Rock steady Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
Saw an ad [Am]in the newspaper
that caught my eye
I said to my baby this sounds
like the ticket for you and I
It said volunteers wanted for
a very special trip
To commune with Mother Nature
on a big wooden ship
We took a tax[F]i to the river in case
any places were free
There was an old guy with a beard
And every kind of creature as far
as the eye could see

[Verse 2]
This old guy was the boss [F]he said "I won't
tell you no lie
But there's more to this journey
than is appar[E]ent to [Em]the eye"
He [Am]said he'd heard God's
message on the radio
It was going to rain forever
and he'd told him to go
[Em]"I'll prot[Am]ect you [F]all don't worry
I'll be father to you all
I'll save two of every animal,
no [E]matter [Em]how [D]small
But [F]I'll need some assistants
to [Em]look after [Esus4]the zoo
[Dsus4]I can't see nobody be[Eb]tter so
[A]you'll just have to [Dsus4]do"
[C]I sai[F]d, "Just tell me something before it's
[Em]too late and we're gone
[Dsus4]I mean ju[D]st ho[F]w safe is this boat
we'll be [Am]on?"

[Verse 3]
"It's Rock [Am]steady, Rock steady
Rock steady, Rock steady
Rock steady, Rock steady
Rock steady, Rock steady"

[Verse 4]
[Am]It rained for forty days and forty
long nights
I'd never seen rain like it and
it looked like our old friend
Was being proved right
We had no time to worry though
there was just too much to do
Between the signified monkey
and the kangaroo
We had to [F]wash all the animals we had to
feed them too
We were merely human slaves
in a big [E]floating zoo
[D]She sai[Am]d,
"Hey baby I don't mean to be flip
But it seems this old man
is on some power trip"
I said, [F]"No,
no sugar you must be wrong
I mean look at the size of this
[Esus4]boat we'r[Em]e on.[Am]
[F]We're as safe as houses,
as safe as [Esus4]mother's milk
[Dsus4]He's as cool [Eb]as November
[F]and as smooth as [Dsus4]Chin a si[F]lk
[C]He's God[F]'s best friend,
he's got a seat [Esus4]on the bo[D]ard
[Dm]And life[F] may be tough but we're
sailing with the [Am]lord."

[Verse 5]
Rock [Am]steady, Rock [D]steady[Am][D]
[Am]Rock steady, Rock stea[D]dy[Am]
Rock steady, Rock steady
Rock steady, Rock steady

[Verse 6]
Woke up this [Am]morning
and something had changed
Like a room in my house
had just been rearranged
She [F]said, "It's stopped raining and
I know the guy's kind
But if we stay here much longer
[E]I'm gonna lose [Em]my mind."
[Am]So we said we had a mission
for his favorite dove
To see if there was any mercy
from this great God [Asus4]above
[Am]So to fi[F]nd dry land,
away the white bird flew
We didn't need no country
just a [Em]rock would do
[F]When the dove came back
to us he [Esus4]threw down a twig
[Em]It was m[Dsus4]anna from [Eb]heaven and
[F]meant we could blow [Dsus4]this gig[C]
[F]"But the rock's too small,
" he said, [Esus4]"can't you see?"
[Em]I said, "It's just[F] perfect for her,
it's [F]perfect for me."
[Am]Rock steady,

[Verse 7]
Rock steady
Rock steady, Rock steady
Rock steady, [Am]Rock steady
Rock [Am]steady, Rock steady
[Am]Rock steady,
[Am]Rock[Am] steady[Am][Am]
Rock steady, Rock steady