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Roots Natty Roots Natty Congo chords by Babatunde Tony Ellis

  • Em

  • D

  • Bm

    2
  • G

  • A

  • Am

  • F#

    2
  • G#m

    4
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Verse 1
(E minor) Rules Natty (D major) Rules Natty Control
(E minor) (B minor) (E minor) (D major) (E minor) (B minor)
Our (G major) parent (E minor) s were (A major) born (A minor) in Africa
(G major) And we are (E minor) born (A minor) in Jamaica
(A major) Every (G major) day some (E minor) (A minor) people a talk
(E minor) Like (G major) they were born down (A major) in (A minor) Africa
But (A major) (E minor) we a African
Born (D major) in Jamaica
(E minor) I say African
Born (D major) in -a Trinidad, (E minor) yeah African
Born (D major) in Jamaica, (E minor) yeah African (D major)
(B minor) All (G major) my brother who (A major) (A minor) born in America
(G major) Your fore parents (E minor) were (A major) born in Africa
All (G major) my sisters (E minor) were (A minor) born in America
(E minor) Your (G major) fore parents (E minor) were
(A major) born in (A minor) Africa (A major)
(E minor) So you were African,
(D major) born in America, (E minor) I say
African, (D major) born in America, (E minor) hey
African, (D major) born in America,
(E minor) I say now Afrikan (D major)
(B minor) All (G major) my brother (E minor) s who
(A minor) born in England (G major)
Your fore parent (E minor) s were (A major) born in (A minor) Africa (A major)
(G major) All my sisters (E minor) who (A minor) born in England
(G major) Your fore parent (E minor) s were
(A major) born in (A minor) Africa (A major)
(E minor) So you were Afrikan,
(D major) born in England (E minor)
Afrikan, (D major) born in Great Britain
(E minor) African, (D major) born in a brick stand
(E minor) Oh yeah, I say (D major) oh, tell me (E minor) now
Rules not the rules (D major) that we conquer (E minor)
Rules not the (D major) rules that we break
(E minor) Rules not the (D major) rules that we
conquer (E minor) (D major) (E minor)
Rules not the (D major) rules that we conquer (E minor)
Rules not the, (D major) rules not the trade
Rules (E minor) not the, (D major) rules not the Con (E minor) go (D major)
Some (E minor) of them born down in England
(D major) Some (E minor) born in the USA (D major)
(E minor) Some of them born in cold,
cold (D major) Sweden
Some (E minor) of them born in Norway
(D major) I say, (E minor) it's one thing that
(D major) we have in common (E minor)
Is that our fore (D major) fathers come
from the motherland
(E minor) Africa
(D major) I say they (E minor) come from Africa, Africa
(D major) I say that they are (E minor) African (D major)
I say that they are
(E minor) African, African, African, (D major) African (B minor)
All (G major) my (F sharp major) brother (E minor) s who (A major) born (A minor) in (G sharp minor) Canada
(G major) Your four (F sharp major) parent (E minor) s were (A major) born in (A minor) Africa
(G major) All my (F sharp major) sisters who (A major) born down (A minor) in Canada
(G major) Say your four parents (E minor) were (A minor) born in Africa (A major)
(E minor) So you a African born (D major) in a Canada
(E minor) I say African born (D major)
in a Canada (E minor)
African born (D major) in a Canada (E minor) (D major)
Afro (B minor) (G major) parents (E minor) were (A major) born (A minor) in Africa
(G major) and we are (E minor) born (A minor) in Jamaica (A major)
(E minor) Every (G major) day some (E minor) people (A minor) atta
like (E minor) (G major) they were born down (E minor) in (A minor) Africa (A major)
(E minor) But we are African born (D major) in Jamaica
(E minor) African born (D major) down in Trinid (E minor) ad
African, (D major) born in Switzer (E minor) land
African, (D major) born down in
England (E minor) (D major) (E minor) (D major)
Will (B minor) you (E minor) please hear
what I'm talking (D major) about?
(E minor) Will you please try to understand
(D major) That we are (E minor) African
African, (D major) African, (E minor)
Know (D major) your culture. (E minor)
(D major) African, African, (E minor)
I (D major) want to tell you out loud
that (B minor) we are (E minor) African.
No (D major) need to be ashamed. (E minor)
No need to (D major) be misled. (E minor)
African, African, (D major) movement all over.
(E minor) African, African,
(D major) gotta move back home.
(B minor) Africa (E minor) (D major) (E minor)
(D major) That we are (E minor) Africa (D major)
Root (E minor) s, it not the roots (D major)
Root (E minor) s, it not the roots, it not (D major)
That we are (E minor) Africa (D major)
Born (B minor) in Jamaica, (E minor) Trinidad
England, (D major) America, (E minor) USA
Even (D major) down in Sweden, (E minor) there's Africans
(D major) All these little (E minor) black children
(D major) I say they really come (E minor) from Africa
(D major) I say (E minor) they come from Africa (D major)
You hear what I say (E minor) now?
(D major) You hear what I (E minor) say now? (F sharp major)
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