Tokoloshe Man

John Kongos

Transposer:

Song: Tokoloshe man Artist: John Kongos Composer: John Kongos Tabbed by: DJ 30th June 2013 CAPO: 3rd fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of C) Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:    = x02220   /  = 30xxxx or 302220 or x05050       = xx0232 / = x32220   / = 20xxxx or 202220 or x04030   / = 200232 or xx4232 / = 302220   /  = 002220                       /  = 30023x or xx0032   = x02230       = 320033                       /  = x00232 or xxx232 Emphasise all bass notes Please select a star rating for this tab thank you ****************************************************************************** [Intro] e|-----(0)---(0)----(0)------|-----(0)---(0)----(0)------| [x2] |------2-----2------2-------|------2-----2------2-------| |------2-----2------2-------|------2-----2------2-------| A|---0--0--0-h3---0--0-------|---0--0--0-h3---0--0-------| E|-----------------------3---|-----------------------3---| [Verse 1] Make your bed up high     pray in - to the sky Close the window close the door Makes no difference if you’re rich or ...poor----!                                                    ^ ^   ^   ^ ^   ^ | /__/  /__/  /__/  /__/ |   ^  ^    ^   ^  ^    ^ [Verse 2] Get on your knees scre - am please that man just love to tease---- Try to run---- get a gun He just laughs it makes it...more fun!             | /__/  /__/  /__/  /__/ |                                    ^ ^   ^   ^ ^  ^   ^  ^     ^  ^  ^     ^ [Chorus] And it makes no  dif - ference if you’re yellow or you’re red                  When that bad man say "Tonight is the night!" You are dead!              | /__/  /__/  /__/  /__/ |  ^   ^   ^ ^   ^   ^ ^  ^    ^  ^     ^  ^  ^     ^ And it makes no  dif - ference if you’re black or you’re white             When Tokoloshe say "Tonight is the night" It’s to - night!             | /__/  /__/  /__/  /__/ |   ^   ^    ^ ^   ^   ^ ^  ^    ^  ^     ^  ^  ^     ^ [Scrub rhythm] |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  | [Verse 2] Hard like rock ain’t got no soul he can make the sun feel cold Put an eclipse on the moon make a little cloud For - ty day mon - soon!              | /__/  /__/  /__/  /__/ |                     ^ ^   ^   ^ ^  ^     ^  ^     ^  ^  ^     ^ [Verse 3] Don’t recog - nise no hawk don’t recog - nise no dove bad Toko - loshe Man He don’t even re - cognise...love!              | /__/  /__/ /__/  /__/ |                               ^ ^   ^   ^ ^  ^    ^  ^     ^  ^  ^     ^ [Chorus] And it makes no  dif - ference if you’re yellow or you’re red                  When that bad man say "Tonight is the night!" You are dead!              | /__/  /__/  /__/  /__/ |  ^   ^   ^ ^   ^   ^ ^  ^    ^  ^     ^  ^  ^     ^ And it makes no  dif - ference if you’re black or you’re white             When Tokoloshe say "Tonight is the night" It’s to - night!             | /__/  /__/  /__/  /__/ |   ^   ^    ^ ^   ^   ^ ^  ^    ^  ^     ^  ^  ^     ^ (Scrub rhythm) |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  | [Bridge] Ah---ah  ah - ah!    Ah---ah  ah - ah!    Ah---ah  ah - ah! Ah---ah ah - ah--------------! | /__/  /__/  /__/  /__/ |                   ^ ^  ^   ^ ^  ^    ^  ^     ^  ^  ^     ^ [Verse 4] Only thing I can say to you you gotta be good you gotta be true Think a - bout Jesus Christ Think a - bout  Je----sus Christ!           | /__/  /__/  /__/  /__/ |                             ^ ^  ^   ^ ^  ^   ^  ^     ^  ^  ^     ^ [Chorus] And it makes no  dif - ference if you’re yellow or you’re red                  When that bad man say "Tonight is the night!" You are dead!              | /__/  /__/  /__/  /__/ |  ^   ^   ^ ^   ^   ^ ^  ^    ^  ^     ^  ^  ^     ^ And it makes no  dif - ference if you’re black or you’re white             When Tokoloshe say "Tonight is the night" It’s to - night!             | /__/  /__/  /__/  /__/ |   ^   ^    ^ ^   ^   ^ ^  ^   ^  ^     ^  ^  ^      ^ [Coda] "To - night is the night" It’s to - night!             | /__/  /__/  /__/  /__/ |   ^   ^    ^ ^   ^   ^ ^  ^    ^  ^     ^  ^  ^     ^ "To - night is the night" It’s to - night!             | /__/  /__/  /__/  /__/ |   ^   ^    ^ ^   ^   ^ ^  ^    ^  ^     ^  ^  ^     ^ "To - night is the night" It’s to - night!!            | /__/  /__/ /__/  /__/ |   ^   ^    ^ ^   ^   ^ ^  ^    ^  ^     ^  ^  ^     ^ Ah----- ah----- ah----- ah! It’s to - night!!            | /__/  /__/ /__/  /__/ |   ^   ^    ^ ^   ^   ^ ^  ^    ^  ^     ^  ^  ^     ^ Ah----- ah----- ah----- ah! It’s to - night!!            | /__/  /__/ /__/  /__/ |   /  ||   ^   ^    ^ ^   ^   ^ ^  ^    ^  ^     ^  ^  ^     ^     ^

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