Aswad - 54-46 Was My Number (Frederick Hibbert)
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[Intro]
                      A7
Stick it up, mister!, Can you hear what I'm saying now, yeah
A7
Get your hands in the air, sir!   And you will get no hurt, mister, no no no

[Chorus]
       A7           D7                      A7                    D7
I said yeah (I said yeah), Listen what they say (listen what they say)
                     A7           D7                      A7                    D7
Can you hear me say, yeah? (yeah yeah),  Listen what they say (listen what they say)

[Verse]
       A7                          D7                 A7                  D7
Do you believe I would take such a thing with me, And give it to a police man?
           A7          D7                        A7            D7
I wouldn't do that, oh no (ooh, ooh), I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)
         A7               D7              A7                       D7
And if I do that, I would say "Sir,  Come on and put the charge on me"
           A7            D7               A7            D7
I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh), I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)
          A7           D7               A7                            D7
I'm not a fool to hurt myself, So I was innocent of what they done to me
          A7             D7                              A7         D7
They were wrong (give it to me one more time), They were wrong (ooh yeah)

[Pre-Chorus]
D7  N.C.                    D7    N.C.                         D7  D7
You give it to me one time (huh), You give it to me two times (huh-huh)
N.C.                           D7  D7  D7    N.C.                          D7  D7  D7  D7
You give it to me three times (huh-huh-huh), You give it to me four times (huh-huh-huh-huh)

[Chorus]
A7 D7        A7       D7                   A7                 D7            A7           D7
54-46 was my number, (was my number yeah), Right now, someone else has that number (yeah)
A7 D7        A7       D7                   A7                 D7            A7         D7
54-46 was my number, (was my number yeah), Right now, someone else has that number

[Bridge]
           A7           D7                      A7                    D7
And I said yeah (I said yeah), Listen what they say (listen what they say)
        A7                 D7                      A7                    D7
Can you hear me now? (yeah yeah), Listen what they say (listen what they say)

[Horn Solo]
A7  D7 A7  D7 A7  D7 A7  D7 A7  D7 A7  D7 A7  D7 A7  D7 A7  D7 A7  D7

[Verse]
A7  D7             A7         D7   A7  D7                A7      D7
Oh, work could not control me now, Oh, no bars could not hold me now
     A7                   D7              A7                       D7
They hold I down and they lock-a you way, They try to keep I for a year and a day
    A7                        D7             A7             D7
But through the powers of the Most High God, Got to turn me lose, I say

[Outro]
A7 D7        A7      D7             A7           D7            A7               D7
54-46 was my number, eeeeehh, Right now, someone else has that number (one more time)
A7 D7        A7       D7                   A7                 D7            A7         D7
54-46 was my number, (was my number yeah), Right now, someone else has that number
A7   D7   A7   D7   A7   D7   A7   D7   A7   D7   A7   D7
aniani yay-yay-yay-yay-yay-hubadidadabadedah-deah deah...( Scat)(Fade)