Skankin Sweet

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[Chorus]
Gm        Gm        Dm      C
  Skankin', groovin', hallelujah
Gm        Gm        Dm  C
  Skankin', groovin,    help me Jah 
Jah
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yeah  Skankin', groovin',   under 
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pressure
Gm            Gm        Dm      C
yeah  Skankin', groovin'

[Verse 1]
Gm          Gm                   
  Under the pressures of a life 
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and it tough
         C                      Gm
Nuh stay down mama, time fi get up
                    Gm             
Nuh bother with the downful style, 
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strictly up full vibes   and pick it
 up
          Gm                       
When the bills dem, the rent and 
  Gm          Dm       C
the mortgage due    yeah    weh' mi 
chalice?
           Gm                      
When your best friends are gone and
      Gm        Dm             
 it's only you  yeah  light up a 
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spliff turn up the music

[Refrain]
         Gm
Skankin' sweet,
     Gm              Dm
everybody wanna feel irie
            C                      
Forget your troubles and rock with 
Gm
me
        Gm                    Dm  
You nuh feel how reggae music 
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sweet, yeah-e-yeah
          Gm
Skankin' sweet
      Gm               Dm
Everybody wanna feel irie
             C                     
Forget your troubles and rock with 
Gm
me
        Gm                    Dm  
You nuh feel how reggae music 
               C
sweet, yeah-e-yeah

[Verse 2]
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          Gm             Gm 
Skankin' sweet for every pain 
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there's a melody, yeah, for every 
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trouble there's a harmony
Gm                            Gm 
    That brings everything 
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together   so make we sing together
    Gm               Gm        Dm
And who say life nuh hard? And 
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every man got their struggle
  Gm                  Gm    Dm   
I begging you help me Lord, let 
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me overcome my troubles

[Refrain]
         Gm
Skankin' sweet,
     Gm              Dm
everybody wanna feel irie
            C                      
Forget your troubles and rock with 
Gm
me
        Gm                    Dm  
You nuh feel how reggae music 
               C
sweet, yeah-e-yeah
          Gm
Skankin' sweet
      Gm               Dm
Everybody wanna feel irie
             C                     
Forget your troubles and rock with 
Gm
me
        Gm                    Dm  
You nuh feel how reggae music 
               C
sweet, yeah-e-yeah

[Bridge]
         Am          Am           
Skankin' sweet, we skankin' til ah
Gm      Gm
 morning come
                 Am                
(skankin' til ah morning) Until the
  Am          Gm             
 day when my troubles are gone 
  Gm
(troubles are gone)
      Am           Am           
Hallelujah, we're groovin' inna 
Gm            Gm
Jah Jah name (groovin' inna Jah Jah 
name)
Am       Am              Gm     
   We're groovin' all my 
       Gm
troubles away

[Refrain]
         Gm
Skankin' sweet,
     Gm              Dm
everybody wanna feel irie
            C                      
Forget your troubles and rock with 
Gm
me
        Gm                    Dm  
You nuh feel how reggae music 
               C
sweet, yeah-e-yeah
          Gm
Skankin' sweet
      Gm               Dm
Everybody wanna feel irie
             C                     
Forget your troubles and rock with 
Gm
me
        Gm                    Dm  
You nuh feel how reggae music 
               C
sweet, yeah-e-yeah

[Refrain]
         Gm
Skankin' sweet,
     Gm              Dm
everybody wanna feel irie
            C                      
Forget your troubles and rock with 
Gm
me
        Gm                    Dm  
You nuh feel how reggae music 
               C
sweet, yeah-e-yeah
          Gm
Skankin' sweet
      Gm               Dm
Everybody wanna feel irie
             C                     
Forget your troubles and rock with 
Gm
me
        Gm                    Dm  
You nuh feel how reggae music 
               C
sweet, yeah-e-yeah

[Other]
Gm     Gm               Dm   C
   I'm gonna be skankin'   I wanna 
be skankin'
Gm     Gm               Dm      
   I'm gonna be skankin'   I 
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wanna be skankin'   woah
Gm     Gm    Dm   C
     woah
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     woah
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woah (hey) woah (hey) woah (hey, 
hey)