Buffalo Soldier chords by Matisyahu
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Intro 1
(G major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor) (G major)
(A minor)
Verse 1
(A minor) Buffalo soldier
(G major) , I know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
burning down (F major) the block
(A minor) Buf falo soldier, I (G major) know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster (F major) burning
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Verse 2
down the block
(A minor) Don't judge a book by the cover
(G major) Everything will be in this
world is your brother
(A minor) When I lost the fun ? uncov (G major) er
Ancient words that teach me to love ya!
(A minor) So we burn to return to the (G major) mother
And we yearn to unlearn all they
(F major) told ya about your (A minor) self
Who you are, what (G major) you should be,
I'm gonna be free (A minor) leave
(G major) it up to me!
Verse 3
Shouts through the sky, look out to the night
(G major)
Feel alright!
Stars burn (Dsus4) bright, I like the moonlight
You'll (G major) be alright!
Verse 4
(A minor) Buffalo soldier, I (G major) know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
(F major) burning up the block
(A minor) Buffalo soldier, I (G major) know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
(F major) burning up the block
(A minor) Buffalo soldier, I (G major) know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster burn
(F major) ing up the block
(A minor) This is the medicine,
(G major) I'm out like the Bedouin
This knife I'm burying and
(F major) this life I'm treasuring
Verse 5
This is (A minor) the medicine,
I'm out like the Bedouin
Buffalo (G major) soldier, I know I'm
(F major) not a monster
(A minor) Buffalo soldier, I know I'm not a monster
Buf (G major) falo soldier, I know I'm (F major) not a monster
Verse 6
I went (A minor) running away to the (G major) cave
Went in a slave and came out all flames
I went (A minor) running away for the hills
(G major) Back to my roots and I'm running still
But (A minor) now I'm running to
face my (G major) dreams
Found my place and what it (F major) means
Find your (A minor) self and no one else
(G major) You have to leave it up to me,
Interlude 1
leave it up to me!
(G major)
Verse 7
(A minor) Buffalo soldier, (G major) I know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
(F major) burning up the block
(A minor) Buffalo (G major) soldier, I know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
(F major) burning up the block
(A minor) Buffalo soldier, I (G major) know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
(F major) burning up the block
(A minor) This is the medicine,
I'm (G major) not like the Bedouin
With this knife I'm burying and
(F major) this life I'm treasuring
(A minor) Buffalo soldier,
I (G major) (F major) (A minor) (G major) know I'm not a rasta
Verse 8
(A minor) Buffalo soldier,
you know I'm not (G major) a rasta
I used to be a mobster
burning down (F major) the block
I (A minor) shot the sheriff, the DA,
and the (G major) deputy
Sorry Al Sharpton I don't
need you to (F major) lecture me
(A minor) Maybe I'll stop talking about (G major) guns
When you talk about the funds
that they cut for the youth
Let's (A minor) cut to the truth,
ain't (G major) enough for the youth
So tell me how you judge me til you're
stuck in the (A minor) shoes, man!
Where the Congressmen,
(G major) where all the Senators?
They're thinking about their green,
not the color of the President?
(A minor) This is just a relevance,
survival is the sentiment
Narcotics is the (G major) only way you know
that I'm a (F major) measure it!
(A minor) They say that we are in a post (G major) Obama era
Well exactly what that mean? you
(F major) needn't make it clearer
Does (A minor) it mean that the rich are gonna
finally start to (G major) share up
Re- proportion the wealth and make
things fairer (A minor)
Asking God "why (G major) do poor people suffer"
but now I'm such a hypocrite,
The Rolls Royce mufflers.
(A minor) In the gutters nobody never loved us
I am just the (G major) result of pain and hunger!
Verse 9
(A minor) Buffalo (G major) soldier, I know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
(F major) burning up the block
(C major) Buffalo (G major) soldier, I know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
(F major) burning up the block
(C major) Buffalo (G major) soldier, I know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster (F major) burning up the block
Outro 1
(C major) (G major) (F major) (G major)
(F major) (G major)
(F major) (G major)
(F major) (G major) (F major) (G major) (F major) (G major)
(G major) (F major)
Buffalo Soldier
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