Biography:
Jamaican ska vocal group The Maytals became a reggae band in 1971, renamed Toots and The Maytals with Toots Hibbert (Frederick Nathaniel Hibbert) as front figure. The band won a 2005 Grammy award for the album True Love. Funky Kingston in early 70s is on Rolling Stone's list The Greatest Albums of All Time. The bass line in "54-46" is one of the most covered in pop music. Songs such as "Monkey Man", "Pressure Drop", "Bam Bam", among others, made them favorites for the early skinhead movement of white working-class youth in UK.
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Other songs:
- Monkey Man
- Sweet And Dandy
- Take Me Home Country Roads
- 54 46 Thats My Number
- 54 46 Was My Number
- Celia
- Country Roads
- Dilly Dally
- In The Dark
- It Must Be True Love
- Its You
- Love Gonna Walk Out On Me
- Love Is Gonna Let Me Down
- Pomp And Pride
- Pressure Drop
- Redemption Songs
- Reggae Got Soul
- Sailing On
- Shes My Scorcher
- Still Is Still Moving To Me
- Time Tough
- Walk With Love
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[Title]54-46 Was My Number (Modern Version)
[intro]
G7
Stick it up, mister!
G7
Can you hear what I'm saying now, yeah (Mufflin Eh no no no)
G7
Get your hands in the air, sir! (Uhhh...Yeah..)
And you will get no hurt, mister, no no no
[chorus 1]
G7 C7
I said yeah (I said yeah)
G7 C7
Listen what they say (listen what they say)
G7 C7
Can you hear me say, yeah? (yeah yeah)
G7 C7
Listen what they say (listen what they say)
[verse 1]
G7 C7
Do you believe I would take such a thing with me
G7 C7
And give it to a police man?
G7 C7
I wouldn't do that, oh no (ooh, ooh)
G7 C7
I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)
G7 C7
And if I do that, I would say "Sir
G7 C7
Come on and put the charge on me"
G7 C7
I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)
G7 C7
I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)
G7 C7
I'm not a fool to hurt myself
G7 C7
So I was innocent of what they done to me
G7 C7
They were wrong (give it to me one more time)
G7 C7
They were wrong (ooh yeah)
[pre chorus]
C7
You give it to me one time (huh)
C7 C7
You give it to me two times (huh-huh)
C7 C7 C7
You give it to me three times (huh-huh-huh)
C7 C7 C7 C7
You give it to me four times (huh-huh-huh-huh)
[chorus 2]
G7 C7 G7 C7
54-46 was my number, eeeeehh
G7 C7 G7
Right now, someone else has that number (one more time)
G7 C7 G7 C7
54-46 was my number, (was my number yeah)
G7 C7 G7
Right now, someone else has that number
[chorus 1]
G7 C7
I said yeah (I said yeah)
G7 C7
Listen what they say (listen what they say)
G7 C7
Can you hear me now? (yeah yeah)
G7 C7
Listen what they say (listen what they say)
[solo]
G7 C7
I gotta tipitipitipitii aniani yay-yay-yay-yay-yay-hubadidadabadedah-deah deah...( Scat)
[bridge]
C7
You give it to me one time (huh)
C7 C7
You give it to me two times (huh-huh)
D7 D7 D7 D7
Give it Give it Give it Give it
D7 D7 D7 D7
Give it Give it Give it Give it
D7 D7 D7 D7
Give it Noh Noh Noh
D7 D7 D7 D7
Noh Oh
[solo]
G7 C7
I gotta tipitipitipitii aniani yay-yay-yay-yay-yay-hubadidadabadedah-deah deah...( Scat)
[chorus 2]
G7 C7 G7 C7
54-46 was my number, eeeeehh
G7 C7 G7
Right now, someone else has that number
(Fade Out)
[intro]
G7
Stick it up, mister!
G7
Can you hear what I'm saying now, yeah (Mufflin Eh no no no)
G7
Get your hands in the air, sir! (Uhhh...Yeah..)
And you will get no hurt, mister, no no no
[chorus 1]
G7 C7
I said yeah (I said yeah)
G7 C7
Listen what they say (listen what they say)
G7 C7
Can you hear me say, yeah? (yeah yeah)
G7 C7
Listen what they say (listen what they say)
[verse 1]
G7 C7
Do you believe I would take such a thing with me
G7 C7
And give it to a police man?
G7 C7
I wouldn't do that, oh no (ooh, ooh)
G7 C7
I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)
G7 C7
And if I do that, I would say "Sir
G7 C7
Come on and put the charge on me"
G7 C7
I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)
G7 C7
I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)
G7 C7
I'm not a fool to hurt myself
G7 C7
So I was innocent of what they done to me
G7 C7
They were wrong (give it to me one more time)
G7 C7
They were wrong (ooh yeah)
[pre chorus]
C7
You give it to me one time (huh)
C7 C7
You give it to me two times (huh-huh)
C7 C7 C7
You give it to me three times (huh-huh-huh)
C7 C7 C7 C7
You give it to me four times (huh-huh-huh-huh)
[chorus 2]
G7 C7 G7 C7
54-46 was my number, eeeeehh
G7 C7 G7
Right now, someone else has that number (one more time)
G7 C7 G7 C7
54-46 was my number, (was my number yeah)
G7 C7 G7
Right now, someone else has that number
[chorus 1]
G7 C7
I said yeah (I said yeah)
G7 C7
Listen what they say (listen what they say)
G7 C7
Can you hear me now? (yeah yeah)
G7 C7
Listen what they say (listen what they say)
[solo]
G7 C7
I gotta tipitipitipitii aniani yay-yay-yay-yay-yay-hubadidadabadedah-deah deah...( Scat)
[bridge]
C7
You give it to me one time (huh)
C7 C7
You give it to me two times (huh-huh)
D7 D7 D7 D7
Give it Give it Give it Give it
D7 D7 D7 D7
Give it Give it Give it Give it
D7 D7 D7 D7
Give it Noh Noh Noh
D7 D7 D7 D7
Noh Oh
[solo]
G7 C7
I gotta tipitipitipitii aniani yay-yay-yay-yay-yay-hubadidadabadedah-deah deah...( Scat)
[chorus 2]
G7 C7 G7 C7
54-46 was my number, eeeeehh
G7 C7 G7
Right now, someone else has that number
(Fade Out)
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