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Wear You To The Ball

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A reggae band formed 1978 in Birmingham, UK. The music grasps from roots reggae and dub to lovers rock and pop. It is the second most commercial successful reggae band with +70 million sold albums. Many of their hits have been stylishly covers of early reggae and rocksteady hits from Jamaica. After success in UK, UB40's won USA with Labour of Love (1983), their first album of covers. UB40 was 1986 the first Western band to play behind the Iron Curtain, live in Moscow, Soviet Union.

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Four years of hard work!

This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!

UB40`s version of 'Wear You To The Ball' with Lead Guitar Intro Riff,Reggae Guitar Chords and Vocals.
And it was a single taken from their 1989 release 'Labour Of Love II'....

[Intro Riff Which Was Also Used To Finish Live]
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|
B|------------|------------|------------|------------|
G|------------|------------|------------|------------|
D|----2-0h2p0-|----2-0h2p0-|----2-0h2p0-|-------0h2~~|
A|3-3---------|3-3---------|3-3---------|3-3--3------|
E|------------|------------|------------|------------|

[Chords]
C Am G F
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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[Chorus Line 1]
C Am G C
I`m gonna wear you to the ball tonight,Put on your best dress tonight.

[Astro Toasting 1]
C
Did you hear what the man said baby?,
Am G C
Well be your best `cause this gonna be a musical test,
F
So come to the school let me take up the musical rule,

Keep the soul brothers!Feel the soul sisters!,

Come to i and maybe you can make it if you try?,
G
So be wise and be changing put on your best,
C G
Because i got you a musical game,Rap it baby,I scrub it,Yeah!
C Am
`Cause i`m tough and on top,And that ain`t no bluff,
G C
Maybe it`s because i got the musical stuff.

[Chorus Line 2]
C Am G C
I`m gonna make you the talk of the town,No use wearing a frown.

[Verse 1]
F
Those other guys may put you down,I`m going to let you wear my crown,
G C G
Though those other guys may put you down,You wear my crown,Wow!.

[Astro Toasting 2]
N.C
Chick a bow,Chick a bow,Chick a bow wow wow!,
C
Give me soul brothers and give me soul sisters don`t beg for no mercy,
Am G
Move it up break it up,It`s in bottle it`s good wow!,
C
She`s got it she`s got it she`s got it she`s got it.

[Verse 2]
F G
Though those other guys may put you down,I`m going to let you wear my crown.

[Astro Toasting 3]
G
Are we gonna have a musical ball?So get on the ball,
C G
And don`t stall i`ll make you baby wow!,It`s in the bottle it`s good!.

[Chorus Line 3]
C Am G C
I`m gonna wear you to the ball tonight,Put on your best dress tonight.

[Astro Toasting 4]
N.C
Huh,That`s for sure!They bring you a musical disk from the flick of my wrist baby wow!,
C
It`s in the bottle,She`s got it she`s got it she`s got it she`s got it Wow!,
Am G C
Chick a bow chick a bow,Chick a bow chick a bow chick a bow wow wow,Come on!.

[Chorus Line 5]
C Am G C
I`m going to wear you to the ball tonight,Put on your best dress tonight,

[Chorus Line 6]
C Am G C
I`m going to make you the talk of the town,No use wearing a frown.

[Outro]
C Am G C C Am G C

h=Hammer On. p=Pull Off. ~=Vibrato.

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