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Stephen Marley
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Key: E minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1

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Blazing!

And it was written

Up in the book of life

That man shall

Endure forever more
Verse 2
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And it was written
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Up in the book of life
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That man shall
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Endure forever more
Baug
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Well did
Verse 3
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the pen is stronger

than the knife
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They can kill you once but
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they can't kill you twice
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Did you know destruction of the

flesh is not di ending to life
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Baug
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Fear not of the anti- Christ
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Did you know that I exist

before the Earth
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C

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An did you know that my eyes
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2

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Baug
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are windows to the world
Verse 4
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Did you know you can't go ah Zion

and wear Jerry curls
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C

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Baug
Baug

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Can't tell di boys from di girls
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Your body is just a vehicle

transporting you soul
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It's what's inside of people
Baug
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is beauty to behold
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Fear not of evil

Every day dem flesh it grow old
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Baug
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Changes of the times take a toll
Verse 5
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And it was written
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Up in the book of life
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That man shall
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Baug

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Endure forever more
Verse 6

And it was written
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Up in the book of life
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That man shall
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Baug

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Endure forever more
Verse 7
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Fear is in the eye of the beholder
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Love is in the presence of the love maker
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Life is in the words of the comforter
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Endure much longer,
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2

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live much longer
Verse 8
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Fear is in the eye of the beholder
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Love is in the presence of the love maker
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Life is in the words of the comforter
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Endure much longer, live much longer
Verse 9
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A vester on his chest

And Rastafari is his name
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2

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A gift of everlasting life for
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all us to sustain

Blessing that you all be got

Lessons taught you all forgot

Rasta call I shit you not
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Do you remember Elijah
Verse 10

and

his chariot of flames
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2

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Same blood dat run through my veins
Verse 11
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Fear is in the eye of the beholder

Love is in the presence of
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2

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the love maker

Life is in the words of the comforter
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2

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Endure much longer, live much longer
Verse 12
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Fear is in the eye of the beholder

Love is in the presence of
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the love maker

Life is in the words of the comforter

Endure much longer, live much longer
D
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Verse 13
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Careful how you entertain stranger
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2

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Selassie never born in a manger
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And never crucified as a savior
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2

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And likkle himself from all di ruler
Verse 14
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Babylon na function with a failer
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B
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2

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So be careful of them cellular and pager
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'Cause as I see them I see danger
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So dem great but Selassie ah greater, yo
Verse 15
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That man shall endure forever more
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Baug
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An d it was written
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up in the book of life
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That man shall endure forever
C
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B
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2

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more
Verse 16
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Mi think mi wan lick upon shots

upon a blood clot

And fill the block with bummer as cops

Cops mi nah talk mi know you

watch me walks and

While black woman is getting raped

across New York and

Before little brothers and chalks and

Imagine somebody say "That's
D
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your son dead" and
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See us
Verse 17
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We do the crime, we do the time
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You get away scott free
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Baug
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So the police they gon' pop
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you for they pop me

'Cause if you get me, you got me,

you shot me, no lock me
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Carry shotty's since mom slapped
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me 'cause mi room sloppy
Verse 18
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The youngest nigga out the camp, it's me
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But nobody pampered me
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2

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So you better don't ran with me,
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2

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Em
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for semi
Verse 19
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Mi a player plenty Chicks

mi blaze many
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Raise plenty a few dollars
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2

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Storm out mi Prada
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Watch a bum holla

Watch em run, hit the floor

Told em come, come

No
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Throw your guns up pon di air
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2

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Blow!
Verse 20
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And it was written
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Up in the book of life
Em
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That man shall
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Endure forever more
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Watch for sticks
Verse 21

and stones

Stumbling blocks in piles
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Life is one big road
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Miles on top of miles
Verse 22
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So blessed be the soul

that always remains a child
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B
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2

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When most people don't
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even smile
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There's a natural mystic

Blow through the air
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So keep in realistic and always be aware
Verse 23
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The truth is crying out and it's so

loud and so clear
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But most people won't even hear
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Spiritual pollution is in the

atmosphere
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And with so much confusion
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Can one be happy here The gift of

Rastafari is for all man to share
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But some would rather to be so unfair
Verse 24
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And it was written
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Up in the book of life
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That man shall
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Endure forever more
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And it
Verse 25
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was written
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Up in the book of life
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That man shall
Verse 26

Endure forever more
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B
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Em
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An d it was written
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Up in the book of life

That man shall

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Em

  • C

  • Baug

  • B

    2

  • D

  • G

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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The original key of It Was Written by Capleton, Stephen Marley is E minor.

The primary chords used in It Was Written are Em, C, Baug, B, D, G.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Em, C, Baug, B, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of It Was Written is approximately 158 beats per minute.

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