Key: Ab major
Intro 1
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Dm
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Verse 1
Dm
D
We gotta take our time
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Dm
D
Dm
ted
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Dm
D
Hey mamma
soul mamma soul papa
C#
D
Hey soul body soul body soul body
C#
D
F#m
D
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey yah gonna take my time
Gettin' this one together
Gotta go home now
Gotta go home yea
C#
D
You know about the holy roller church?
Ain't that were it started?
Dm
C#
D
Ha Ha I know
We've outgrown it now
C#
D
And I cry that I think that I can't do
I like fine clothes
D
C#
But I know where my roots are
You hear me
D
Verse 2
F#
F#m
"Mamma I don't understand
F#m
D
F#m
Say hey hey
Cool down now, hey hey
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D
D
Verse 3
Obeah woman
an Obeah woman is?
D
F#m
To get to Satan you
gotta pass through me
C#
D
name by name
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F#
F#m
I can eat thunder and drink the rain
Been through enough
F#
F#m
D
There ain't nothing that I can't do
F#m
D
If I choose to, if you let me
Verse 4
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D
D
I can eat thunder and drink the rain
C#
C#
You hear me?
Just waiting for my time
Verse 5
Obeah Obeah now
from beneath the sea
To get to Satan baby
you gotta pass through me
I know the angels name by name
I can eat thunder and drink the rain
F#m
D
How you think I lasted this long?
Alright, alright
I kiss the moon and hug the sun
O yeah oh well oh well
You people from the islands
Know about the Obeah woman
I didn't put the name on myself
And I don't like it
Sometimes,
but the weight is too heavy
The weight is too heavy
Outro 1
Let' finish it
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ChordsD Dm C# F#m F#
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