Biography:
The Ruts were a reggae-influenced British punk rock band, notable for the 1979 Top 10 hit "Babylon's Burning." Thier debut album The Crack was produced by Mick Glossop and released in September 1979, reaching number 16 in the UK Albums Chart. Singles "Babylon's Burning" and "Something That I Said" were re-recorded for the album. The band were active in anti-racist causes and played a number of benefits for Rock Against Racism.
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Jah War
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ARTIST: The Ruts
ALBUM: The Crack
YEAR: 1979
tabbed by : pp1pete
CAPO: 0
TUNING: standard
INTRO Bass lick
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----7--5-----5--7---------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------7---------------------------------------------------------------|
Em Bm Em D
VERSE 1
Em
The air was thick with a smell of oppression
Bm
The militants joined with angry position
Em
Redemption type with a strain of repression
D6
Young blood boiling hot with agression
CHORUS
Am G
Jah war fighting fighting
Am D
Jah war, too close frightening
BRIDGE
Em Bm Em D
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------5-----------------------5----------------------------|
A|----10--9--7--10-9-7--------10--9--7--10-9-7------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE2
Em
The winds were blowing and stirring up reaction
Bm
A storm broke out a militant action
Em
Hot heads came in uniform
D
Thunder and lightning in a violent form
CHORUS
Am G
Jah war fighting fighting
Am D
Jah war, too close frightening
BRIDGE
Em Bm Em D
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------5-----------------------5----------------------------|
A|----10--9--7--10-9-7--------10--9--7--10-9-7------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
INSTRUMENTAL
Em - Bm - Em - D
CHORUS
Am G
Jah war fighting fighting
Am D
Jah war, too close frightening
VERSE 3
Em
The air was thick with a smell of oppression
Bm
The militants joined with angry position
Em
Redemption type with a strain of repression
D
Young blood boiling hot with agression
CHORUS
Am G
Jah war fighting fighting
Am D
Jah war, too close frightening
CHORUS 2
Em Bm
Fighting fighting Jah war
Em D
Too close frightening Jah war
Em Bm
Fighting fighting Jah war
Em D
Too close frightening Jah war
VERSE 4
Am
Clarence Baker
G
No trouble maker
Am
Said the truncheon came down
G
Knocked him to the ground
Am
Said the blood on the streets that day
G
The blood and the madness
Am
Said the blood on the streets that day
D
....Hey
ENDING
Em Bm
Fighting fighting Jah war
Em Bm
Fighting fighting Jah war
Em Bm
Fighting fighting Jah war
Em D
Fighting fighting Jah war
Jah War
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ARTIST: The Ruts
ALBUM: The Crack
YEAR: 1979
tabbed by : pp1pete
CAPO: 0
TUNING: standard
INTRO Bass lick
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----7--5-----5--7---------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------7---------------------------------------------------------------|
Em Bm Em D
VERSE 1
Em
The air was thick with a smell of oppression
Bm
The militants joined with angry position
Em
Redemption type with a strain of repression
D6
Young blood boiling hot with agression
CHORUS
Am G
Jah war fighting fighting
Am D
Jah war, too close frightening
BRIDGE
Em Bm Em D
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------5-----------------------5----------------------------|
A|----10--9--7--10-9-7--------10--9--7--10-9-7------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE2
Em
The winds were blowing and stirring up reaction
Bm
A storm broke out a militant action
Em
Hot heads came in uniform
D
Thunder and lightning in a violent form
CHORUS
Am G
Jah war fighting fighting
Am D
Jah war, too close frightening
BRIDGE
Em Bm Em D
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------5-----------------------5----------------------------|
A|----10--9--7--10-9-7--------10--9--7--10-9-7------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
INSTRUMENTAL
Em - Bm - Em - D
CHORUS
Am G
Jah war fighting fighting
Am D
Jah war, too close frightening
VERSE 3
Em
The air was thick with a smell of oppression
Bm
The militants joined with angry position
Em
Redemption type with a strain of repression
D
Young blood boiling hot with agression
CHORUS
Am G
Jah war fighting fighting
Am D
Jah war, too close frightening
CHORUS 2
Em Bm
Fighting fighting Jah war
Em D
Too close frightening Jah war
Em Bm
Fighting fighting Jah war
Em D
Too close frightening Jah war
VERSE 4
Am
Clarence Baker
G
No trouble maker
Am
Said the truncheon came down
G
Knocked him to the ground
Am
Said the blood on the streets that day
G
The blood and the madness
Am
Said the blood on the streets that day
D
....Hey
ENDING
Em Bm
Fighting fighting Jah war
Em Bm
Fighting fighting Jah war
Em Bm
Fighting fighting Jah war
Em D
Fighting fighting Jah war
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