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                               Roots Radical

                                                               Jimmy Cliff
(Tune down 1/2 step)
   Am F Am
                      Am
                I'm a radical (roots radical)
                      F
                I'm a true born Jamaican
                           Am
                Yes, I'm a radical (roots radical)
                        Em              Am
                And I'm miles away from home

                I'm a radical (roots radical)
                I'm a true born Jamaican
                Yes, I'm a radical (roots radical)
                And I'm miles away from home

                                     F
                          They won't see me round the corner
                                     Am
                          They can't catch me on the straight
                                     F
                          They won't see me round the corner
                                     Am              Em
                          They can't catch me on the straight

                I'm a radical (roots radical)
                Cause I'm a true born Jamaican
                Yes, I'm a radical (roots radical)
                And I'm miles away from home

          Am
      The Babylon system get I down
     F
      I'll own the well when they lock I in a cell
          Am
      The Babylon system get us down
     F
      Oh, what the hell when the rice won't swell

                I'm a radical radical (roots radical)
                And I'm a royal African man
                I'm a radical (roots radical)
                And I'm miles away from home
                      *Interlude*   Am F Am Em Am (x2)

                          Ain't no stops, no traps, no barriers
                          Can stop me on my way
                          And if they try to hurt me
                          I'll just up and fly away

                I'm a radical (roots radical)
                Cause I'm a true born Jamaican
                Yes, I'm a radical (roots radical)
                And I'm miles away from home

      The Babylon system teach us wrong
      Wanting us all to sing their song
      The Babylon system teach us wrong
      Wanting us all to fool around

                But I'm a radical (roots radical)
                Cause I'm a royal African man
                I'm a radical (roots radical)
                And I'm miles away from home

             Am               F
               (roots radical)
             Am
               (roots radical)
                Em                Am
               (( miles away from home ))

               (roots radical)
               (roots radical)
               (( miles away from home ))

               (roots radical)
               (roots radical)
               (( miles away from home ))

               (roots radical) - natural African man
                A radical (roots radical)
               (( miles away from home ))

               (roots radical)
               (roots radical)
               (( miles away from home ))

                I'm a radical (roots radical) - I'm a true born Jamaican
                Yes, I'm a radical (roots radical)
                And I'm miles away from home

               (roots radical)
               (roots radical)
               (( miles away from home ))...




Copyright 1982
By Jimmy Cliff
Special






                            (Tune down 1/2 step)

                            Chords:
                                   Am F  Em
                               eb |-0--1--0--
                               Bb |-1--1--0--
                               Gb |-2--2--0--
                               Db |-2--3--2--
                               Ab |-0--3--2--
                               Eb |----1--0--







               I welcome questions, comments, corrections, etc...
                Unless noted, all songs are worked out by myself.

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