Babylon By Bus

by Bob Marley And the Wailers

chord transcriptions and arrangement by kevin gardner

code@wam.umd.edu

Notes

This album recorded durring the Wailers 1978 world

tour features the guitar sytlings of three great guitarists,

namely Junior Marvin, Al Anderson, and of course Bob Marley.

On one hand this album is filled with difficult bass/guitar

riff sycopation that almost defies transcription. On the other

hand the general chord progression of many of the songs are quite

simple. What follows are the chords played by Bob throughout the

songs. Some songs only have one or two guitar chords, however

due to the sycopated riffs of the lead guitars the songs stay

musicallly interesting.

Positive Vibration

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D Em 4 4x

 

verse (silent for the first part)

D Em 4 4x

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Punky Reggae Party

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chorus (take a joyful sound)

 

 

verse ect... Bm

rest of song Bm

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Exodus

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Stir it Up

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Rat Race

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inrto (no rythem)

rest of song Bm A

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Concrete Jungle

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enter the band Em Am Em 2x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

chorus Em Am Em repeat untill the end

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Kinky Reggae

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chorus Am x

 

 

 

 

chrous Am

 

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Lively Up Yourself

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Rebel Music

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intro no rythem

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War

===

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No More Trouble (3:44)

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chorus and verse Bm

break down Em

 

chorus and verse Bm

break down Em

 

 

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Is This Love

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hereUs the main riff

|-------------------|------------------------|

|-------------------|--------5---7-5---7-5---|

|--------2----------|--------6---7-6---7-6---|

|----2-4---4----2-4-|---4-7----7-----7-----7-|

|--4----------4-----|-5----------------------|

|-------------------|------------------------|

|-------------------|--------5-5-5--4-5-4--2-|

|-------------------|--------5-5-5--5-5-5--2-|

|--------2----------|--------6-6-6--4-4-4--2-|

|----2-4---4----2-4-|---4-7--7-7-7---------4-|

|--4----------4-----|-5----------------------|

|-------------------|------------------------|

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Heathen

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// / /

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Jamming

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chorus Bm E G F#m play untill end of song