Don't Be A Rude Boy chords by Johnny Clarke

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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don't  (E minor) want to be no bad  (B minor) man,
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I don't  (E minor) want to be no rude  (B minor) boy,
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Cause my  (E minor) mama always tell  (B minor) me that
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I was  (E minor) born to be a great  (B minor) man
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Every  (E minor) time she come to  (B minor) me,
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she  (E minor) always tell me about  (B minor) my life
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God  (E minor) knows how I feel  (B minor) 
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about my  (E minor) mama  (B minor) 
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Some  (A minor) people always tell me
I'm a man of bigotry
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So I don't  (E minor) want to be no bad man,
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 (B minor) I don't want to  (E minor) be  no good boy  (B minor) 
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She  (E minor) never taught me no  (B minor) wrong,
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she always  (E minor) taught me the  (B minor) right
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I don't  (E minor) want no one to stop  (B minor) me,
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I don't  (E minor) want no one to hold  (B minor) me
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I don't  (E minor) want no one to keep  (B minor) me down,
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no  (E minor)  (B minor) 
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Some  (A minor) people always  (C major) tell me
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 (A minor) I'm a man of dignity
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 (D minor) So  I don't  (E minor) want no one to push me  (B minor) around,
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oh no  (E minor)  (B minor) 
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I don't  (E minor) want to be a bad  (B minor) man
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I don't  (E minor) want to be no road  (B minor) boy
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I don't  (E minor) want to be no road  (B minor) boy, oh oh
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 (E minor) All  (B minor) 
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With  (E minor)  (B minor) 
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Hope  (E minor)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (B minor) 
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Some  (A minor) people always  (C major) tell me
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I'm  (A minor) a man of dignity
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So I don't  (E minor) want no one to push me  (B minor) around,
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oh no  (E minor) 
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 (B minor) I don't  (E minor) want to be no lov (B minor) er
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I don't  (E minor) want to be no bad  (B minor) man
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I don't  (E minor) want to be no rude  (B minor) boy,
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oh no  (E minor)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (B minor)  (E minor) 
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Every  (E minor) time she come to  (B minor) me,
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she  (E minor) always tell me about  (B minor) my life.
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God  (E minor) knows how I feel  (B minor) about my  (E minor) mama,
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 (B minor) about my  (E minor) mama.  (B minor) 
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I don't want  (E minor) to  be no road  (B minor) boy, I don't  (E minor) want to be a bad  (B minor) man, I just  (E minor) want to be a good  (B minor) man,
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I don't  (E minor) want to be no road  (B minor) boy, I don't  (E minor) want no one to push  (B minor) me around.  (E minor)  (B minor)  (E minor)  (B minor)  (E minor) 
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