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Dont Worry Desmond Dekker Tab

by Mighty Mighty Bosstones


Artist: Mighty Mighty BossToneS
Song: Don't Worry Desmond Dekker
Album: Medium Rare

Play in a off-beat upstroke rythm throughout the song.


This song is done on bar chords so here's the chords in the order that they appear on the song.

                   
e|---5---|---7---|---5---|
B|---5---|---9---|---7---|
G|---6---|---9---|---7---|
D|---7---|---9---|---7---|
A|---7---|---7---|---5---|
E|---5---|---7---|---5---|



Verse 1:

What happened up on Hemmingway

Well. we will never change
                                
You used to be a friend of mine

The last 5 years went by so fast

So fast I find it strange
                                
The beneficial medicine of time


Chorus:

                      
And I, I can hear your laughter
                 
It stays with me after

               
All this time
                       
And I, I still got your records
              
Clash and The Selecter
                                     
And don’t worry Desmond Dekker's doing fine.

Horns:

               

Verse 2:


But doors were shut, the lines were cut,

The walls went up so quick
                                      
The windows of opportunity were small

Brides collapsed, divides were wide

Sides we had to pick
                               
And oh yeah, I forgot to call

(Chorus)

Bridge:

        

                                       
Seeds to the roots to the trunk to the truth
                          
It’s understanding when it first began
                         
In the day up to the sky
                    
And we climbed up so high
                                   
And we carried on the only way we can

Laugh on and live

Learn how to forgive
                                       
What we have could be as good as what we get

If you forgot,

Now, I still got
                                               
What you gave to me way back when we first met.

What you gave to me way back when we first met

(Chorus)

                   
I, I still got your records

Clash and The Selecter
                                      
and don’t worry, Desmond Dekker's doing fine.