Bob Marley - Rastaman Live Up

. . . rastaman live up! . . . by bob marley
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* from ’confrontation’ ( 1983 ) *

chorus 1 :

( n . C ) C F G
rastaman , live up; bongoman , don’t give up .
C F G
congoman , live up , yeah , binghi – man don’t give up .

verse 1 :

C F G
keep your culture; don’t be A – fraid of the vulture .
C F G
grow your dreadlock; don’t be A – fraid of the wolf – pack .

chorus 2 :

C F G
rastaman , live up; binghi – man don’t give up .
C F G
congoman , live up , yeah , bongoman , don’t give up .

verse 2 :

C F G
david slew goliath with a sling and a stone;
C F G
samson slew the philistines with a donkey jawbone .

chorus 3 :

C F G
iyaman , live up; rastaman , don’t give up!
C F G
binghi – man , live up; congoman , don’t give up .

verse 3 :

C F G
trodding through creation , in an irie meditation;
C F G
seen many visions , in – a this yah armagiddyon .

chorus 4 :

C F G
rastaman , live up; bongoman , don’t give up .
C F G
congoman , live up , yeah , binghi – man don’t give up .

verse 4 :

C F G
saw it in the beginning; so shall it be in this iwa;
C F G
and they fallen in confusion , well – a just a step from babel tower .

chorus 5 :

C F G
rastaman , live up; bongoman , don’t give up .
C F G
congoman , live up , yeah , binghi – man don’t give up .

verse 5 :

C F G
grow your dreadlock; don’t be A – fraid of the wolf – pack .
C F G
A – tell you , one man A – walkin’ and a billion man A – sparkin’ .

chorus 6 :

C F G
rastaman , live up; bongoman , don’t give up .
C G
congoman , live up , yeah , don’t give up , don’t give up , don’t give up!

( fade )

chord diagrams :
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C F G

eadgbe eadgbe eadgbe
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tabbed by joel from clumsy , bristol , england , 2005
( clumsyband@hotmail . com )