Bunny Wailer - Blackheart man

^D Tikya the Blackheart ^A7Man, children ^D I say, ^A7don't go near him ^D Tikya the Blackheart ^A7Man children ^D For even ^A7lions fear him ^D Tikya the Blackheart ^A7Man, children ^D I say, ^A7don't go near him ^D Tikya the Blackheart ^A7Man children ^D For even ^A7lions fear him

^DGrowing in a neighbour^A7hood for such a ^Dlong time^A7 That is ^Dfilled with fear^{A7 D A7} I ^Dcan't go here, ^A7can't go there ^DAnd I ain't sup^A7posed to ^Bmgo anywhere, anywhere at all^{Bm A7 D}When I ask my ^A7Mom if she could ^Dlet me, let ^A7me Go ^Dout and play^A7 like little ^Dchildren do^A7 She said be ^Dcareful of the s^A7tranger ^DGiving candies to ^A7children And then ^Bmtake them away, yeah^{Bm A7}

^G He lives in the ^Dgullies of the city ^A7 He's the Blackheart Man, y'all,^A7 the Blackheart Man ^G Even in the ^Dlonely parts of the country ^A7 Mind the Blackheart Man, y'all,^A7 the Blackheart Man ^G He ain't got no ^Dfriend, no home, no family ^A7 He's the Blackheart Man, y'all,^A7 that's the Blackheart Man ^G He is famed to ^Dlive just like the Gypsy ^A7 He's the Blackheart Man,^A7 yeah

^DGrowing and learning and ^A7gathering, ^Dfor myself^A7 A little more ex^Dperience^A7 jumping ^Dover the fence^A7 Curi^Dousity has ^A7brought me, yes, it's ^Dbrought me^A7 A little ^Bmcommon-sense, yeah^{Bm A7 D}Trodding the road of ^A7life I've ^Dcome to^A7 this one con^Dclusion^{A7 D A7} That every^Dthing is equal ^A7under the sun ^DAll that is cre^A7ated by Jah ^Bmmighty hand, yeah^{Bm A7} And he said ^Dknock and it shall be ^A7opened ^DSeek and ye shall ^A7find ^DWisdom is found in the ^A7simplest of places ^D In the nick of time^{A7 D}Knock and it shall be ^A7opened ^DSeek and ye shall ^A7find ^BmWisdom is found in the simplest of places ^Bm In the nick of ^A7time

^G Now I trod the ^Dsame road of aflictions ^A7 Just like the Blackheart Man,^A7 just like the Blackheart Man ^G Getting my share ^Dof humiliation ^A7 Just like the Blackheart Man, y'all,^A7 just like the Blackheart Man ^G You'll find me in the ^Dprison of the dungeons ^A7 Just like the Blackheart Man, yeah,^A7 like the Blackheart Man ^G I even get blamed^D without a reason ^A7 Just like the Blackheart Man,^A7 just like the Blackheart man, y'all

^D No cross, no ^A7crown, no sorrow, no ^Dlaughter ^A7Trial and crosses ^Dinna I way^{A7 D A7 D} But the hotter the ^A7battle is the ^Dsweeter^A7 Jah Jah ^Bmvictory,^Bm oh weh^{A7 D}Ancient children ^A7use to say If you ^Dwant good, your nose got to ^A7run, run, run ^D How could the ^A7world go free and ^Dlet Jah bear the cross a^A7lone And ^Dthem that drink of the ^A7old wine, ^Dhath no place^{A7 D}For the new,^{A7 D}for the new^A7 And the s^Dtones that are head of the ^A7corner are the ^Dsame ones^A7 That the ^Dbuilders refused^{A7 D A7}Hear me when I say now

^D Now, it's the Blackheart ^A7Man, children ^D Who've become the ^A7wonder of the city ^D It's the Blackheart ^A7Man, children (fading)