Revolution

Bob Marley - Revolution: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Revolution" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

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      Am         D7                    F     Em
Reve-lation, re-veals the truth; reve-lation.
Am          D7          F            Em
(Revolution, revolution, revolution).

Am  D7, F            Em
         (Revolution, ooh, (doo-doo-doo-doo).

Chorus:
Am               D7
It takes a revo-lution, (revolution),
F             Em
To make a so-lution, (doo-doo-doo-doo).
Am            D7
Too much con-fusion, (aaa-aaah),
F             Em
So much frus-tration.

F              Am
I don't wanna live in the park, (live in the park);
F               Am
Can't trust no shadows after dark,
(shadows after dark).
F                 Am
So, my friend, I wish that you could see,
       G
Like a bird in the tree; the prisoners
must be free, yeah! (Free).

Chorus:
Am                 D7
Never make a poli-tician, (aaa-aaah),
F            Em
Grant you a favour, (doo-doo-doo-doo).
Am                D7
They will always want to, (aaa-aaah),
F                Em
Control you for-ever, (forever, forever).

Am                    C
So if a fire make it burn,
(make it burn, make it burn).
F                       G
And if a blood make ya run,
(make ya run, run, run).
Am             C
Rasta de 'pon top, can't you see?
(Doo-doo-doo-doo),
F                          G
So you can't predict the flop, eh-eh!
(Doo-doo-doo-doo).

Chorus:
        Am                      D7
We got lightning, (lightning), thunder, (thunder).
F                           Em
Brimstone, (brimstone) and fire, fire,
(fire, fire).
Am                       D7
Lightning, (lightning), thunder, (thunder).
F                               Em
Brr-brimstone, (brimstone) and fire,
fiyah, fire, fiyah!

Chorus:
Am               D7
Kill, cramp and paralyze, (aaa-aaah),
F                Em
All weak at con-ception, (doo-doo-doo-doo).
                     Am                D7
Wipe them out of cre-ation, (creation), yeah-eah!
(Creation).
F
Wa-Jah, Jah, Jah! Wa-Jah, Jah, Jah! (Creation).
                       Em
Wa-Jah, Jah, Jah! (Cre-ation).

Am                          D7
Let Isis I'es, (I'es), and Isis black, (I'es),
    F                     Em
And Isis red, (i'es), and Isis dread, yeah.
    Am            D7
Let righteousness, cover the earth,
         F                            Em
Like the water, (aaa-aaah), cover the sea, yeah,
yeah!

Am                                   D7
Lightning, (lightning), doo-doo-doo-doo, (thunder).
            F                             Em
Doo-doo-doo-doo, (brimstone), doo-doo-doo-doo,
fire, fire).
  Am                      D7
A lightning, (lightning), thunder, (thunder).
F                           Em
Brimstone, (brimstone) and fire.


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