Want To Come Home
View chords used in this chart
Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
Bunny Wailer - Want to Come Home
[Intro]
E B E
Mmmm, mmm, mmm, mmmm
E B E
Mmmm, mmm, mmm, mmmm
[Verse 1]
E
You got your brothers and your sisters in the West,
B E
They wanna come home, brothers come home.
E
Blood, skin and bone and flesh,
B E
They wanna come home, sisters come home.
E
And it’s a long time brothers we nuh rest,
B E
We wanna come home, brothers come home.
E
And now that we have survived this test,
B E
We wanna come home, sisters come home.
[Chorus]
B E
Come home, come home, come home,
B E
We wanna come home to Africa, come home.
[Verse 2]
E
Our backs are bruised and sore,
B E
We wanna come home, brothers come home.
E
But still we have got our souls,
B E
We wanna come home, sisters come home.
E
We are longing for our mother’s breast,
B E
We wanna come home, brothers come home.
E
With lumps of anxiety in our chest,
B E
We wanna come home, sisters come home.
[Chorus]
B E
Come home, come home, come home,
B E
We wanna come home to Africa, come home.
[Verse 3]
E B
...Oh Jah, bring the pick axe and the shovel and the
E
fork and machete and a fire, everything...
E B E
We going to the quarry with the boss man ...mmm ...mmm
E B E
Hey Mr Prison Warden, I’ll be leaving you soon!
E B E
My sentence will soon be ended and I’ll be gone, gone, gone!
[Chorus]
B E
Come home, come home, come home,
B E
We wanna come home to Africa, come home.
[Verse 4]
E
I and I a trample down Babylon,
B E
We wanna come home, brothers come home, to struggle for
N.C.
the African liberation,
B E
We wanna come home, sisters come home.
E
You got your brothers and your sisters in the West,
B E
They wanna come home, brothers come home.
E
Blood, skin and bone and flesh,
B E
They wanna come home, sisters come home.
[Outro]
B E
Come home, come home, come home,
B E
We wanna come home to Africa, come home.
How to play Want To Come Home
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.