Key: E major•
Intro 1
E
B
E
F#m
B
E
C#
F#m
B
E
Verse 1
E
B
I try to talk to the people of Trinidad
E
A
If I talk again it could set me mad
E
B
I'm tired if talkin' to the people of Trinidad
E
B
All kinds of people come and doin' well
And you the Trinidadians only
C#
F#m
How many times do you want to be told
B
E
Your own comes first all over the world
B
If
Verse 2
E
A
you think I lie, I invite you please
B
E
the West Indies
E
B
Tell them that you come to look for labor
They lick you from Grenada
C#
F#m
But you can't blame them on a whole
B
E
My friend, that's the policy of the world
B
So,
Verse 3
E
F#m
B
Granadians
for Granadians
C#
F#m
Even Barbados take the same route
B
E
Trinidadians, buck up and follow suit
E
A
The Bajuns goin tell you bloomin' fast
C#
F#m
But as I've led you to understand
B
E
B
Boy, we only have work here for Jamaicans
Interlude 1
E
F#m
B
E
C#
F#m
B
E
F#m
B
E
C#
F#m
B
E
Verse 4
F#m
A
I'm not all selfish, I love to give
G#m
C#m
And I believe in the slogan
B
E
live and let live
F#m
If the other islands aren't doin' that
A
G#m
C#m
Well I don't see why we should
A
B
be Miss Howard's cat
E
C#m
C#
F#m
It's time to go into the re verse
B
E
Do like other nations put your people first
D
F#m
You must do as you are told
Am
B
Or you would be the laughing stock of the world
Outro 1
E
B
E
F#m
B
E
C#
F#m
B
E
F#m
B
E
C#m
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