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4/4 - Reggae Strum

[Intro] ||:Cm | Bb | Cm | Bb | Cm | Bb | Ab | Bb :||

[Verse 1]
              Cm
I didn't mean to end his life

I know it wasn't right
            Bb
I cant even sleep at night

Cant get it off my mind
            Cm
I need to get out of sight
                                          Bb
Before I end up behind bars

                        Cm
What started out as a simple altercation
               Bb
Turned into a real sticky situation
               Ab
Me just thinking on the time that im facing
                                  Bb
Makes me wanna cry

[Pre-Chorus]
                             Cm
Cause I didn't mean to hurt him
                         Bb
Coulda been somebodies son 
                         Cm
And I took his heart when
                    Bb
I pulled out that gun

[Chorus]
Cm                         Bb                              
Rum pu-pu-pum, rum pu-pu-pum

Man Down
Ab                          Bb                              
Rum pu-pu-pum, rum pu-pu-pum

Man Down
Cm
Oh mama mama mama
          Bb
I just shot a man down
                  Cm
In central station
                       Bb
In front of a big ol crowd
Cm               Bb
Oh Why Oh Why
      Ab
Oh mama mama mama
            Bb 
I just shot a man down
           
[Verse 2]
Cm
It's a 22 

I Call her Peggy sue
                         Bb
When she fits right down in my shoes 

What do you expect me to do
                Cm
If you're playing me for a fool

I will lose my cool
                         Bb
And reach for my fire arm
                             Cm
I didn't mean to lay him down
                               Bb
But its too late to turn back now
           Ab
don't know what I was thinking 

Now hes no longer living
      Bb
So imma bout to leave town

[Pre-Chorus]
                               Cm
Cause I didn't mean to hurt him
                           Bb
Coulda been somebodies son 
                          Cm
And I took his heart when
                     Bb
I pulled out that gun

[Chorus]
Cm                         Bb                                
Rum pu-pu-pum, rum pu-pu-pum

Man Down
Cm                         Bb                                
Rum pu-pu-pum, rum pu-pu-pum

Man Down
Cm
Oh mama mama mama
          Bb
I just shot a man down
                  Cm
In central station
                       Bb
In front of a big ol crowd
Cm               Bb
Oh Why Oh Why
      Ab
Oh mama mama mama
            Bb
I just shot a man down
 
(Do you here me now?)

[Bridge]
          Cm
Look I never thought i'd do it

Never thought i'd do it
Bb
Never thought i'd do it

Oh gosh
         Cm
What ever happened to me

Ever happened to me
Bb
Ever happened to me
                  Cm
Why did I pull the trigger

Pull the trigger pull the trigger BOOM
          Bb
And end a ni**a end a ni**as life so soon
                 Ab
When mi pull the trigger pull the trigger pull it pon you
          Bb   
Somebody tell me what im gonna what im gonna do

[Chorus]
Cm                         Bb
Rum pu-pu-pum, rum pu-pu-pum

Mi say wah man down( A weh mi say)
Cm                        Bb
Rum pu-pu-pum, rum pu-pu-pum

When mi went downtown
            Cm                            
Cause now imma criminal criminal criminal
          Bb                          
Oh lord a mercy now I am a criminal

Man Down
Ab                                 
Tell the judge please gimme minimal
         Bb
Run out a town none a dem cah see mi now

Cm
Oh mama mama mama
          Bb
I just shot a man down
                  Cm
In central station
                       Bb
In front of a big ol crowd
Cm               Bb
Oh Why Oh Why

      Ab
Oh mama mama mama
            Bb 
I just shot a man down
                 Cm   Bb
In central station

(repeat Cm | Bb x 2 until fade.

THE END