Pass the dutchie (1982)
(spoken : )This generation rules the nation with
version.
Music happens to be the food
of love,
sounds
to really make you rub and scrub.
C
Dum-a-dum-a-dum-biddly-bum-biddly-bum.
C
Bum-biddly-biddly-biddly-biddly-biddly-biddly-bum,
I say :
C F
Pass the dutchie 'pon
the left hand side,
C F
pass the dutchie
'pon the left hand side.
C F
It a go done, give me the music, make me jump and prance
!
C
F
It a go done, give me the music, make me rock in and the dance !
C F
G C
1. It was a cool and lovely, breezy afternoon.
F
(How does it feel when you got
no food ?)
C F
G C
You could feel it 'cause it
was the month of June.
F
(How does it feel when you got
no food ?)
C
F G
C
So I left my gate and went out
for a walk.
F
(How does it feel when you got
no food ?)
C F G C
As I pass the dreadlocks' camp
I heard them say :
F
(How does it feel when you got
no food ?)
+ CHORUS
C
+ Bum-bum-biddly-bum-biddly,
F
C - F
bum-bum-bum-biddly-bum-biddly-biddly-bum, yeah !
C F G
C
2. So I stopped to find out what was going on.
F
(How does it feel when you got
no food ?)
C F
G C
'Cause the spirit of Jah, you know, he leads you on.
F
(How does it feel when you got no food ?)
C F G C
There was a ring of dreads and
a session was there in swing.
F
(How does it feel when you got no food ?)
C F G C
And you could feel the chill
as I seen and heard them say :
F
(How does it feel when you got
no food ?)
+ CHORUS
C F
3. 'Cause me say, listen to the drummer, me
say, listen to the bass.
C F
give
me little music, make me wind up me waist.
C F
Me
say, listen to the drummer, me say, listen to the bass,
C F
give
me little music, make me wind up me waist. I said : + CHORUS
C - F
4. You play it on the radio,
a so me say,
C - F
we a
go hear it on the stereo, a so me
know.
C - F
We a go play it on the
disco, a so me say,
C - F
we a
go hear it on the stereo, Oh
! + CHORUS
C F
+ On the left hand side ! (8x) ....
(Musical Youth)