Buffalo soldier  (midi)

      G                      Em          C      - G

1. Buffalo soldier, dreadlock rasta,

                          G                                Em            C        - G

    there was a Buffalo soldier, in the heart of America.

       G                           Em               C       - G

    Stolen from Africa, brought to America,

    G                           Em                  C      - G

    fighting on arrival, fighting for survival.

C                Bm          C          - Bm

    If you know your history,

Em                           D                         Em

    then you would know where you’re coming from.

C                   Bm                     C          - Bm

    Then you wouldn't have to ask me

Em              D            Em

    who the heck do I think I am.

                      G                                Em           C       - G

2. I'm just a Buffalo soldier, in the heart of America,

       G                           Em              C          - G

    stolen from Africa, brought to America.

                         G                         Em                   C       - G

    Said he was fighting on arrival, fighting for survival.

                             G                                  Em           C        - G

    Said he was a Buffalo Soldier, win the war for America.

                     G

    Dreadie, woy yoy yoy, woy yoy yoy yoy,

                                  D                 G

    woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy yoy yoy !

    Woy yoy yoy, woy yoy yoy yoy,

                                  D                 G

    woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy yoy yoy !

    Em                                                     C     Bm

    Buffalo soldier, trodding through the land, oh,

      C                   Em              

    said he wanna ran, and then you wanna hand,

                                       C      Bm     

    trodding through the land, yeah.    

      D                     G                                 Em            C      - G

3. Said he was a Buffalo Soldier, win the war for America,

      G                        Em         C      - G

    Buffalo Soldier, dreadlock rasta,

      G                          Em                  C      - G

    Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival,

       G                                              Em               C       G

    driven from the mainland to the heart of the Caribbean.

                    G

    Singing, woy yoy yoy, woy yoy yoy yoy,

                                  D                 G

    woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy yoy yoy !

    Woy yoy yoy, woy yoy yoy yoy,

                                  D                 G

    woy yoy yoy yoy, yoy yoy yoy yoy !

 (capo 2nd)            (Bob Marley)

(many different versions of this songs exist)