Small Axe Chords & Tabs

by Bob Marley

[Intro]
Eb  Bb  Bb7  F  Bb  Bb7

[Verse 1]
Eb                Bb      F        
Why boasteth thy-self o heathen men
Eb       Bb                  F    
Playing smart and not being clever
             Eb             Bb
I say you're working iniqui-ty
            F            F7    
To a-chieve vanity if a-so a-so
        Eb          Bb                     F  F7
But the goodness of Jah-Jah en-dureth for-ever

[Chorus 1]
               Eb  Bb  Bb7
If you are the big tree
           Eb    Bb Bb7
We are the small axe
             Eb      Bb     Bb7     
Sharpened to cut you down well sharp
         Eb      Bb       Bb7
Ready to cut you down oh yeah

[Verse 2]
Eb             Bb           F   
These are the words of my Master
Eb  Bb               F     
No weak heart shall prosper
    Eb                  Bb 
And whosoever diggeth a pit
      F                 F7       
Shall fall in it shall fall in it
Eb                   Bb
Whosoever diggeth a pit
      F                 F7       
Shall bury in it shall bury in it

[Chorus 2]
               Eb  Bb  Bb7
If you are the big tree
           Eb    Bb Bb7
We are the small axe
             Eb      Bb     Bb7     
Sharpened to cut you down well sharp
         Eb      Bb  Bb7
Ready to cut you down

[Bridge 1]
Eb                 Bb      F       Bb
Oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh to cut you down
Eb                 Bb      F       Bb
Oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh to cut you down

[Verse 3]
Eb                   Bb
Whosoever diggeth a pit
      F                 F7       
Shall bury in it shall bury in it

[Chorus 3]
               Eb  Bb  Bb7
If you are the big tree
           Eb    Bb Bb7
We are the small axe
             Eb      Bb     Bb7     
Sharpened to cut you down well sharp
         Eb      Bb  Bb7
Ready to cut you down

[Chorus 4]
               Eb  Bb  Bb7
If you are the big tree
           Eb    Bb Bb7
We are the small axe
               Eb  Bb  Bb7
If you are the big tree
           Eb    Bb Bb7
We are the small axe
             C       G   
Sharpened to cut you down
             Eb      Bb     Bb7     
Sharpened to cut you down well sharp
         Eb      Bb  Bb7
Ready to cut you down