...TOP RANKIN'... by Bob Marley -----------------.............. *from 'Survival' (1979)* Intro: Am Verse 1:

^Am They don't want to ^Fsee us u-^Amnite. ^F All they want us to do is, ^G Keep on fussing and fighting.

^Am They don't want to ^Fsee us live to-^Amgether. ^F All they want us to do is, ^G Keep on killing one another.

Chorus 1:

^F Top rankin', ^G top rankin', Are you ^Amskankin'? (Skankin', skankin'), Are you skankin'? (Skankin', skankin'). Woah-ho, ^Ftop rankin', ah, did you ^Gmean what you said now? Are you,^Am how are you, are you, Lord, Lord. (Skankin', skankin').

Verse 2:

They say the ^Gblood runs, and it runs through our line, And our ^Fhearts, heart of hearts di-^Amvine. ^G And John saw them comin', A-with the ^Ftruth from an ancient ^Amtime.

Brotherly ^Flove, (brotherly love), The sisterly ^Glove, (brotherly love). I feel this ^Ammorning, I feel this morning. Brotherly ^Flove, (brotherly love), The sisterly ^Glove, (brotherly love). I feel this ^Ammorning, I feel this morning.

Verse 3:

^Am They don't want ^Fto... u-^Amnite. ^F All they want us to do is, ^G Keep on fussing and fighting.

^Am They don't want to ^Fsee us live to-^Amgether. ^F All they want us to do is, ^G Keep on killing one another.

Chorus 2:

^F Top rankin',^G did you mean what you said now? Are you ^Amskankin'? (Skankin', skankin'), Are you skankin'? (Skankin', skankin'). ^F Top rankin',^G did you mean what you said now? Are you? ^Am(Skankin', skankin'), Are you? (Skankin', skankin').

^F Top rankin', top rankin',^G top rankin', top rankin', Are you? ^Am(Skankin', skankin'), Are you? (Skankin', skankin').

(Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- Am F G EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x24432 355433 577655 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Bob Marley - Top rankin