Small Axe

Bob Marley & The Wailers

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1. Why boasteth thy-self, O heathen men;
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   Playing smart and not being clever, oh no!
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   I say you're working iniqui-ty, to a-chieve vanity, yeah, if a-so a-so.
       C            G              D      D7
   But the goodness of Jah-Jah, en-dureth for-ever.

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R1: If you are the big tree,
               D     G   G7
    We are the small axe 
                 C       G      G7
    Sharpened to cut you down, (well sharp)
             D       G        G7
    Ready to cut you down, oh yeah!
   
2. These are the words of my master, (Keep on tellin' me - o-oh!)
   No weak heart shall prosper:
   And whosoever diggeth a pit, Shall fall in it - shall fall in it.
   Whosoever diggeth a pit, shall bury in it - shall bury in it.

R2: If you are the big tree,        
    We are the small axe
    Sharpened to cut you down, (well sharp)
    Ready to cut you down 

   C            G          D       G
*: Oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh to cut you down
   C            G          D       G
   Oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh to cut you down

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3. Whosoever diggeth the pit, shall fall in it, fall in it, eh!
   C                      G                             D      D7
   Whosoever diggeth the pit, shall bury in it - shall bury in it.

R2: If you are the big tree... (2x)