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Nothing To Smile About

Morgan Heritage
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 CHORDS ( , , ,  )
enuff  people come  to jamaica
 and no no how we live and think
 say everything is fine and
 we full of vibes and things aeh aeh
 dem say dem too wan fell to the max
 and when they overstand and fell
 the real thing yeah (yeah)
day  i told  one day afar  a whiteman
 come all the way from norway
 and him turn to me and say
 how come jamaica full of so much screwfaces
same time me  lift me  head  to  the sky
 and tear drop fall from me eye
 mi say ma yute come and mi go
 for a drive let mi show why mi cry
look upon golli  side  do  you see
 anything to smile about
 look at the hungry child do you
 see anything fi smile about
 look at the school the yute fi com
 to get the their education
 do you see anything fi smile about
 look at the conditions of our
 police stations do you
 see nothing fi smile about no
sametime  the  brother  say  how  come
 the nation be living this way
 and the next thing him say (say)
 how come the government play
 so many games sametime mi heart fall
 to the ground cos with much doubt
 where this come from cos certain places
 they are worse than slum yuteman come
 and take a look pon river tan (river tan)
do  you  see  anything  fi  smile
 look upon plain land di you see
 anything to smile fi smile about
 francas bay and morthingo bay......
 all the same do you see anything fi
 smile about no no no no..........
now  mi  say  enuff  people  come  to jamaica
 and no no how we live and think
 say everything is fine and
 we full of vibes and things aeh aeh
 dem say dem too wan fell to the max
 and when they overstand and fell
 the real thing yeah (yeah)
look upon golli  side  do  you see
 nothing dey fi smile about
 look at the hungry child yeah ah dem no
 see nothing dey fi smile about
 look pon schools the yute fi com
 to get the their education
 dem no see nothing dey fi smile about
 look at the sight off, conditions of our
 police stations do you
 see nothing dey fi smile about no
mi  story  day  i  told  one  day afar
 a whiteman come all the way from norway
 and him turn to me and say (and say)
 how come jamaica is full of so much screwfaces
 same time me lift me head to the sky
 and tear drop fall from me eye
 mi say ma yute come and mi go
 for a drive let mi show why mi cry
do  you  see  anything  fi  smile
 look upon plain land di you see
 anything to smile fi smile about
 francas and morthingo bay......
 all the same do you see anything fi
 smile about..................

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Readable chord sheet for Nothing To Smile About by Morgan Heritage

CHORDS ( [C], [Am], [G], [F] )

[C]  [Am]  [Am]  [C]

[G]enuff[G] peop[C]le [C]com[C]e to [G]jamaic[G]a      [F]
and no no how we live and think
say everything is fine and
we full of vibes and things aeh aeh
dem say dem too wan fell to the max
and when they overstand and fell
the real thing yeah (yeah)

[F]day i told[C] one day af[C]ar a whiteman
come all the way from norway
and him turn to me and say
how come jamaica full of so much screwfaces
[G]same [G]time [C]me l[C]ift [C]me h[G]ead to[G] the sk[F]y
and tear drop fall from me eye
mi say ma yute come and mi go
for a drive let mi show why mi cry

[G]look [G]upon [C]goll[C]i si[C]de d[G]o you [G]see    [F]
anything to smile about
look at the hungry child do you
see anything fi smile about
look at the school the yute fi com
to get the their education
do you see anything fi smile about
look at the conditions of our
police stations do you
see nothing fi smile about no

[G]samet[G]ime t[C]he b[C]roth[C]er s[G]ay how[G] come  [F]
the nation be living this way
and the next thing him say (say)
how come the government play
so many games sametime mi heart fall
to the ground cos with much doubt
where this come from cos certain places
they are worse than slum yuteman come
and take a look pon river tan (river tan)

[G]do yo[G]u see[C] any[C]thin[C]g fi[G] smile[G]       [F]
look upon plain land di you see
anything to smile fi smile about
francas bay and morthingo bay......
all the same do you see anything fi
smile about no  no  no no..........

[G]now m[G]i say[C] enu[C]ff p[C]eopl[G]e come[G] to jam[F]aica
and no no how we live and think
say everything is fine and
we full of vibes and things aeh aeh
dem say dem too wan fell to the max
and when they overstand and fell
the real thing yeah (yeah)

[G]look [G]upon [C]goll[C]i si[C]de d[G]o you [G]see    [F]
nothing dey fi smile about
look at the hungry child yeah ah dem no
see nothing dey fi smile about
look pon schools the yute fi com
to get the their education
dem no see nothing dey fi smile about
look at the sight off, conditions of our
police stations do you
see nothing dey fi smile about no

[G]mi st[G]ory d[C]ay i[C] tol[C]d on[G]e day [G]afar   [F]
a whiteman come all the way from norway
and him turn to me and say (and say)
how come jamaica is full of so much screwfaces
same time me lift me head to the sky
and tear drop fall from me eye
mi say ma yute come and mi go
for a drive let mi show why mi cry

[G]do yo[G]u see[C] any[C]thin[C]g fi[G] smile[G]       [F]
look upon plain land di you see
anything to smile fi smile about
francas and morthingo bay......
all the same do you see anything fi
smile about..................

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