...ZIMBABWE... by Bob Marley
--------------..............

*from 'Survival' (1979)*


Intro:

   (x2)

Verse 1:

           
 Every man got

            
ta right to de

           
cide his, own 

      
desti-ny,
          
 And in this j

             
udgement, ther

           
e is, no parti

 
-ality.
         
 So arm in arm

              
s with arms, w

           
e'll fight thi

         
s little strug

gle,
           
 'Cos that's t

            
he only way we

           
 can, overcome

            
 our little tr

ouble.

Bridge 1:

              
Brother, you'r

  
e right, you'r

e right,
            
You're right, 

              
you're right, 

         
you're, so  ri

ght!
        
We gon' fight,

 (we gon' figh

t),
              
We'll have to 


fight, (we gon

' fight),
           
We gonna fight

              
, (we gon' fig

              
ht); fight for

     
 our rights.

Chorus 1:

             
 Natty Dread i

         
t in-a, (Zimba

bwe),
             
 Set it up in-

    
a, (Zimbabwe).
             
 Mash it up-a 

     
in-a Zimbabwe,

 (Zimbabwe),
             
 Africans a-li

         
berate, (Zimba

bwe), yeah.

Verse 2:

         
 No more in-te

         
rnal, power st

ruggle,
         
 We come to-ge

           
ther to, overc

              
ome the little

 
 trouble.
         
 Soon we'll fi

              
nd out who is,

           
 the real, rev

  
o-lutionary,
           
 'Cos I don't 

            
want my people

           
 to be: contra

 
-ry.

Bridge 2:

              
Brother, you'r

  
e right, you'r

e right,
            
You're right, 

              
you're right, 

         
you're, so  ri

ght!
        
We gon' fight,

 (we gon' figh

t),
              
We'll have to 


fight, (we gon

' fight),
           
We gonna fight

              
, (we gon' fig

              
ht); fight for

     
 our rights.

Chorus 2:

             
 Mash it up in

     
-a, (Zimbabwe)

,
             
 Natty trash i

         
t in-a, (Zimba

bwe).
             
 Africans a-li

         
berate, (Zimba

bwe),
             
 I'n'I a-liber

    
ate Zimbabwe.

Bridge 3:

              
Brother, you'r

  
e right, you'r

e right,
            
You're right, 

              
you're right, 

         
you're, so  ri

ght!
        
We gon' fight,

 (we gon' figh

t),
              
We'll have to 


fight, (we gon

' fight),
           
We gonna fight

              
, (we gon' fig

              
ht); fight for

     
 our rights.

Verse 3:

           
 To divide and

            
 rule could on

           
ly, tear us a-


part.
         
 In every-man 

           
chest; there b

       
eats a heart.
         
 Soon we'll fi

              
nd out who is,

           
 the real, rev

  
o-lutionary,
          
 And I don't w

             
ant my people 

           
to be, tricked

    
 by mercenarie

s.

Bridge 4:

              
Brother, you'r

  
e right, you'r

e right,
            
You're right, 

              
you're right, 

         
you're, so  ri

ght!
        
We gon' fight,

 (we gon' figh

t),
              
We'll have to 


fight, (we gon

' fight),
           
We gonna fight

              
, (we gon' fig

              
ht); fight for

     
 our rights.

Chorus 3:

             
 Natty trash i

         
t in-a, (Zimba

bwe),
             
 Mash it up in

     
-a, (Zimbabwe)

.
             
 Set it up in-

    
a, (Zimbabwe).
             
 Africans a-li

         
berate, (Zimba

bwe).

Coda:

             
 Africans a-li

         
berate, (Zimba

bwe),
             
 Natty Dread i

         
t in-a, (Zimba

bwe).
             
 Set it up in-

    
a, (Zimbabwe),
             
 Africans a-li

         
berate, (Zimba

bwe).

(Repeat to Fade)


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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)