Biography:
Steel Pulse is a British roots reggae band from Birmingham, England. They were the first non-Jamaican act to win the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album for their 1986 album Babylon The Bandit.
Steel Pulse originally formed at Handsworth Wood Boys School, Birmingham, and comprised David Hinds (lead vocals, guitar), Basil Gabbidon (lead guitar, vocals) and Ronnie McQueen (bass).
However, it is Hinds who, as songwriter, has always been the engine behind Steel Pulse
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Other songs:
- A Who Responsible
- Back To My Roots
- Bad Man
- Blues Dance Raid
- Bodyguard
- Bootstraps
- Brown Eyed Girl
- Chant A Psalm
- Earth Crisis
- Find It Quick
- Handsworth Revolution
- Islands Unite
- Ku Klux Klan
- Leggo Beast
- Macka Splaff
- Man No Sober
- Prediction
- Prodigal Son
- Rally Round
- Ravers
- Reggae Fever
- Roller Skates
- Soldiers
- State Of Emergency
- Steppin Out
- Taxi Driver
- Wild Goose Chase
- Your House
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...MAN NO SOBER... by Steel Pulse
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*from 'True Democracy' (1982)*
Intro:
Em F#m Bm A (x2)
Bm G Em A
Woo!
Bm G Em A
Man no sober.
Verse 1:
Bm G Em A
The drunkard he staggers around,
Bm G Em A
The alleys of, cities and towns.
Bm G
His sorrows he tries to drown,
Em A Bm G
So-lution, so-lution, so-lution to his problems,
Em A Bm G
So-lution to his problems, can never be found.
Em A
Booze is what he chooses.
Bridge 1:
Em A Bm G
Like a gypsy, he's tipsy, he drinks too much whiskey.
Em A Bm
Like a gypsy, he's tipsy, he drinks too much.
G Em A
A Mr. Winehead stagger deh,
Bm G Em A
Booze is what he chooses,
Bm G
Booze is what he choose; watch him how he topples over.
Chorus 1:
Bm G Em A, Em
Bm G Em A
Man no sober.
Break:
Bm G Em A
In and out of discotheques, in and out of wine bars.
Bm G Em A
Burned out shell; looks a wreck; got to help him somehow, oh.
Bm G Em A
Greets bartenders, drinks firewater, dance Bossa Nova.
Bm G Em A
Greets bartenders, drinks firewater, dance Bossa Nova; he topples over.
Chorus 2:
Bm G Em A
Man no sober,
Bm G Em A
Man no sober.
Bridge 2:
Em A Bm
Man no sober, man no sober, man no sober.
Em A
Gypsy, he's tipsy, he drinks too much.
Bm G, Em A
Man no sober.
Bm G Em A
Booze is what he chooses,
Bm G Em, Bm G
Booze is what he choose; watch him how he topples over.
Em A
With A... with A,
Bm G Em A
With a bottle in his hand; hang-over.
Bm G Em A
In and out of discotheques, in and out of wine bars.
Bm G Em A
Burned out shell; looks a wreck; got to help him somehow, oh.
Bm G Em A
Greets bartenders, drinks firewater, dance Bossa Nova.
Bm G Em A
Greets bartenders, drinks firewater, dance Bossa Nova; he topples over.
Bm G Em A
Greets bartenders, drinks firewater, dance.
Coda:
Bm G Em A
Man no sober.
Bm G Em A
Watch him how he topples over.
Bm G Em A
Man no sober.
Bm G Em A
Watch him how he topples over.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
Em F#m Bm A G
EADGBE EAD G B E EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x79987 x91111109 799777 577655 355433
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])
------------------...............
*from 'True Democracy' (1982)*
Intro:
Em F#m Bm A (x2)
Bm G Em A
Woo!
Bm G Em A
Man no sober.
Verse 1:
Bm G Em A
The drunkard he staggers around,
Bm G Em A
The alleys of, cities and towns.
Bm G
His sorrows he tries to drown,
Em A Bm G
So-lution, so-lution, so-lution to his problems,
Em A Bm G
So-lution to his problems, can never be found.
Em A
Booze is what he chooses.
Bridge 1:
Em A Bm G
Like a gypsy, he's tipsy, he drinks too much whiskey.
Em A Bm
Like a gypsy, he's tipsy, he drinks too much.
G Em A
A Mr. Winehead stagger deh,
Bm G Em A
Booze is what he chooses,
Bm G
Booze is what he choose; watch him how he topples over.
Chorus 1:
Bm G Em A, Em
Bm G Em A
Man no sober.
Break:
Bm G Em A
In and out of discotheques, in and out of wine bars.
Bm G Em A
Burned out shell; looks a wreck; got to help him somehow, oh.
Bm G Em A
Greets bartenders, drinks firewater, dance Bossa Nova.
Bm G Em A
Greets bartenders, drinks firewater, dance Bossa Nova; he topples over.
Chorus 2:
Bm G Em A
Man no sober,
Bm G Em A
Man no sober.
Bridge 2:
Em A Bm
Man no sober, man no sober, man no sober.
Em A
Gypsy, he's tipsy, he drinks too much.
Bm G, Em A
Man no sober.
Bm G Em A
Booze is what he chooses,
Bm G Em, Bm G
Booze is what he choose; watch him how he topples over.
Em A
With A... with A,
Bm G Em A
With a bottle in his hand; hang-over.
Bm G Em A
In and out of discotheques, in and out of wine bars.
Bm G Em A
Burned out shell; looks a wreck; got to help him somehow, oh.
Bm G Em A
Greets bartenders, drinks firewater, dance Bossa Nova.
Bm G Em A
Greets bartenders, drinks firewater, dance Bossa Nova; he topples over.
Bm G Em A
Greets bartenders, drinks firewater, dance.
Coda:
Bm G Em A
Man no sober.
Bm G Em A
Watch him how he topples over.
Bm G Em A
Man no sober.
Bm G Em A
Watch him how he topples over.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
---------------
Em F#m Bm A G
EADGBE EAD G B E EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x79987 x91111109 799777 577655 355433
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])
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