One Drop Chords & Tabs

by Bob Marley

[Content]
ONE DROP
From Survival (1979)

[Intro]
| C | % | Dm7 | % |
(Na, na, na na ...)
| C | % | Dm7 | % |
(Na, na, na na ...)

[Chorus]
               C       Am
Feel it in the one drop
          Dm                    G
And we'll still find time to rap
                 C       Am
We're making the one stop
Dm             G  
The generation gap
             C       Am
So feel this drumbeat
Dm              G 
As it beats within
          C     Am
Playing a rhythm
  Dm                  G              
Resisting against the system, ooh-we!


[Post-Chorus]
C            Am           Dm  
I know Jah'd never let us down
          G                
Pull your rights from wrong
C            Am           Dm  
I know Jah'd never let us down
          G         
Oh no! oh no! oh no!

[Verse]
C                        Am  
They made their world so hard
     Dm                    G       
Everyday we got to keep on fighting
C                        Am  
They made their world so hard
     Dm                 G          
Everyday the people are dying, yeah
C              Am        
For hunger and starvation
(Dread, dread, it dread, dread)
Dm G       
lamentation
(Dread, dread, it dread, dread)
C              Am        
But read it in Revelation
(Dread, dread, it dread, dread)
Dm          G              
You'll find your redemption
(Dread, dread, it dread ...)

[Bridge]
             C                           Am     
And then you give us the teaching of His Majesty
          Dm7              G      
For we no want no devil philosophy
    C                           Am     
You give us the teaching of His Majesty
          Dm7              G      
For we no want no devil philosophy

[Chorus]
               C       Am
Feel it in the one drop
          Dm                    G
And we'll still find time to rap
                 C       Am
We're making the one stop
Dm                    G  
And we're filling the gap
             C       Am
So feel this drumbeat
Dm              G 
As it beats within
          C     Am
Playing a rhythm
  Dm             G            
Fighting against ism and skism

[Post-Chorus]
C            Am           Dm  
I know Jah'd never let us down
          G                
Pull your rights from wrong
C            Am           Dm  
I know Jah'd never let us down
          G         
Oh no! oh no! oh no!

[Verse]
C                        Am  
They made their world so hard
     Dm7                    G                        
Everyday (we got to keep on fighting) - every day ...
C                        Am  
They made their world so hard
     Dm7                 G     
Everyday (the people are dying)
 C                Am           
(Dread, dread, it dread, dread)
 Dm            G               
(Dread, dread, dread, oh dread)
 C                Am           
(Dread, dread, it dread, dread)
 Dm            G         
(Dread, dread, dread ...)

[Bridge]
    C                           Am     
You give us the teaching of His Majesty
          Dm7              G                      
For we no want no devil philosophy - Can you hear?
    C                           Am     
You give us the teaching of His Majesty
          Dm7              G      
For we no want no devil philosophy

[Chorus]
                  C          Am        
We feel it in the one drop, we're lucky
       Dm                G  
For we still got time to rap
                     C          Am           
And we're making the one stop, let me tell ya
Dm                 G
This generation gap
             C       Am
So feel this drumbeat
Dm               G

(fade out over last lines)