Africa for the Africans chords by U‐Roy
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Verse 1
(E minor) (G major) (E minor) This is (G major) the I- wah
For (B minor) each an' everyone
should know your (D major) culture
(E minor) So, dis a is the (G major) I- wah
when you should
(E minor) A- know your cul (G major) ture (B minor)
(E minor) (Yeah, you know?)
Verse 2
Pack up your (E minor) baggage, (G major) make we (E minor) leave (G major)
Out of (B minor) Babylon (E minor) (A- root, oh, a- root)
Pack up your (G major) baggage,
make we (E minor) leave (G major) out of Babylon (B minor) (E minor) (Oh- oh- oh, oh- oh)
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Verse 3
So, Jah (G major) pickney in America, (E minor) say,
Jah (A minor) pick (C major) ney in a (A minor) Canada (G major)
(E minor) I say, Jah pickney, mi (G major) say,
in a (E minor) London
Africa (A minor) for di Afric (G major) ans
Say, di down- (E minor) down (G major) for di down-
(E minor) (G major) downians
(B minor) Kingston, mi say, fi di (E minor) Kingstonian
Verse 4
Pack up your (E minor) baggage,
(G major) make we leave out of (B minor) Babylon (Oh- (E minor) oh- oh, oh- oh)
Jah Jah chariot (G major) soon (E minor) leave,
an' mi no need
(A minor) No ticket fi go board Jah Jah chariot
Verse 5
(G major) Jah Jah (E minor) chariot (G major) a go leave, (E minor) say,
Jah Jah chariot sure (A minor) go- go leave (G major)
Said, mi say, no (E minor) want no ticket,
make we step it on board
Cah, carry a heavy (B minor) load, said,
mi say, a so (E minor) mi really say
An' mi say, Africa (G major) fi di (E minor) Africans
(G major) I says, a (B minor) London fi di (E minor) Londonians
Verse 6
Pack up your (E minor) baggage,
(G major) make we (E minor) leave (G major)
Out of (B minor) Babylon (A- root, oh,
(E minor) a- root)
Pack up your baggage,
make we leave (G major) out of (B minor) Babylon (Oh- oh- oh, oh- oh)
Verse 7
(B minor) No violence, (E minor) say,
you're gonna go down in si (G major) lence
I wanna say, mi (E minor) says,
a ain't no more (A minor) violence
I (G major) from mi say,
you're gonna (E minor) go down in si (G major) lence
(E minor) Africa is for di Africans,
home of the proud
(A minor) An' I would say, mi say, a so mi say
(G major) Said, (E minor) a Africa (G major) is for di (E minor) Africans
Out of (B minor) Babylon fi di (D major) (E minor) Londonians
Said, America, mi say, a fi di Americans
Say, (G major) I say, a (B minor) Canada fi di
Ca (E minor) nadians (Wow)
Verse 8
Riot (E minor) out of Babylon
Cah, make we (B minor) step it out of Babylon (D major) an'
Interlude 1
step it in a Zion
(E minor) (B minor) (E minor) (D major) (E minor)
Verse 9
Easy squeeze (A minor) (E minor) makes a riot (G major)
(B minor) Man gotta keep a (E minor) real quiet when we
step out Jah Jah chariot
Say, fi pack up your (G major) baggage,
make we (E minor) leave
I said, (G major) I say, (B minor) fi pack up your baggage,
make we (E minor) leave (Wow)
Easy squeeze (G major) don't
make (E minor) no- no (G major) riot (E minor)
(B minor) Some answer to the wind, Ras,
nuff people's (E minor) words turn anger
So, pack up your (G major) baggage,
make we (E minor) leave
(G major) Said, I say, fi (B minor) Babylon, your baggage,
(E minor) make we leave (Wow)
I say, fi step it out of Babylon
(A minor) an' (E minor) step it in a Zion (B minor) (E minor)
Verse 10
(E minor) So, you fi leave Babylon an' come
(B minor) Leave a Babylon an' (E minor) come
Said, dis is (B minor) so (E minor) long Jah Jah-
Jah Jah call you (Wow)
Leave (B minor) Babylon an' (D major) (E minor) come
Cah, I would say, mi say,
leave Babylon an' come (Wow)
So, (B minor) fi pack up your baggage,
make we (E minor) leave
Verse 11
A when mi (E minor) say, I said,
a Africa (G major) is for di (E minor) Africans
Say, America (B minor) fi di (E minor) Americans
Say, America fi di Jamaicans
Africa, (B minor) mi say, a fi di (E minor) Africans
So, fi you pack up your baggage,
make we leave (Wow)
Said- a, said- (A minor) a, said- a, so (E minor) mi say
You know, so now make we step it out of
Babylon an' walk in a Zion
(B minor) Pack up your baggage,
make we step (E minor) it (Go deh)
Africa for the Africans
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