I Pray Thee chords by Big Youth
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Intro 1
(A minor)
(D minor)
(A minor) I pray thee,
Verse 1
Why do (E major) the heathen rage
And the people imagine (A minor) us a vain thing?
Verse 2
False (A minor) kings of the earth
had (E major) set themselves
And the rulers take counsel (A minor) togather
Against the LORD God
JAH Rastafari
Verse 3
And against his Anointed, saying,
(D minor) Now come,
let us break their bonds assunder (A minor)
And cast away their cords from us (D minor)
Your leader seated in his
heaven shall laugh
(A minor) The LORD
Verse 4
God JAH Rastafari shall
have them in derision
(D minor) But then shall he speak
unto them in his wrath
And vex to them in (A minor) his sore displeasure
Co' yet have I set (E major) I kings upon
the holy mountains of (A minor) Zion
Verse 5
(A minor) I will now declare the decree:
The LORD God JAH (E major) Rastafari hath said
unto I and (A minor) I and I
(D minor) That thou art I sons,
Verse 6
that today have I begotten thee
(A minor) Thou aks if I and I and I shall give thee
The heathen for thine inherit (D major) ance
And the uttermost part of the earth
for thine possession (A major)
JAH (E major)
Verse 7
shall (A major) break (A minor) them with a rod of (D minor) iron!
JAH shall dash them in (A minor) pieces
Like a potter's vessel, I would say (E major) (A minor)
So be wise therefore, ye kings
Be (E major) instructed, ye judges of the earth (A major)
(A minor) Serve
Verse 8
the LORD God JAH
Rastafari with fear
Rejoice and tremble (D minor) (E major)
Kiss InI the Son and (A major) lest he
(A minor) be angered
And perish from his ways
When his wrath (E major) is kindled but a little
(A minor) And so blessed be all
Blesseth he everyone as I would
say (E major)
Interlude 1
(A minor) (E major)
(A minor) (E major)
(A minor)
(D minor) And so
Verse 9
blessed be all they
Who put their trust
In (D major) the true (D minor) and liv (A minor) ing God
JAH Rastafari
Verse 10
Then this (D minor) man shall be like the holy
mountains of Zion
That cannot be removed (A major) but
abideth (A minor) (E major) for ever (A minor)
Verse 11
And so the mountains (D minor) round
about I- rusalem
And so the (A major) LORD (A minor) God JAH Rastafari
Is running about his people as I would say
(E major) The lot
Verse 12
of the wicked shall not
rest upon this (A minor) righteous
Unless this individual righteous put
forth his hands (E major) unto iniquity
Verse 13
So do good (A minor) O LORD God
JAH Rastafari
Unto them that are good
And unto those that are upright
in their hearts (D major)
For such (D minor) a one as turn
Verse 14
(E major) unto his crooked way,
you don't (A minor) say
Verse 15
The (A minor) LORD God JAH Rastafar
(D major) i shall not turn his back
To give a count to (A minor) the right of his people
Verse 16
(A minor) A when he come he mek me
(D major) tell you 'bout the song
He call a, about a song we call (A minor) (E major) a (A minor)
(E major) (A minor) (E major) Satta Amasagana
Amasagana, Seh,
(A minor) you nah (A major) pon yah (A minor) but ya (A major) wan (A minor) yah (E major)
You know Satta mek you (A major) pon (A minor) yah
You know Satta mek you wan yah (E major)
That's if your mama never (A minor) borne here
And if your papa (E major) never borne here (A minor)
You are African, (D minor) as (E major) I would say (A minor)
Down inna Africa, (E major) as I would tell (A minor) you
Seh Afri... Seh Afri... Africa! (E major) (A minor)
Satta, Satta, Satta Amasagana
You gotta work the show
and all the (E major) line- up
But you gotta (A minor) work right through the song
And call ya Satta Amasagana, masagana
Gotta work the show and (E major) all the line- up
Gotta (A minor) work right through the song
And call out Satta Amasagana
Irie! Give thanks. Irie...
(F major)
Outro 1
(E major) (A minor)
I Pray Thee
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