Biography:
Ken Boothe's (born 1948 in Kingston, Jamaica) is known as "Mr Rocksteady" for his prominence during the musical period 1966-1974 and was a major idol for the to-be members of UB40. Boothe started by recording a version of Sandie Shaw's "Puppet on a String" in 1967. Later the same year, Boothe and Alton Ellis had a successful U.K. tour with the group The Soul Vendors. Under new direction from record producer Lloyd Chalmers, the song "Everything I Own" surprisingly was Number One in the UK in 1974.
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Ken Boothe – Everything I Own /REGGAE MUSIC RELEASED IN UK IN 1974 N TROJAN RECORDS
Intro: F C Bb /Bb C F /F C Bb/Bb C F
C
You sheltered me from harm
Bb F C
Kept me warm, kept me warm
F C
You gave my life to me
Bb F C
Set me free, set me free
Bb C
The finest years I ever knew
Bb C
Is all the years I had with you
F Bb C
And I would give anything I own
F Bb C
Give up my life, my heart, my home
F Bb C
And I would give anything I own
Bb F
Just to have you back again
Dm
If there's someone you know
That won't let you go
Bb
And taking it all for granted
You may lose them one day
Someone takes them away
C
And you don't hear a word they say
F Bb C
And I would give anything I own
F Bb C
Give up my life, my heart, my home
F Bb C
And I would give anything I own
Bb F
Just to have you back again
Bb F
Just to talk to you once again
INTRO BREAK/ F C Bb / Bb C F/F C Bb/Bb C F
Dm
If there's someone you know
That won't let you go
Bb
And taking it all for granted
You may lose them one day
Someone takes them away
C
And you don't hear a word they say
F Bb C
And I would give anything I own
F Bb C
Give up my life, my heart, my home
F Bb C
And I would give anything I own
Bb F
Just to have you back again
Bb F
Just to talk to you once again
Bb F
Just to hold you once again
Bb F
Just to talk to you once again
Intro: F C Bb /Bb C F /F C Bb/Bb C F
C
You sheltered me from harm
Bb F C
Kept me warm, kept me warm
F C
You gave my life to me
Bb F C
Set me free, set me free
Bb C
The finest years I ever knew
Bb C
Is all the years I had with you
F Bb C
And I would give anything I own
F Bb C
Give up my life, my heart, my home
F Bb C
And I would give anything I own
Bb F
Just to have you back again
Dm
If there's someone you know
That won't let you go
Bb
And taking it all for granted
You may lose them one day
Someone takes them away
C
And you don't hear a word they say
F Bb C
And I would give anything I own
F Bb C
Give up my life, my heart, my home
F Bb C
And I would give anything I own
Bb F
Just to have you back again
Bb F
Just to talk to you once again
INTRO BREAK/ F C Bb / Bb C F/F C Bb/Bb C F
Dm
If there's someone you know
That won't let you go
Bb
And taking it all for granted
You may lose them one day
Someone takes them away
C
And you don't hear a word they say
F Bb C
And I would give anything I own
F Bb C
Give up my life, my heart, my home
F Bb C
And I would give anything I own
Bb F
Just to have you back again
Bb F
Just to talk to you once again
Bb F
Just to hold you once again
Bb F
Just to talk to you once again
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