Tabbed by Greg   
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The chariot   
other version    
Trumpet intro:  Em   Am   G   C   C/B    
Verse:  Em   G   Am   C  D    
Chorus  Am   Em  G D/F# C   Am   Em   G   D      
2nd Chorus(regae) Am  Em  G  C   Am  Em  G  D  
   
Em                        G   
This is a song that came upon me   
   
one night   
         Am   
when the news it had been telling me   
       C                D   
about one more war and one more fight   
     Em   
and 'aeh' I sighed but then   
   G   
I thought about my friends   
         Am   
then I wrote this declaration   
         C         D   
just in case the world end   
   
Continue same pattern and chords till chorus   
   
Our guns   
we shot them in the things we said   
ah we didn't need no bullets   
cos  the roadtrips that we launched   
t-t-tripping across this island   
starting missions at the break of dawn   
yawn and smile say   
'what direction shall we take?'   
   
   
'Somewhere where it warm and wet'   
this be the route we'd always take and....   
   
Am                         Em   
Our weapons were our instruments   
G           D/F#        C   
made from timber and steel   
            Am            Em   
we never yielded to conformity   
       G   
but stood like kings   
       D   
in a chariot that's riding on a   
D   
record wheel   
   
2nd Chorus(regae) Am  Em  G  C   Am  Em  G  D 
  we rely on some words instead   
kill someone in argument   
outwit them with our brains   
and we'd kill ourselves laughing   
at the funny things we'd say   
ONNTTTSSS baby.   
   
   
And bombs   
we had them saved for special times   
when the crew would call a shakedown   
we break down a party landmine   
women that so sexy   
they explode us with their looks   
ah we blowing up some speakers   
jumping round till the ground shook   
   
   
And missiles   
they were 
Return to verse chords   
 Em   G   Am   C  D   
And our airforce flying   
when the frisbee in the sky   
have a session while we're smoking   
now we're feeling extra high   
and we'd sneak into a carpark   
with the skaties on our back   
and we're flying down the levels howling   
'on the attack now on the attack'   
   
   
And battles   
they happened in these dancehalls   
see we'd rather fight with music   
choosing one the rhythm war   
battle at these shakedowns   
and we battle at these gigs   
we do battle in our bedrooms   
made some sweet love to the beat   
   
   
Then our allies grew   
wherever we would roam   
see whenever we're together   
any stranger feel at home   
in a way we are an army   
but this army not destruct   
no instead we're doing simple things   
good loving find it run amuck   
   
   
This be a declaration   
written about my friends   
it's engraved into this song   
so they know I'm not forgetting them   
see maybe if the world contained   
more people like these   
then the news would not be telling me   
about all that warfare endlessly and   
   
Chorus   
Our weapons were our instruments   
made from timber and steel   
we never yielded to conformity   
but stood like kings   
in a chariot that's riding on   
a record wheel   
   
   
enjoy   
cheers greg