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O.D.O.O. (Edit Version) Chords

Music by: Fela Kuti
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[Intro 1]
[Dm][Em][Dm][G][Em][G]
[Dm][Em][Dm]

[Verse 1]
[Em]Ah,
I beg, let us [Dm]get down
Into [Em]another [Dm]underground spiritual game
[G]I b[Em]eg, aft[Dm]er my,
"Pass- o, pass- o"
You go der [Em]help me end am [G]with,
[Dm]"Wen"
[G]Because [Em]them go hear,
[G]"We[Em]n", yea[Dm]h...[Em]

[Verse 2]
[Dm]Pass- o, pass- o, pass- o, pass- o
[G]Pass- o, [Em]pass- o, pass- o, pass- o
[Dm]Pass- o, pass- o, pass- o, p[Em]ass- o
Pass- o, pass- o, pass- [Dm]o, pass- o
Pass- o, pass- o, pass- [G]o, pass- o
[Em]Pass- o, pass- o, oh![Am][Dm]
Wen!
Ay, [Em]ay, [Dm]ay, y[Em]eah...

[Verse 3]
[G]When they [Dm]want to call, hey
[G]When they [Em]want to call, [G]yeah
[Dm]When they want to call
Nigerian [G]government
[Em]Them give [Am]am name,
[Em]Feder[Dm]al Military G[Em]overnment
(Federal Military Government)
For Liby[Dm]a dem give am name,
[Em]Liberation Council
[Dm](Liberation Council)
[Em]For Liberia dem [Am]give am name,
Redemp[Dm]tion Council
[Em](Redemption Council)

[Verse 4]
[Dm]For Zaire dey give am name,
[Am]Revolution[Em]ary [Am]Council
(Revolutionary Council)
[Em][Dm][G]
Them get [Em]different, different names
[Dm]For different, different governments[G]
[Em]But the correct name for t[Dm]hem, na

[Verse 5]
Soldier go, [G]soldier [Em]come! (Soldier go,
[Dm]soldier come!)
Soldier go, sol[Em]dier come! (Soldier go,
[Dm]soldier come!)

[Verse 6]
Federal Milit[Em]ary Government
[Dm](Soldier go, soldier come!)
Libya [Em]Liberation Council
(Soldier go, [Dm]soldier come!)
Liberia Redemp[Em]tion
Council
[Dm](Soldier go, soldier come!)
Zaire Revolution[Em]ary Council
(Soldier go, [Dm]soldier come!)

[Verse 7]
Soldier go, sol[G]dier [Em]come! (Soldier go,
[Dm]soldier come!)
Soldier go, [G]soldier [Em]come! (Soldier go,
[Dm]sold[G]ier [Em]come!)[Dm]
Oh!

[Verse 8]
When Obasanjo and Yar'Adua [Dm]Chop belly
full and [Em]go[G][Dm]
Them put civilian [G]friends [Em]for there
Them shout, "Second [Dm]Republic!"[Em]
People wey no [Am]know dey [Dm]happy
People wey know [Em]them dey [G]look
[Dm]Them baptize the civilian

[Verse 9]
[Em]government
Them name am feder
[Dm]al g[Em]overnment
Me I know by their name
[Dm]Me I call them, "Soldier put, so[Em]ldier go"
[G]Yay!
[Dm][Em]

[Verse 10]
[Dm]
Soldier go, soldier [Em]come
Soldier come, [Dm]soldier go
Na so our lives for Africa dey roll
[Em]Since them say we get inde[Dm]pendence
Soldier go, [Am]soldier [Em]come
Soldier come, [Dm]soldier go
The civilian government
wey them [Em]dey
Na soldier dey pro[Dm]tected them

[Verse 11]
Soldier [Dm]go, [Am]soldier [Em]come
Soldier come, [Dm]soldier go
When our lives [Em]roll small
He go go knock [Dm]head for wall
Soldier go, soldier [Em]come
Soldier come, [Dm]soldier go
When our lives roll small
[Em]He go go knock head [Dm]for tree

[Verse 12]
Soldier [Dm]go, [Em]soldier come
Soldier come, [Dm]soldier go
When our lives roll small
[Em]He go go knock head [Dm]for stone
Soldier [Am]go, soldier [Em]come
Soldier come, soldier [Dm]go

[Verse 13]
[Dm]
When I see say [Em]our lives dey roll
Like [Dm]on yeye ball
Wey [Em]one yeye wind
Dey blow from [Dm]one yeye corner
I put my [G]mind for [Em]song
[Am]Kalakuta show [Dm](yeye rolling)
Gaga, [Em]gugu, [Dm]gaga,
gugu (yeye rolling)

[Verse 14]
Look the [G]man [Em]he dey waka
(yeye rolling)
[Dm]Gaga, gugu, [Em]gaga,
[G]gugu [Dm](yeye rolling)
Hungry dey [G]run for [Em]him r[G]ace[Dm][Em][Dm]
(yeye rolling)
Woko, woko, woko, woko (yeye rolling)
I put my mind for [Em]song
Mr. [Dm]Fol low, F[Em]ollow (yeye rolling)
Mr. Follow,
[Dm]Follow [Em](yeye rolling)
Mr. Follow, [Dm]Follow,

[Verse 15]
make you open [Em]eye (yeye rolling)
Mr. [Dm]Follow,
[Em]Follow (yeye rolling)
Mr. Follow, Follow,
[Dm]make you open sense (yeye rolling)
[Em]Mr. Follow,
[Dm]Follow [Em](yeye rolling)
I put my mind for [Dm]song

[Verse 16]
[Em]Zombie o, [Dm]zombie
[Em](yeye rolling)
Zombie o, [Dm]zombie (yeye rolling)
Zombie no go [G]go un[Em]less you tell
am to [Dm]go (yeye rolling)
[Em]And stop (zombie o,
[Dm]zombie) yeye rolling
Attention, quick marchm left [Em]turn
Right turn, about turn,
quick [Dm]march (yeye rolling)
[Em]Zombie o,
[G]zombie [Dm](yeye rolling)

[Verse 17]
Quick march, left [Em]turn, right turn
About turn, quick march,
left [Dm]turn (yeye rolling)
[Em]Zombie o, zombie (yeye[Dm] rolling)
I put my mind for [Em]song
[Dm]Shuffling [Em]and smiling[Dm]
(yeye rolling)
Suffering and [G]smiling
[Em](yeye rolling)
Every [G]day my [Dm]people dey inside bus
[G](ye[Em]ye ro[Dm]lling)
Suffering and [G]smiling[Em]
[Dm](yeye rolling)

[Verse 18]
49 sitting, [G]99 standing[Em][G]
[Dm](yeye rolling)
Suffering and [Em]smiling
(yeye rolling)
Them [G]dey faint, [Dm]them dey wake like
[Em]cock [Dm](yeye rolling)
Suffering and [G]smiling[Em]
(yeye rolling)
Everyday [Dm]na the same t[G]hing
[Em](yey[Dm]e rolling)
Suffering and [G]smiling
[Em](yeye rolling)
I put my mind for [Dm]song

[Verse 19]
Unknown [Dm]soldier
(yeye rolling)
Unknown sol[Dm]dier
(yeye rolling)
Unknown [Dm]soldier (yeye rolling)
That my mama [Em]wey you k[Dm]ill
(unknown soldier)
She is the only mother of nigeri[Dm]a
Which kind injustices [Dm]by
this? (Unknown soldier)
Wetin concern government inside?
[Dm](Unknown soldier)
If na unknown [Dm]soldier
(yeye rolling)
Them turn blue into [Dm]red
(unknown soldier)
Them turn pink into green
(unknown soldier)
[Dm]Soldier

[Verse 20]
[Em]go, [Dm]soldier come
Soldier come, soldier go
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