Biography:
Jimmy Cliff OM (Jamaican Order of Merit) born as James Chambers (1 April 1948, St. Catherine, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae musician. He is best known among mainstream audiences for songs like "Sittin' in Limbo", "You Can Get It If You Really Want," "Many Rivers to Cross" and the title track from The Harder They Come, a film soundtrack which helped popularise reggae across the world.
Cliff moved to Kingston in 1962. After he released two singles that failed to make much of an impression
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Other songs:
- I Can See Clearly Now
- The Harder They Come
- You Can Get It If You Really Want
- Blessed Love
- Bongo Man
- Childrens Bread
- Club Paradise
- Come Into My Life
- Guns Of Brixton
- Hard Road To Travel
- Hard To Road To Travel
- Hello Sunshine
- I Got To Move On
- King Of Kings
- Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
- Lonely Streets
- Looking Forward
- Many Rivers To Cross
- Miss Jamaica
- My Ancestors
- No Justice
- One More
- Peace
- People
- Rebel In Me
- Reggae Night
- Remake The World
- Ruby Soho
- Shelter Of Your Love
- Ship Is Sailing
- Sitting In Limbo
- Son Of Man
- Strugglin Man
- Sufferin In The Land
- The Lion Awakes
- Use What I Got
- Vietnam
- We All Are One
- Wonderful World Beautiful People
- World Upside Down
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[Intro]
Dm Gm Dm Gm
Eb Gm Eb Gm
[Verse 1]
Dm Gm
When they kick out your front door
Dm Gm
How you gonna come?
Eb Gm
With your hands on your head
Eb Gm
Or on the trigger of your gun
Dm Gm
When the law breaks in
Dm Gm
How you gonna go?
Eb Gm
Shot down on the pavement
Eb Gm
Or waiting on death row
[Chorus]
Dm Gm
You can crush us, you can bruise us
Dm Gm
But you'll have to answer to
Eb Gm Eb Gm
Ooooooh, guns of Brixton
[Verse 2]
Dm Gm
The money seems good
Dm Gm
And your life you like it well
Eb Gm
But surely your time will come
Eb Gm
As in heaven or as in hell
[Instrumental]
Dm Gm Dm Gm
Eb Gm Eb Gm x2
[Verse 3]
Dm Gm
You know he feels like Ivan
Dm Gm
Born under the Brixton sun
Eb Gm
His game is called survivin'
Eb Gm
At the end of the harder they come
Dm Gm
You know it means no mercy
Dm Gm
They caught him with a gun
Eb Gm
No need for the Black Maria
Eb Gm
Goodbye to the Brixton sun
[Chorus]
Dm Gm
You can crush us, you can bruise us
Dm Gm
But you'll have to answer to
Eb Gm Eb Gm
Ooooooh, guns of Brixton
[Instrumental]
Dm Gm Dm Gm
Eb Gm Eb Gm
[Verse 4]
Dm Gm
When they kick out your front door
Dm Gm
How you gonna come?
Eb Gm
With your hands on your head
Eb Gm
Or on the trigger of your gun
Dm Gm
When the law breaks in
Dm Gm
How you gonna go?
Eb Gm
Shot down on the pavement
Eb Gm
Or waiting on death row
[Chorus]
Dm Gm
You can crush us, you can bruise us
Dm Gm
But you'll have to answer to
Eb Gm Eb Gm
Ooooooh, guns of Brixton
[Chorus]
Dm Gm
You can shot us, you can bruise us
Dm
You can even shoot us
Gm
But you'll have to answer to
Eb Gm Eb Gm
Ooooooh, guns of Brixton
[Outro]
Dm Gm Dm Gm
Eb Gm Eb Gm x5
Dm Gm Dm Gm
Eb Gm Eb Gm
[Verse 1]
Dm Gm
When they kick out your front door
Dm Gm
How you gonna come?
Eb Gm
With your hands on your head
Eb Gm
Or on the trigger of your gun
Dm Gm
When the law breaks in
Dm Gm
How you gonna go?
Eb Gm
Shot down on the pavement
Eb Gm
Or waiting on death row
[Chorus]
Dm Gm
You can crush us, you can bruise us
Dm Gm
But you'll have to answer to
Eb Gm Eb Gm
Ooooooh, guns of Brixton
[Verse 2]
Dm Gm
The money seems good
Dm Gm
And your life you like it well
Eb Gm
But surely your time will come
Eb Gm
As in heaven or as in hell
[Instrumental]
Dm Gm Dm Gm
Eb Gm Eb Gm x2
[Verse 3]
Dm Gm
You know he feels like Ivan
Dm Gm
Born under the Brixton sun
Eb Gm
His game is called survivin'
Eb Gm
At the end of the harder they come
Dm Gm
You know it means no mercy
Dm Gm
They caught him with a gun
Eb Gm
No need for the Black Maria
Eb Gm
Goodbye to the Brixton sun
[Chorus]
Dm Gm
You can crush us, you can bruise us
Dm Gm
But you'll have to answer to
Eb Gm Eb Gm
Ooooooh, guns of Brixton
[Instrumental]
Dm Gm Dm Gm
Eb Gm Eb Gm
[Verse 4]
Dm Gm
When they kick out your front door
Dm Gm
How you gonna come?
Eb Gm
With your hands on your head
Eb Gm
Or on the trigger of your gun
Dm Gm
When the law breaks in
Dm Gm
How you gonna go?
Eb Gm
Shot down on the pavement
Eb Gm
Or waiting on death row
[Chorus]
Dm Gm
You can crush us, you can bruise us
Dm Gm
But you'll have to answer to
Eb Gm Eb Gm
Ooooooh, guns of Brixton
[Chorus]
Dm Gm
You can shot us, you can bruise us
Dm
You can even shoot us
Gm
But you'll have to answer to
Eb Gm Eb Gm
Ooooooh, guns of Brixton
[Outro]
Dm Gm Dm Gm
Eb Gm Eb Gm x5
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