Groundation is a Fusion-Reggae band based in Sonoma County, California. It was established in 1998 by Harrison Stafford, Ryan Newman and Marcus Urani upon their meeting at the Jazz program at Sonoma State University.  Groundation's music incorporates the lyrical struggle of Roots Reggae, the progressive musicianship of Funk/Jazz fusion, and other-worldly transcendental Dub.    The 9-piece band creates an altogether new Reggae sound, featuring swirling horns, stout poly-rhythmics, and soulful harmony vocals.

Groundation est formé en 1998 par Harrison Stafford (guitariste et chanteur), Marcus Urani (claviers, mélodica) et Ryan Newman (basse). Les trois piliers du groupe se sont rencontrés à l'Université de Sonoma en Californie alors qu'ils y étudiaient le jazz. Ils sont rejoints en 2000 par un trompettiste de jazz vivant à San Francisco, David Chachere et par un tromboniste, Kelsey Howard, lui aussi étudiant à la Sonoma State University.

Die kalifornische Reggaeband Groundation wurde 1998 durch Marcus Urani, Ryan Newman und Harrison Stafford, die bereits lange musikalisch aktiv waren, gegründet. Im gleichen Jahr produzierten sie ihr erstes Album Tribute To The Roots, das neben einem eigenen Tune hauptsächlich neuinterpretierte Klassiker enthielt. Im Jahr 2000 wurde Groundation durch eine eigene Bläsersektion ergänzt, 2001 wechselte der Drummer.  

Groundation es una banda de reggae que destaca del resto debido a su trabajada instrumentación, producción y composición de su música. Gracias a unos músicos eperimentados en el jazz, la banda se nutre fuertemente del sonido del órgano Hammond, la batería jazzera y la más que característica voz, apoyados de elementos clásicos del reggae de los años '70 como los vientos y los coros femeninos. Empezaron en 1998 en California (USA) y cuentan con seis discos de estudio y uno de remezclas dub. Muchos oyentes lo consideran un grupo de reggae &quot;superior&quot;. 

COUPLETS

Jah gonna start this revolution !
Bm X 3                 A                  En boucle 


PONT

ANd you can see the changes, from my mind, and thoughts of our children
A                   D X 3          G X 2         Gmb X 2          A

On repart sur Bm A en boucle


REFRAIN

Oh yeah, oh yeah now...
G#m X 3       Gbm 

...And the rich dem run away
C#m X 4

Seems like de don't know dem right from wrong
           D X 2      C#m X 2

Freedom Taking Over

Intro : Ebm

Couplet (0:41) :
"To all those weeping pirates"       : G#m 
"...shall fall on deaf ears now"     : E - Ebm x2 - Dbm x2 
"Of a dragon which conquers my soul" : E


& so on

Weeping Pirates

Main Part:

Gm# 
Dm#

Then:

Gm# X 4
Dm# X 2
C# X 2

Undivided

Cm
Well now the youth man say, 
               Ab                                     Cm - Ab
"I have come a long way, between this Earth and Zion" 
Cm 
And then the warrior say, 
               Ab                                       Cm - Ab     
"I too have made my way as I roll upon this rod of iron" 
Cm (... and so on)
Now dem man go and they shall live up 
But we shall stay to face this dragon war 
And dem man go and dem man live up 
But we shall stay to face this dragon war 
For the Book does say, 
Like the sand of the sea shores we shall lie 
& the book does say the time shall come when I & I will testify 

Fm           Gm        Bb             Ab
Born out of de masses, cast us into the heart of Babylon 
Run upon a Mount Sinai, oh Most High come make it so

Cm                              Ab
Jah Jah, I know, know a savior, a sit upon a old rock log 
Jah Jah, I know, know a savior, a coming from the tribe of Judah 
Jah Jah, I know, know a savior, lie beyond a Wailing Wall 
Jah Jah, I know, know a savior, Coming from a dis a heart of dragon war

Cm-Ab
Well now the youth man say, 
"Yes, I have come a long way, between this Earth and Zion" 
And then the warrior say, 
"I too have made my way as I rule upon this rod of iron" 
Now dem man go and they shall live up 
But we shall stay to face this dragon war 
And they shall go and dem man live up 
But we shall stay to face this dragon war 
Hollow de, hollow de, hollow their hearts 
Hollow de, hollow de, hollow their words 
No we'll never hear dem barking 

Fm - Gm - Bb - Ab
Coming to dem I say, take them away to Israel 
Ya call upon a Mont Sinai, oh Most High come make it so 

Cm - Ab
Jah Jah know, know a savior -- a coming from a true lamb Lord 
Jah Jah I know, know a savior -- trotted from the tribe if Judah 
Jah Jah I know, know a savior -- lie beyond a Wailing Wall 
Jah Jah I know, know, know, know 
Man & Man & Man & Man dem 
Fighting, Jah-Jah, oh Lord could a, could a, I & I a 
Fighting, Jah-Jah, dis a wailin' on the wall, wailin' on the wall 
Fighting dis a dragon war dem a 
Savior to the son, a savior to the son now dis a 
Man shall go shall linger, & dis a man shall go shall stumble 
Dis a man shall go shall linger, dis a man shall go shall stumble 
Oh riding! They fighting so, they rock my soul 
De youth de man fighting, oh Jah, now dem a, oh man a 
Don't stand there waiting you're the one (repeat)

Jah Jah Know

Hebron Gate

Couplets : Cm(x4)  Db(x4)  Eb(x2)  Db(x2)  C(x4)

Refrain  : Ab(x4) Cm(x4)  Db(x2)  Eb(x2)  Cm(x4)

après le 3° refrain, jusqu'à la fin :  Eb(x2)  Db(x2)  Cm(x4)

Congress Man

Young Tree

Dm                                                         C
What was learned from my father, yes I'll teach it to my son
Dm                                                              C
What was learned from my mother, yes I'll teach it to my daughter
Dm                                                                         C
For you must remember my friend, the line of history stretches far beyond we
Dm                                                         C
And still we stand time, and time again as a tribute to them



(we'll call this the pre-chorus)
C                          Dm              Am              G
Well now tell me if there's one thing that you're wanting, you gotta let me know
Dm                 Am                G
Tell me something, tell me anything, why did they all have to go
              Dm            Am                G
For if there's one thing, that you're wanting, you gotta let me know
Dm            Am            G
Say something, say anything, before I have to go, for Zion is awaiting


(chorus)
Dm                     Am                   G
Jah people in this life, you got to be head strong, head strong
Dm                     Am                    G
Teach your children right, or they won't live too long, too long
Dm                     Am                   G
Jah people in this life, you got to be head strong, head strong
Dm                  Am                  G
Live up in the right, or you won't live too long, too long


Dm      Am      Dm      Am      Dm      Am      Dm      Am...            
(Right here there there is a long instrumental part with the singer singing just a few
things in the distance, play those chords until it ends)


Dm                                                              C
What was learned from my father, yes I'll teach it to my daughter
Dm                                                         C
What was learned from my mother, yes I'll teach it to my son
Dm                                                                   C
For it was them who said, don't get mixed up in your knowledge of today...

Head Strong

Each One Teach One

[intro]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

INTRO:

A |---------------------|
E |--7--7--7----------- -|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|

VERSE 1:   

C#m          E       B      A                     C#m   E    B   A 
I’m going away to be alone I’m coming back with answers
C#m           E            B    A            C#m   E   B   A
Don’t try to call my telephone it’s disconnected
C#m           E          B       A               C#m   E   B   A
And I don’t know where I’m going but can you guide me
C#m              E        B        A              C#m   E   B   A
But if I find love where I’m going will it survive me


PRE-CHORUS 1:

C#m            B   A                         C#m         A   B
‘Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected
C#m         B   A                           C#m         A   B
And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life


CHORUS:

A                                 C#m            B
This heart attack I’ve gotta get away not coming back
A                                 C#m                     B
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I’ll be fine


VERSE 2: [same chords as VERSE1]
I’ve found the time to be alone I don’t know what you’re asking
I’m waiting by the telephone and you’re still barking
My heart stops it isn’t… going could you revive me
I think I’m lost without knowing so come and find me


PRE-CHORUS 2:  [same chords as PRE-CHORUS1]
‘Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time


{CHORUS x2}


Sometimes if we don’t go sometimes you don’t know
You don’t go I don’t go I don’t go you don’t go

C#5  B5  A5                      C#5  A5  B5
            I’ve got your back              but you don’t got mine
C#5  E5  A5                    C#5  A5  B5
            This heart attack              then I’m feeling fine


CHORUS x2

C#m          E       B    A 
I’m going away to be alone
C#m          E       B    A 
I'm going away to be alone ...............

This Heart Attack

A                                     E 
Roll into your town and I'm walking around
                                                Fm                        
Got some extra time think I'll throw some money down
                                                     D
And you follow me around, and you're asking for the time

Your asking what I found 
                         A
think I'm gonna rob you blind

maybe it's the tattoo on my arm
        E
that I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
Fm                                            D
 a  heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine

Up Here

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

[Verse 1]
 G                              D
You like New York City in the daytime
 Bm                   A
I like New York City in the nighttime
 G                          D
You say you like sleeping with the air off
Bm                  A
I don't, I need it on
G                  D
You like the light coming through the windows
 Bm                      A
I sleep late, so I just keep 'em all closed
G                  D
You ignore the music on the radio
Bm                 A
I don't, I sing-a-long


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change


[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time


[Verse 2]
G                        D
Cold outside and you're just in a T-shirt
Bm                   A
I have cold blood even in a sweater
G                         D
You start your night sippin' by the Kilo
Bm                   A
I don't, I know you know


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change



[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                   A
(We don't even know, know, know, know, know)




[Bridge]
G                          D
Somehow we end up on the same side
Bm                          A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright
G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
G                         D
Somehow we end up on the same side (up on the same side)
Bm                            A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright

(Think that we'd be alright)

G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine


[Chorus]

 N.C.                     D
(Oh)Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                  A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why

(But we don't even know why)
G                D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)

G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]

N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm             A
We like it in the nighttime

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

As She's Walking Away

Am                              E
There are children standing here,
                              G
Arms outstretched into the sky,
                          D
Tears drying on their face.
              Am
He has been here.
                          E
Brothers lie in shallow graves.
                           G
Fathers lost without a trace.
                           D
A nation blind to their disgrace,
                        Am
Since he's been here.
                    E
And I see no bravery,
 G                  D
No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

(Continue the same chord progression)

Houses burnt beyond repair.
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It's another families' turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one asks the question why,
He has been here.
Old men kneel to accept their fate.
Wives and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in hate.
Says, he has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

No Bravery

D G D A D x 2

D
I been loved and I been alone
G
all my life I been a rolling stone
D
done everything a man can do
G	                       C	D
everything but get a hold on you
C			D
done everything a man can do
G	D 	A 	D
everything but get a hold on you

D
I've been blessed and I've been cursed
G
all my lies have been unrehearsed
D	
a wall of fire that I walked through
G			C	D
only trying to get a hold on you
C				D
a wall of fire that I walked through
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D

A
I saw you waiting at the gate
D
but I arrived a moment late 
A
I saw you shed a single tear
G	D	A	D
but still I can't get there from here

D
I been high and I been low
G
I been people that I don't know 
D
I been to China and to Peru

G			C    D
only trying to get a hold on you
C			D
I been to China and to Peru
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

Hold On You

Riff:
|3-----------6-------------------|3-----------6---------------|
|3-------6/8-6-----------8-------|3-------6/8-6-----------8---|
|3-------5/7-7-----------7-------|3-------5/7-7-----------7---|
|0-------------------------------|0---------------------------|
Repeat 2x


| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo joo eyeball he one holy roller

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please

| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He wear no shoe shine he got toe jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot Coca-Cola

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He say,"I know you and you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me



Repeat Riff



| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me


Repeat Riff

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