Ku Klux Klan — Steel Pulse
Chords and lyrics for Ku Klux Klan by Steel Pulse (key of E).
Verse 1
...KU KLUX KLAN... by Steel Pulse
*from 'Handsworth Revolution' (1978)*
Intro
Am Em (x16)
Verse 1
[Am] Walking along just [Em]kicking stones,
[Am] Minding my own [Em]business.
I come [Am]face to face,[Em] with my foe;
[Am]Dis-guised In violence from [Em]head to toe.
Bridge 1
I [Am]holla and I bawl, [Em](Ku Klux Klan),
But dem [Am]naw let me go, now.[Em]
To [Am]let me go was not dem [Em]in-tention.
Dem seh one [Am]nigger the less; the [Em]better for the show.
[Am] Stand strong black skin and [Em]take your blow.
Chorus 1
It's the [Am]Ku, the [Em]Ku Klux Klan,
[Am] Here to stamp out [Em]blackman, yah.
It's the [Am]Ku, the [Em]Ku Klux Klan.
Verse 2
[Am] To be taught a lesson not to [Em]walk alone,
I was [Am]waiting for the Good [Em]Sa-maritan.
But [Am]waiting was hopeless; it was [Em]all in vain;
The [Am]Ku Klux Klan;[Em] back again.
Bridge 2
I [Am]holla and I bawl, [Em](Ku Klux Klan),
But dem [Am]naw let me go now.[Em]
To [Am]let me go was not dem [Em]in-tention.
Dem seh one [Am]nigger the less; the [Em]better for the show.
[Am] Stand strong black skin and [Em]take your blow.
Chorus 2
It's the [Am]Ku, the [Em]Ku Klux Klan,
[Am] Rape, lynch, kill and [Em]maim;
[Am] Things can't remain the [Em]same, yah no!
Verse 3
Black-man [Am]do unto the Klan as they would [Em]do to you;
In [Am]this case hate they [Em]neighbour.
Those [Am]cowards only [Em]kill who they fear;
That's [Am]why they hide behind the hoods and [Em]cloaks they wear.
Bridge 3
I [Am]holla and I bawl, [Em](Ku Klux Klan),
But dem [Am]naw let me go, now.[Em]
Chorus 3
[Em] Ku Klux Klan, oh [Am]no, oh no;[Em]
[Am] Here to stamp out [Em]black-man, yah.
[Am] Rape, lynch, kill and [Em]maim;
[Am] Things can't remain the [Em]same, yah no!
[Am] No, no, no, [Em]no...
Outro
[Am] [Em]
(Repeat to Fade)
[Am] [Em]
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