Dreadlock Holiday - 10cc

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Song: Dreadlock holiday
Artist: 10cc
Composers: Graham Gouldman & Eric Stewart
Album: Bloody tourists
Tabbed by DJ   8th Dec 2015

To hear the song, copy and paste this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci2_vHkS5Uk

[Chords up to 
        
e |---3---5---
B |---3---6---
G |---3---5---
D |---5---7---
A |---5---5---
E |---3-------

Verse 4]
       
3---8---6---6-
4---10--8---6-
3---10--8---7-
5---10--8---8-
3---8---6---8-
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--5---5---3---
--5---7---4---
--5---5---5---
--5---7---5---
--7---5---3---
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[Chords Verse 
       
e |---4----6--
B |---4----7--
G |---4----6--
D |---6----8--
A |---6----6--
E |---4-------

4 to Coda]
       
--4----9----7-
--5----11---9-
--4----11---9-
--6----11---9-
--4----9----7-
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---7----6----6
---7----6----8
---8----6----6
---9----6----8
---9----8----6
---7----6-----


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^ = Single strums   N.C. = No chords

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[Intro]
          
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   ^        ^     ^              ^        ^     ^    

          
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[Verse 1]
         
I was walking 

              
down the stree

    
t,
         
Concen - trati

              
ng on trucking

          
 right,
         
I heard a dark

              
 voice beside 

          
of me,
           
And I looked '

            
round in a sta

                
te of fright,
         
I saw four fac

             
es, one mad,  

         
   a brother f

              
rom the gutter

  
,
            
They looked me

              
 up and down a

        
 bit, and turn

              
ed to each oth

    
er

          
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/  |  /  /  /

[Chorus 1]
       
I say,...'I do

            
n't like crick

           
et,   oh, no! 

        
     I love it

   
!
            
I don't like c

            
ricket,  ...no

         
, no!       I 

        
love it!      

 
 Aye!

[Verse 2]
           
'Don't you wal

              
k through my w

             
ords, you got 

   
to show some r

espect,
         
Don't you walk

 through my wo

rds,
           
'Cause you ain

            
't heard me ou

       
t  yet--------

    
----!'

          
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[Verse 3]
           
Well, he looke

            
d down at my s

                 
ilver chain,
           
He said,  'I'l

            
l give you one

              
 dollar!'
          
I said, 'You g

             
ot to be jokin

           
g, man!
         
It was a prese

              
nt from m' mot

           
her!'
         
He said, 'I li

              
ke it! I want 

          
it!     I'll t


ake it off you

r hands,
           
And you'll be 

            
sorry ...you c

           
rossed me,    

      
you'd better u

nderstand,
           
That you're a 

         
- lone--------

  
--------,
           
A long way fro

         
m home--------

   
--------!' 

[Chorus 2]
       
And I say I do

            
n't like regga

           
e, ...no, no! 

        
     I love it

    
!      Aye!
            
I don't like r

            
eggae, no ...o

         
h!          I 

        
love it!      

 
 Aye!

[Verse 4]
           
'Don't you cra

             
mp m' style, d

         
on't you queer

 m' pitch,
         
Don't you walk

 through my wo

rds,
           
'Cause you ain

            
't heard me ou

        
t  yet--------

     
-!'

          
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[Verse 5]
           
I hurried back

              
 to the swimmi

           
ng pool,
       
Sinking piña c

         
olada,
       
I heard a dark

              
 voice beside 

           
me say,
       
'Would you lik

              
e something ha

           
rder?'
          
She said, 'I'v

           
e got it, you 

          
want it!      

   
My harvest is 

the best,
       
And if you try

              
 it, you'll li

          
ke it,       a

   
nd wallow in a

 dreadlock...
       
....holi - day

                          
---------!'
          (Dreadlock holi..., dreadlock holi...,

          
Deadlock holi.

              
.., dreadlock 

       
holi - day----

      
--------!)  An

     ...
d I say...

[Chorus 3]
          
Don't like Ja 

         
- maica,   ...

         
oh, no!       

        
I love her!   

    
      Hey!
            
Don't like Ja 

         
- maica,   ...

         
oh, no!       

        
I love her!   

    
  Oh, yeah!

[Verse 6]
           
'Don't you wal

              
k through her 

            
words, you got

    
 to show some 

respect,
        
Don't you walk

 through her w

ords,
           
'Cause you ain

             
't heard her o

#     
ut  yet-------

       
----------!'

         
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[Coda]
         
I don't like c

#        
ricket,    ...

      
oh, no,
           
I love it!   (

          
Dreadlock Holi

   
 - day!)

         
I don't like R

#        
eggae, no,   .

        
..oh, no,
           
I love it!   (

          
Dreadlock Holi

   
 - day!)
          
Don't like Ja 

       
- maica,      

     
...aye,
           
I love her!  (

          
Dreadlock Holi

   
 - day!)
         
I don't like c

#        
ricket,    ...

      
oh, no,       

    
I love it!
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