Bob Marley - Trench Town: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Trench Town" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. 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.

Learn Trench Town Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Bob Marley

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Trench Town" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Bm7                          C   D
Up a cane river to wash my dread
Bm7                    C  D
Upon a rock I rest my head
Bm7                                    C
There I vision through the seas of oppression,
 G/B
oh-oo-wo!
Am7                    D
Don't make my life a prison

Chorus:
              Bm7    Am7   Bm7    Am7
We come from Trench Town, Trench Town (Trench town)
                         Bm7   Am7
Most of them come from Trench Town
G            Bm7         Em
We free the people with music (sweet music)
G               Bm7         Em
Can we free the people with music (sweet music)?
G               Bm7         Em
Can we free our people with music? - With music
Em7         Em
With music, oh music

Oh-y, my head
In desolate places we'll find our bread
And everyone see what's taking place, oh-oo-wo!
Another page in history
They say it's hard to speak
They feel so strong to say we are weak
But through the eyes the love of our people,
oh-oo-wo!
They've got to repay

Chorus:
We come from (Trench town) Trench Town
We come from (Trench town) Trench Town
Trench - Trench Town (Trench town)
They say, "Can anything good come out of
Trench Town?
(Trench - Trench town)

That's what they say, (Trench town);
(Trench - Trench town)
Say (Trench - Trench town)
we're the underprivileged people
So (Trench town) they keep us in chains
"Pay (Trench - Trench town) - pay -
pay tribute to -" (Trench town)

Chorus:
We come from (Trench - Trench town)
We come from (Trench - Trench town)
Just because we come from Trench Town
Not because we come from Trench Town
Just because we come from (Trench town)


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am7

Guitar chord Am7

B

Guitar chord B

Bm7

Guitar chord Bm7

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

Em

Guitar chord Em

Em7

Guitar chord Em7

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Trench Town" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Trench Town" by Bob Marley.

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