Biografia:
Eddy Grant ou Edmond Montague Grant (Plaisance, 5 de março de 1948) é um músico da Guiana. Muito jovem, seus pais emigraram para o Reino Unido, onde ele se estabeleceu. Em 1968, como guitarrista e compositor do grupo multi-racial The Equals, ele alcançou pela primeira vez o topo das paradas de sucesso, com a canção Baby Come Back.
Muitas de suas composições têm forte cunho político, especialmente as que escreveu contra o apartheid da África do Sul.
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Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
[60 bpm, with reggae feel]
[Intro]
F# (II) - G# (IV) - A#m (VI), A#m - G# - F#
F# - G# - A#m, F# -- G#
You invite me to a
[Chorus]
A#m(I)
War party, me no wanna go,
F#(II) G#(IV)
Everybody seem to be inviting me to a
A#m
War party, me no wanna go,
F# G# A#m
Heard about the last one so thanks but no thank you-hoo, ah you-hoo
[Verse 1]
A#m A#m
You killed off all the Indians and you killed off all the slaves
F# G#
But not quite so you killed off the remains
A#m A#m
You a look for me, I'm looking for you
F# G#
I can't believe what they say about you is true
[Hook 1]
A#m F#
That you're a bad star just like Pharaoh
A#m F#
You killed the children just like Pharaoh
A#m F#
Now you send a ticket for me
G#
It don't have R.S.V.P.
Oh Lord it's a
[Chorus]
G# (5x)
[Verse 2]
You've invited all our wise men many time before
To dance around your fires and even out your scores
And when tolls taken of the valiant and the brave
The only decoration is the one upon the graves
[Hook 1]
[Chorus]
G# (5x)
[Solo]
[Hook 2]
Please don't send no ticket for me
No don't send no ticket
No don't send no ticket for me
If it don't have R.S.V.P.
Oh Lord it's a
[Chorus]
F# G#
Do you wanna go, say no
F# G#
Oh, do you wanna-na-na go, say no
F# G#
Me no wanna go right now
F# G#
Me no wanna go right now
They invite me to a
[Chorus until fade out]
[Intro]
F# (II) - G# (IV) - A#m (VI), A#m - G# - F#
F# - G# - A#m, F# -- G#
You invite me to a
[Chorus]
A#m(I)
War party, me no wanna go,
F#(II) G#(IV)
Everybody seem to be inviting me to a
A#m
War party, me no wanna go,
F# G# A#m
Heard about the last one so thanks but no thank you-hoo, ah you-hoo
[Verse 1]
A#m A#m
You killed off all the Indians and you killed off all the slaves
F# G#
But not quite so you killed off the remains
A#m A#m
You a look for me, I'm looking for you
F# G#
I can't believe what they say about you is true
[Hook 1]
A#m F#
That you're a bad star just like Pharaoh
A#m F#
You killed the children just like Pharaoh
A#m F#
Now you send a ticket for me
G#
It don't have R.S.V.P.
Oh Lord it's a
[Chorus]
G# (5x)
[Verse 2]
You've invited all our wise men many time before
To dance around your fires and even out your scores
And when tolls taken of the valiant and the brave
The only decoration is the one upon the graves
[Hook 1]
[Chorus]
G# (5x)
[Solo]
[Hook 2]
Please don't send no ticket for me
No don't send no ticket
No don't send no ticket for me
If it don't have R.S.V.P.
Oh Lord it's a
[Chorus]
F# G#
Do you wanna go, say no
F# G#
Oh, do you wanna-na-na go, say no
F# G#
Me no wanna go right now
F# G#
Me no wanna go right now
They invite me to a
[Chorus until fade out]
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