Jimmy Cliff – My Ancestors (Guitar)

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[Intro] Eb Eb7 Ab7 Eb Eb7 Ab7 [Verse 1]
    Eb
My ancestors were kings of old

              Ab            
They ruled the world and all of its gold

           Bb     Ab                       Eb        
But look at me, oh look at me, just look at me
[Verse 2]
    Eb
My ancestors would find the sun

           Ab
Before they bowed down to anyone

             Bb             Ab                       Eb
But you gonna look at me, oh look at me, just look at me

       Ab                 Eb
Yeah, oh look at me, I'm a stranger in this land

Ab                  Bb                             
Watch me stand tall, help me, help me be just a man, oh
[Chorus]
    Eb                             Eb7
My ancestors, they were mighty men

      Ab
And my son, he will be one of them

                Bb                         Ab
And they'll just look at him, yeah, they'll look at him

                Eb           Db            Bb          
And they'll say, he's a man, he's a man, my son's a man, oh
[Outro]
    Eb      Ab7                   Eb   Eb7
My ancestors, they passed it on to me

Ab7                Eb   Eb7
I've got to, got to work

Ab7                 Eb   Eb7
And pass it on to my son

Ab7             Eb      Ab7     
And he will be a man, oh yeah

                     Eb   Eb7
And pass it on to his son

Ab7             Eb                  Ab7          Eb               
And he will be a man, oh yes he will, my son will be a man