Kingston Town chords by Alborosie

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

You can expand the chord progression Em / Em / Am / Em / by that transitional bass note (as a full chord):
Em / Em / Am Bm / Em /


Hook:
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
    Am
It's a rudeboy town
   Em
It's Kingston town
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
    Am
It's a rudeboy town
   Em
It's Kingston town

Verse 1:
   Em                 Em
Some man have no money, still ah try fi beg a ting
      Am              Em
If you no drop no green, ah straight up dissing ting
 Em             Em
Sun ah bun traffic, it's a slow riddim
 Am             Em
JCF ah move ruff, dem buss di M-16,
   Em                  Em
Some man ah drive up and down, dem have di latest ting
     Am               Em
Machine fit inna dem jeans ah show off girls and bling
 Em             Em
Smell of marijuana round di corner dem juggling
       Am              Em
One mad man get him food straight out ah di garbage bin, ey!


Hook:
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
    Am
It's a rudeboy town
   Em
It's Kingston town
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
    Am
It's a rudeboy town
   Em
It's Kingston town
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
    Am
It's a rudeboy town
   Em
It's Kingston town
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
    Am
It's a rudeboy town
   Em
It's Kingston town


Verse 2:
      Em         Em
Dis ah di gun land, blood run cold pon di white sand
 Am            Em
Concrete ah bun but some part up your team bad
     Em                Em
Babylon bwoy dem kill a youth, an one old woman a chant psalm
     Am            Em
While a next set ah man start di rat-ta-ta-tam-tam
Em            Em
 Dem dig more grave than rooms up ah Hilton
 Am           Em
Small community get wash out by a blood storm
    Em               Em
Every weekend same routine whole new function
             Am         Em
Push and dem count more dead than 9/11 destruction, ey!


Hook:
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
    Am
It's a rudeboy town
   Em
It's Kingston town
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
    Am
It's a rudeboy town
   Em
It's Kingston town
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
    Am
It's a rudeboy town
   Em
It's Kingston town
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
    Am
It's a rudeboy town
   Em
It's Kingston town


Verse 3:
   Em         Em
Di gyal dem pants tight like rubber suit
       Am              Em
And ah dem blouse one tiny sup'm hide up perfect boobs
  Em             Em
Dem always ah smile if you ago pay di I
     Am             Em
Dem ago play you one trick if you ah mama's bwoy
    Em             Em
It's a tuff man town, there's no crown and no throne
    Am           Em
It ago, lick you down, with a, dancehall sound
      Em                   Em
If you a stranger and you ah drive, mek sure you know the route
      N.C.         N.C.
You don't wanna get salute by a gun dispute


Hook:
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
    Am
It's a rudeboy town
   Em
It's Kingston town
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
    Am
It's a rudeboy town
   Em
It's Kingston town
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
    Am
It's a rudeboy town
   Em
It's Kingston town
 Em
Sipple it down-down
 Em
Sipple it down-down
    Am
It's a rudeboy town
   Em
It's Kingston town


Outro:
Em Em Am Em x3