Prediction

...PREDICTION... by Steel Pulse
----------------...............

*from 'Handsworth Revolution' (1978)*


Intro:

Gm,

B7  Am (x8)

Verse 1:

B7                      Am
 Prediction, prediction foretold.
B7                         Am
 Prediction, yeh, from the days of old.
B7                     Am
 Prediction, yeh, from way back when,
The years Jah send, years Jah send.
B7                        Am
 Prediction, a long, long time ago.

Verse 2:

   B7                    Am
Se-lassie was neglected; tell me when?
         B7                             Am
Like the tales of The Messiah, yah, all over again.
B7                    Am
 Garvey was rejected; tell me when?
           B7                                   Am
Unlike the Baptist he has kept his head, I said vank!
        B7
William Gordon and Paul Bogle led a rebellion,
                           Am
'Cos they used their heads, but had their necks in a noose.
           B7
Martyrs of freedom, freedom condemned,
    Am
But Jah Jah cut them loose, heh heh.

Verse 3:

B7                 Am
 Prophesised that, we would suffer by,
B7                             Am
 Those who think themselves su-perior to our colour, yes sah;
B7              Am
 Descendants of, Naiman the Leper.
     B7                    Am
Ask Elisha, offspring's of, Naiman the Leper.

Chorus 1:

     F#m
If a lie, ask Elisha, ask Elisha,
     G#m
If a lie, ask Elisha, ask Elisha.
     F#m
If a lie, ask Elisha, ask Elisha,
     G#m
If a lie, ask Elisha, ask Elisha.
     F#m
If a lie, ask Elisha, ask Elisha,
     G#m
If a lie, ask Elisha, ask Elisha.

Chorus 2:

   F#m
To-morrow's what we're on about,
                                     G#m
To-morrow's what we're on about; not yesterday.
   F#m
To-morrow's what we're on about,
                                     G#m
To-morrow's what we're on about; not yesterday.
     F#m
It's up to man to understand, to have success upon this land;
          G#m
He better have some faith.

Break:

F#m              G#m
 Have some faith, have some faith.
F#m              G#m
 Have some faith, have some faith.
F#m      G#m
 Have... some.
F#m            G#m
 Have, some... faith.
F#m       G#m
 Have...  some.
F#m            G#m
 Have, some... faith.

Interlude:

F#m  G#m (x8)

Coda:

(Spoken):

F#m             G#m
 The impossible, have a habit of happening.
F#m
 If you think a lie, I a-tell;

(Sung):

G#m         F#m
 Ask Elisha, ask Elisha,
G#m         F#m
 Ask Elisha, ask Elisha.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Gm      Am      B7      F#m     G#m

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 355333  577555  797877  244222  466444


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])