Buffalo Soldier chords by 
Matisyahu 
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Key: C# minor•
Intro 1
B
C#m
B
C#m
B
C#m
Verse 1
C#m
Buffalo soldier
B
, I know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
A
burning down the block
C#m
B
Buf falo soldier, I know I'm not a rasta
A
I used to be a mobster burning
Verse 2
down the block
C#m
Don't judge a book by the cover
B
Everything will be in this
world is your brother
C#m
B
When I lost the fun ? uncov er
Ancient words that teach me to love ya!
C#m
B
So we burn to return to the mother
And we yearn to unlearn all they
A
C#m
told ya about your self
B
Who you are, what you should be,
C#m
I'm gonna be free leave
B
it up to me!
Verse 3
Shouts through the sky, look out to the night
B
Feel alright!
F#sus4
Stars burn bright, I like the moonlight
B
You'll be alright!
Verse 4
C#m
B
Buffalo soldier, I know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
A
burning up the block
C#m
B
Buffalo soldier, I know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
A
burning up the block
C#m
B
Buffalo soldier, I know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster burn
A
ing up the block
C#m
This is the medicine,
B
I'm out like the Bedouin
This knife I'm burying and
A
this life I'm treasuring
Verse 5
C#m
This is the medicine,
I'm out like the Bedouin
B
Buf falo soldier, I know I'm
A
not a monster
C#m
Buffalo soldier, I know I'm not a monster
B
A
Buf falo soldier, I know I'm not a monster
Verse 6
C#m
B
I went running away to the cave
Went in a slave and came out all flames
C#m
I went running away for the hills
B
Back to my roots and I'm running still
C#m
But now I'm running to
B
face my dreams
A
Found my place and what it means
C#m
Find your self and no one else
B
You have to leave it up to me,
Verse 7
C#m
B
Buffalo soldier, I know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
A
burning up the block
C#m
B
Buffalo soldier, I know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
A
burning up the block
C#m
B
Buffalo soldier, I know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
A
burning up the block
C#m
This is the medicine,
B
I'm not like the Bedouin
With this knife I'm burying and
A
this life I'm treasuring
C#m
Buffalo soldier,
B
A
C#m
B
I know I'm not a rasta
Verse 8
C#m
Buffalo soldier,
B
you know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
A
burning down the block
C#m
I shot the sheriff, the DA,
B
and the deputy
Sorry Al Sharpton I don't
A
need you to lecture me
C#m
B
Maybe I'll stop talking about guns
When you talk about the funds
that they cut for the youth
C#m
Let's cut to the truth,
B
ain't enough for the youth
So tell me how you judge me til you're
C#m
stuck in the shoes, man!
Where the Congressmen,
B
where all the Senators?
They're thinking about their green,
not the color of the President?
C#m
This is just a relevance,
survival is the sentiment
B
Narcotics is the only way you know
A
that I'm a measure it!
C#m
B
They say that we are in a post Obama era
Well exactly what that mean? you
A
needn't make it clearer
C#m
Does it mean that the rich are gonna
B
finally start to share up
Re- proportion the wealth and make
C#m
things fairer
B
Asking God "why do poor people suffer"
but now I'm such a hypocrite,
The Rolls Royce mufflers.
C#m
In the gutters nobody never loved us
B
I am just the result of pain and hunger!
Verse 9
C#m
B
Buffalo sol dier, I know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
A
burning up the block
E
B
Buffalo sol dier, I know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
A
burning up the block
E
B
Buffalo sol dier, I know I'm not a rasta
A
I used to be a mobster burning up the block
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB C#m A F#sus4 E
B
C#m
A
F#sus4
E
Capo: 4
Transpose: 0
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