Buffalo Soldier Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Am][G][Am][G]
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[Verse 1]
[Am]Buffalo soldier
[G], I know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
burning down [F]the block
[Am]Buf falo soldier, I [G]know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster [F]burning

[Verse 2]
down the block
[Am]Don't judge a book by the cover
[G]Everything will be in this
world is your brother
[Am]When I lost the fun ? uncov[G]er
Ancient words that teach me to love ya!
[Am]So we burn to return to the mo[G]ther
And we yearn to unlearn all they
[F]told ya about your[Am]self
Who you are, what [G]you should be,
I'm gonna be free [Am]leave
[G]it up to me!

[Verse 3]
Shouts through the sky, look out to the night
[G]
Feel alright!
Stars burn [Dsus4]bright, I like the moonlight
You'll [G]be alright!

[Verse 4]
[Am]Buffalo soldier, I [G]know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
[F]burning up the block
[Am]Buffalo soldier, I [G]know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
[F]burning up the block
[Am]Buffalo soldier, I [G]know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster burn
[F]ing up the block
[Am]This is the medicine,
[G]I'm out like the Bedouin
This knife I'm burying and
[F]this life I'm treasuring

[Verse 5]
This is [Am]the medicine,
I'm out like the Bedouin
Buf[G]falo soldier, I know I'm
[F]not a monster
[Am]Buffalo soldier, I know I'm not a monster
Buf[G]falo soldier, I [F]know I'm not a monster

[Verse 6]
I went [Am]running away to the [G]cave
Went in a slave and came out all flames
I went [Am]running away for the hills
[G]Back to my roots and I'm running still
But [Am]now I'm running to
face my [G]dreams
Found my place and what it [F]means
Find your[Am]self and no one else
[G]You have to leave it up to me,

[Interlude 1]
leave it up to me!
[G]

[Verse 7]
[Am]Buffalo soldier, [G]I know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
[F]burning up the block
[Am]Buffalo [G]soldier, I know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
[F]burning up the block
[Am]Buffalo soldier, I [G]know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
[F]burning up the block
[Am]This is the medicine,
I'm [G]not like the Bedouin
With this knife I'm burying and
[F]this life I'm treasuring
[Am]Buffalo soldier,
[G]I k[F]now[Am] I'm[G] not a rasta

[Verse 8]
[Am]Buffalo soldier,
you know I'm not [G]a rasta
I used to be a mobster
burning down [F]the block
I [Am]shot the sheriff, the DA,
and the [G]deputy
Sorry Al Sharpton I don't
need you to [F]lecture me
[Am]Maybe I'll stop talking about guns[G]
When you talk about the funds
that they cut for the youth
Let's [Am]cut to the truth,
ain't [G]enough for the youth
So tell me how you judge me til you're
stuck in the [Am]shoes, man!
Where the Congressmen,
[G]where all the Senators?
They're thinking about their green,
not the color of the President?
[Am]This is just a relevance,
survival is the sentiment
Narcotics is the [G]only way you know
that I'm a [F]measure it!
[Am]They say that we are in a post [G]Obama era
Well exactly what that mean? you
[F]needn't make it clearer
Does [Am]it mean that the rich are gonna
finally start to [G]share up
Re- proportion the wealth and make
things [Am]fairer
Asking God "why [G]do poor people suffer"
but now I'm such a hypocrite,
The Rolls Royce mufflers.
[Am]In the gutters nobody never loved us
I am just the [G]result of pain and hunger!

[Verse 9]
[Am]Buffalo [G]soldier, I know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
[F]burning up the block
[C]Buffalo [G]soldier, I know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster
[F]burning up the block
[C]Buffalo [G]soldier, I know I'm not a rasta
I used to be a mobster [F]burning up the block

[Outro 1]
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