Igziabeher (Let Jah be praised)    (video)    (clip)

 

    Am - Em - Am - Em

 

            Am                       Em

1. Igziabeher, let Jah be praised,

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    negusa neghast, let Jah be praised.

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    Me don e-ah lamb, let Jah be praised,

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    let him be praised, let him be praised,

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    let him be praised.

 

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2. He watereth the hills from his chambers,

                              Am                      Em

    and the earth is satisfied, so satisfied.

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    He maketh the grass to grow for animals,

                                         Am                                       Em

    Jah made the herb for man, he made the herb for man,

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    Jah made the herb for man.

 

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3. Fret not thyself because of evildoers,

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    neither be thou envious against the workers of inequity.

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    For they shall soon be cut down, cut down like grass,

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    and they shall wither like corn.

 

+   Am - Em - Am - Em (2x)

 

    Am                                  Em

4.       Let Jah arise, and let all his enemies be scattered,

Am                            Em                                                            Am

    let them that hate Jah,  now scat up shut up butt up and flat up.

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    As the smoke was driven away, Jah, drive them away,

               Em                                      Am                  - Em

    as the rocks melted, let them be melted jah-jah.

 

 

 

 

 

           Am                         Em

5. Igziabeher, let Jah be praised,

                          Am                       Em

    you don e-ah lamb, let Jah be praised.

                        Am                     Em

    Negusa neghast, let Jah be praised,

                      Am                         Em

    let him be praised, let him be praised,

                      Am                         Em

    let him be praised, let him be praised.

 

          Am           - Em   Am                - Em

6.  Ah, lightning,           earthquake,

    Am           - Em            Am   - Em

    brimstone          for the fire.

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    I said lightning,           brimstone and fire.

 

 

+  Am - Em - Am - Em (4x, with lyrics variations)  ....

 

    (Peter Tosh)