I believe this is a 2/2 time signature -althought I could be mistaken..
It is an awesome song overall written in key of A minor.
Here we go with the chords:
For the intro:
Strum the A minor chord with root on 6th note the first time, the second
run go for the Am chord again, but this time an octave higher -root on 12th fret, 5th string.
Am G
What was love from my father Yes I'll teach to my son, yeah
What was love from my mother Yes I'll teach to daughter
Am G
For you must remember my friend The line of history is stretch and it is far beyond we
Am G
And still we stand time and time again As a tribe today
Dm
Well now tell me if there is one thing
Am C
That you wanting
G
You got to let me know
Dm Am
Tell me something, tell me anything
C G
Why did they all have to go
Dm
For if there is one thing
Am
That you wanting
C G
You got to let me know
Dm Am
Say hey something, say hey anything
C G
Before I have to go
Am
For Zion is awaiting
Em
Jah people in this life
G Am
You've got to be head strong, head strong... head strong
Em
Teach the children right
G Am
Or they won't live to long, to long, na nana to long
Em
Jah people in this life
G Am
You've got to be head strong, head strong... head strong
Em
Live up in the rights
G Am
Or you won't live to long, to long
Oh no, oh no
Am, Am, Am...~keep it going for ever :)
Long time ago
A future was pass and gone
Am
What was love from my father
G
Yes I'll teach to my daughter
Am
What was love from my mother, mother, mother
G
Yes I'll teach pon my son, yeah
Am
For it was dem who say
G
Don't get mix-stop in our own knowledge of today
Am
Give one hand of corn and they die
Teach dem to grown corn
G
And you know they will survive
Dm
Well now tell me if there is one thing
Am C
That you wanting
G
You got to let me know
Dm Am
Tell me something, tell me anything
C G
Why did they all have to go
Dm
For if there is one thing
Am
That you wanting
C G
You got to let me know
Dm Am
Say hey something, say hey anything
C G
Before I have to go
Am
For Zion is awaiting
Em
Jah people in this life
G Am
You've got to be head strong, head strong... head strong
Em
Live up in the rights
G Am
Or you won't live to long, to long, na na to long.
Em
Jah people in this life
G Am
You've got to be head strong, head strong... head strong
Em
Teach the children right
G Am
Or they won't live to long, to long, na nana to long, to long oh no, oh no
Em - G - Am
Remember the mount Zion
Em - G - Am
Please remember the mount Zion
Em - G - Am
You must remember the mount Zion
Em G
Yo grown in my heart
Am
And that's about it, the struming is ridiculously easy, best if you strum upwards.
The only time it changes is during Em and G chords that it is strummed twice during each beat.
** Lyrics pasted from http://www.lyricstime.com/groundation-head-strong-lyrics.html
