ways this

[Verse 6]
Let's talk about [C]down, down, [F]down
Come a, come a [G]down
Down in Ja[F]maica where Garvey
[C]com[F]e fro[Dm]m[G]
Come a, [F]come a, come

[Verse 7]
Let's talk about [C]down, down, [F]down
Come a, come a [G]down
Down in Ja[F]maica where Garvey
[C]come [F]from

[Interlude 1]
[G][F][C][F]
[G][F]

[Verse 8]
(.) [C]For
I weep not at [F]all
For [G]I know that one man
Just can't [F]dead and bury three [C]time[F][G][F]
I know [C]they took him [F]away
Man, [G]they took him away
And told [F]us, our black man is [C]dead[F]

[Verse 9]
[G]Come on, black people,
it's al[F]ways this

[Verse 10]
Let's talk [C]about down,
[F]down, down
Come a, come a [G]down
Down in Ja[F]maica where
[C]Garvey [F]come from
[Dm]Come [G]a, [F]come a, come

[Verse 11]
Let's talk about [C]down
Come a, come a [F]down
Come a, come a [G]down
Down in Ja[F]maica where Garvey
come [C]from
[F]

[Verse 12]
[G]
History can tell [F]about it

[Verse 13]
[C]Down, come a, come a [F]down
Come a, come a [G]down
Down in Ja[F]maica where Garvey [C]come from
[F]Several books written abo[G]ut it
Time after [F]time

[Verse 14]
[C]Down, come a, come a [F]down
Come a, come a [G]down
Down in Ja[F]maica where
Garvey [C]come[F][Dm][G][F]
from