Year: 1983 - Album: Confrontation
Written by Bob Marley
Intro: D C D C (Scoop, scoop, scoop, scoo-doo; Scoop, scoop wa-doo.) Bm C D Up a Cane river to wash my dread Upon a rock rest my head Bm C Bm Am There I vision through the seas of oppression, oh-oo-wo! Am D Don't make my life a prison D C D C We come from Trench Town (Trench Town) D C Most of them come from Trench Town Bm Em We free the people with music, (sweet music) Can we free the people with music, (sweet music) Can we free our people with music, with music, With music, oh music Bm C D Whoa my head, In desolate places we'll find our bread Bm C And everyone see what's taking place Bm Am D Whoa-yo another page in history D C D C We come from Trench Town, (Trench Town) Most of them come from Trench Town Bm Em Lord we free the people with music We free the people with music, (sweet music) We free the people with music, with music With music, oh music Bm C D They say it's hard to speak They feel so strong to say wa're weak Bm C But through the eyes the love of our people, oh-oo-wo! Bm Am D They got to repay D C We come from (Trenchtown) Trench Town; We come from (Trenchtown) Trench Town; D C D C They say, "Can anything good come out of Trench Town?" (Trench - Trenchtown) That's what they say, (Trenchtown); (Trench - Trenchtown) Say (Trench - Trenchtown) we're the underprivileged people, So (Trenchtown) they keep us in chains: "Pay (Trench - Trenchtown) - pay - pay tribute to -" (Trenchtown). We come from (Trench - Trenchtown); We come from (Trench - Trenchtown); Just because we come from Trench Town. Not because we come from Trench Town; Just because we come from (Trenchtown). Paz... Jah Bless!!!