August Town Chords by Duane Stephenson

[Start]

[Intro]
B Gb       E                    B  Gb Abm  
■ ■  Na na ■ na naaa na na woah oh ■  woahh
                 B 
Na na na naaa na na


[Verse]
            Gb                 Abm                  B  
A word from the wise don't try to make life on your own
         Gb                Abm      
Remember that Jah Jah's by your side
          B          Gb  
For I was a soul who lost
Abm                      
And my life was in dismay
B                Gb                Abm      
■ For among evil forces in which I played oh
B          Gb        
■ Guns and ammunition
E                     B   
Were my chosen way of life
     Gb                            E     
With Godfearin' people I choose to strife


[Chorus]
               B              Gb   
For all of the lives that are taken
E                         
They can never be replaced
B                   Gb                E      
■ But still Jah Jah chose to remember my face
               B          Gb       
Though I never lived like he wanted
E                                     
I'm still mindful of what he taught me
         B           
So now I beg and plea
          Gb           
I'm on my bending knees
E                        
God Father you rescued me
             B        Gb  
I've got the scars to show
         E                        
I barely made it along life's road
               B                    Gb            
'cause when my life got dark he was the only spark
           E                           
He was the light at the end of the road
B            Gb       
■ When I was young boy
Abm                      
Growin' up in August Town


[Verse]
B                 Gb      
■ We ate from the same pot
Abm                       
We were idlings all around
B             Gb            Abm   
■ From corner to colour and corner
                       B      
From rockers to jungle Kintyre
          Gb                          Abm   
Rising to dread heights and river all around
             B                     Gb            
And then the footbal ground became my battlefield
E                            
And my life seemed so surreal
B             Gb                
■ People were fallin' all around
E                                     
■ But Jah helped me to stand my ground
B        Gb      
Only Jah only Jah
E                                    
Could've helped me to stand my ground
               B          Gb       
Though I never lived like he wanted
E                                 
I was mindful of what he taught me


[Chorus]
       B             
So now I beg and plea
       Gb              
I'm on my bending knees
Abm                         
'cause Father you rescued me
                 B        Gb  
And I've got the scars to show
         Abm                      
I barely made it along life's road
               B                             Gb   
'cause when my life got dark he was the only spark
Abm7 Abm                     B     
The  light at the end of the ■ road
Gb                        Abm
Never lived to please him ■  
                            B
I never lived like I should ■
Gb E          B         
Oh Father you rescued me
           Gb   Abm
Oh yeah oh yeah ■  


[Verse]
B                     Gb    
■ I've lived and I've learnt
          E                  B  
I've made mistakes along the way
              Gb         
Now I beg for forgiveness
E                        
Each day as I try to pray
B                 Gb    
■ So take it from me son
E                             
You can change the world today
B                Gb   
■ And I'm living proof
E                                  
Living proof that crime doesn't pay
              B          Gb       
For I'd never lived like he wanted
Abm7          Abm        Abm7     
I was mindful of what he taught me
         B           
So now I beg and plea
          Gb           
I'm on my bending knees
Abm                        
'cause Father he rescued me


[Chorus]
                 B     Gb     
And I've got the scars to show
         Abm                      
I barely made it along life's road
               B                        Gb        
'cause when my life got dark he was the only spark
Abm                             
The light at the end of the road
        B          Gb       
I never lived like he wanted
E                                 
I was mindful of what he taught me
         B           
So now I beg and plea
          Gb           
I'm on my bending knees
E                          
'cause Father he rescued me
                 B        Gb  
And I've got the scars to show
         E                        
I barely made it along life's road
               B                    Gb            
'cause when my life got dark he was the only spark
E                               
The light at the end of the road
         B           Gb            
Though I never lived like he wanted
  Abm                             
I was mindful of what he taught me
B                      
I'm on my bending knees
            Gb           
I asked the Father please
Abm                  
Father you rescued me
                 B        Gb  
And I've got the scars to show
         Abm                      
I barely made it along life's road
      B                        Gb        
As my life got dark he was the only spark
Abm                             
The light at the end of the road
        B           Gb   
I never lived never lived
        Abm                          
I never lived the way he wanted me to
  B                Gb                 Abm                    B Gb Abm
I never lived Lord I tell you now I'm practicing my religion ■ ■  ■  


[End]