Strumming pattern to try:
Em: pluck 6th string, down, up, mute, down
D: pluck 4th string, down, up, mute, down
[Intro]
Em D
And it's a Protoje
Em D
(Yeah) Chronixx a wha' you say
Em D
(Yeah) OK. Oh well, yeah
[Chorus]
Em D Em
Who knows, who knows, who knows, who knows
D Em
I just go where the trade wind blows
D Em
Sending love to my friends and foes
D
And I suppose
Em D Em
I'm pleased to be chilling in the West Indies
D Em
Jah provide all my wants and needs
D Em D
I got the sunshine rivers and trees, green leaves, yeah
[Verse 1]
Em D
When me see Jah me see a way
Em D
Drastically stray from hypocrisy I say
Em D
Every man to them own a philosophy
Em D
I live the proper way, and then me read a chapter daily
Em D
Man they in a city hungry and no eat
Em D
And food they down a country just a drop off of the tree then
Em D
You see say poverty no real then
Em D
Is what the reasoning revealing...
[Chorus]
Em D Em
Who knows, who knows, who knows, who knows
D Em
I just go where the trade wind blows
D Em
Sending love to my friends and foes
D
And I suppose
Em D Em
I'm pleased to be chilling in the West Indies
D Em
Jah provide all my wants and needs
D Em D
I got the sunshine rivers and trees, green leaves, yeah.
[Verse 2]
Em D
When the rain pitter pat 'pon the roof
Em D
Herb just a steam pepper pot 'pon the stew
Em D
Life is a dream if you got gratitude
Em D
So go tell the regime they can't stop what we do now
Em D
Information you think on your own
Em D
Or else you're a slave to the things that you know
Em D
What do you know if you learn everyday?
Em D
So be careful of things wha' you say...
[Chorus]
Em D Em
Who knows, who knows, who knows, who knows
D Em
I just go where the trade wind blows
D Em
Sending love to my friends and foes
D
And I suppose
Em D Em
I'm pleased to be chilling in the West Indies
D Em
Jah provide all my wants and needs
D Em D
I got the sunshine rivers and trees, green leaves, yeah.
[Verse 3]
Em D
Africa in a we soul but a Jah in a we heart
Em D
It is of importance say I&I gather
Em D
If we cannot show now a balance that we had
Em D
How do we propose then to carry it abroad
Em D
Cannot go to Ethiopia and you not have a plan
Em D
The building of a nation a hand a help a hand
Em D
Everyone one love a one, a man is just a man
Em D
It shall be a coronation when we land, land, land...
[Chorus]
Em D Em
Who knows, who knows, who knows, who knows
D Em
I just go where the trade wind blows
D Em
Sending love to my friends and foes
D
And I suppose
Em D Em
I'm pleased to be chilling in the West Indies
D Em
Jah provide all my wants and needs
D Em D
I got the sunshine rivers and trees, green leaves, yeah.
[Outro]
Em D Em D
Who knows, who knows
Em D Em D
Who knows, oh well
Em D Em D
I'm pleased to be chilling in the West Indies
Em D Em D
Jah provide all my wants and needs, yeah ... oh well
