G Am7 Bm7 Am7
Bm7 Am7 G Am7
(Scoop, scoop, scoop, scoo-doo
Bm7 Am7
Scoop, scoop wa-doo.)
[Verse 1]
Bm7 C D
Up a cane river to wash my dread
Bm7 C D
Upon a rock I rest my head
Bm7 C G/B
There I vision through the seas of oppression, oh-oo-wo!
Am7 D
Don't make my life a prison
[Chorus]
Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7
We come from Trench Town, Trench Town (Trench town)
Bm7 Am7
Most of them come from Trench Town
G Bm7 Em
We free the people with music (sweet music)
G Bm7 Em
Can we free the people with music (sweet music)?
G Bm7 Em
Can we free our people with music? - With music
Em7 Em
With music, oh music
[Verse 2]
Bm7 C D
Oh-y, my head
Bm7 C D
In desolate places we'll find our bread
Bm7 C G/B
And everyone see what's taking place, oh-oo-wo!
Am7 D
Another page in history
[Chorus]
Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7
We come from Trench Town, Trench Town (Trench town)
Bm7 Am7
Most of them come from Trench Town
G Bm7 Em
We free the people with music (sweet music)
G Bm7 Em
Can we free the people with music (sweet music)?
G Bm7 Em
Can we free our people with music? - With music
Em7 Em
With music, oh music
[Verse 3]
Bm7 C D
They say it's hard to speak
Bm7 C D
They feel so strong to say we are weak
Bm7 C G/B
But through the eyes the love of our people, oh-oo-wo!
Am7 D
They've got to repay
[Chorus]
Bm7 Am7
We come from (Trench town) Trench Town
Bm7 Am7
We come from (Trench town) Trench Town
Bm7 Am7
Trench - Trench Town (Trench town)
Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7
They say, "Can anything good come out of Trench Town?
(Trench - Trench town)
Bm7 Am7
That's what they say, (Trench town); (Trench - Trench town)
Bm7 Am7
Say (Trench - Trench town) we're the underprivileged people
Bm7 Am7
So (Trench town) they keep us in chains
Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Am7
"Pay (Trench - Trench town) - pay - pay tribute to -" (Trench town)
Bm7 Am7
We come from (Trench - Trench town)
Bm7 Am7
We come from (Trench - Trench town)
Bm7
Just because we come from Trench Town
Am7 Bm7
Not because we come from Trench Town
Am7 Bm7 Am7
Just because we come from (Trench town) [fadeout]
