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State Of Emergency Tab

by Steel Pulse


...STATE OF EMERGENCY... by Steel Pulse
------------------------...............

*from 'State of Emergency' (1988)*


Intro:

(Drums)

(n.)
 State of emergency, state of emergency, state of emergency.
State of emergency, state of emergency, state of emergency.

Interlude:

  ,    (x2)

Verse 1:

                             
 From Brixton to Cape Town;  unrest all around.
                                           
 From Handsworth to Uitenhage;  lawlessness, p'on rampage.

Bridge 1:

                                   
 Sticks and stones, they're throwing; set ablaze the buildings.
                           
 Youthful minds are stirring; time to make a change.
                              
 Who they think they're fooling? No want no diverse doctrine,
                      
For-ever we will strive; fighting against Apartheid.

Chorus 1:

                 
 State of emergency,
                    
 State of emergency; I never seen such urgency.
                 
 State of emergency,
                    
 State of emergency; I never seen such urgency.

Break:

        
 (Forever,
              
We will strive).
        
 (Forever,
        
We will strive),
  
I never seen a thing like this before.

Bridge 2:

                                   
 Sticks and stones, they're throwing; set ablaze the buildings.
                           
 Youthful minds are stirring; time to make a change.
                              
 Who they think they're fooling? No want no diverse doctrine,
                      
For-ever we will strive; fighting against...

Chorus 2:

                 
 State of emergency,
                    
 State of emergency; I never seen such urgency.
                 
 State of emergency,
                    
 State of emergency; I never seen such urgency.

                 
 State of emergency,
                    
 State of emergency; I never seen such urgency.
                 
 State of emergency,
                    
 State of emergency; I never seen such urgency.

Break:

        
 (Forever,
        
We will strive),
    
The whole wide world is burning.
        
 (Forever,
        
We will strive),

 Pring pring, gun shot ring.

Coda:

                            
 From Brixton to Cape Town; unrest all around.
                        
From Handsworth to Durban; no satisfaction.


 We will strive for freedom now,

 We will strive for freedom now.


 We will strive for freedom now,

 We will strive for freedom now.

Outro:

  ,    (x2), 


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          |_______|  Joel from cLuMsY, 2008    =