(x2)
       (x4)

            
I was walkin' 

             
down the stree

     
t
            
Concen-tratin'

             
 on truckin' r

     
ight
          
I heard a dark

              
 voice beside 

        
of me
             
And I looked r

             
ound in a stat

             
e of fright

            
I saw four fac

             
es one mad
            
A brother from

     
 the gutter
            
They looked me

              
 up and down a

 
 bit
            
And turned to 

            
each other

      
    

  
I say
             
I don't like c

       
ricket
     
Oh no
          
I love it

 

             
I don't like c

       
ricket
     
Oh no
          
I love it

 

          
Don't you walk

 through my wo

rds
You got to show some respect
Don't you walk through my words
              
Cos you ain't 

            
heard me out y


et

       (x2)

              
Well he looked

            
 down at my si

             
lver chain
             
He said I'll g

             
ive you one do

          
llar
              
I said You've 

            
got to be joki

         
n' man
            
It was a prese

              
nt from me mot

         
her

            
He said I like

               
 it I want it
            
I'll take it o

        
ff your hands
              
And you'll be 

            
sorry you cros

       
sed me
            
You'd better u

     
nder-stand
              
That you're a-

      
lone
            
A long way fro

        
m home
      
And I say

             
I don't like r

      
eggae
     
Oh no
          
I love it

 

             
I don't like r

      
eggae
     
Oh no
          
I love it

 

          
Don't you cram

p me style
Don't you queer on me pitch
Don't you walk through my words
              
Cos you ain't 

            
heard me out y


et

      
      

*KEY CHANGE*

           
I hurried back

              
 to the swimmi

        
ng pool
           
Sinkin' pina c

            
oladas
           
I heard a dark

              
 voice beside 

        
me say
           
Would you like

              
 something har

        
der

              
She said I've 

           
got it you wan

      
t it
           
My harvest is 

    
the best
           
And if you try

              
 it you'll lik

      
e it
           
And wallow in 

  
a dreadlock ho

li
           
Dreadlock holi

              
 Dreadlock hol

 
i
           
Deadlock holi 

           
Dreadlock holi

      
day
      
And I say

              
Don't like Ja-

    
maica
      
Oh no
         
I love her

  

              
Don't like Ja-

    
maica
      
Oh no
         
I love her

  

          
Don't you walk

 through her w

ords
You got to show some respect
Don't you walk through her words
              
Cos you ain't 

           
heard me out y


et

  F#,    (x4)

             
I don't like c

#     
ricket
     
Oh no
           
I love it Drea

              
dlock Holi-day

             
I don't like r

#     
eggae
     
Oh no
           
I love it Drea

              
dlock Holi-day

              
Don't like Ja-

    
maica
     
Oh no
           
I love her Dre

             
adlock Holi-da

#      
y

             
I don't like c

#     
ricket
     
Oh no
           
I love it Drea

              
dlock Holi-day

             
I don't like r

#     
eggae
     
Oh no
           
I love it Drea

              
dlock Holi-day