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[Verse 1]
             F    C              G     C
Talking 'bout war, and rumours of war
                 F              C           G        C
Talking 'bout the coming of Jah, the time is not far
     F        C      G        C
Oh my majesty, please rescue me
  F    C      G                C
Oh my majesty, can't you rescue me?
F    C          G     C
Wars, rumours of war
                 F                  C
Talkin' 'bout the coming of my Father
               G      C
The time is not far
          F          C          G       C
God when I reach home, how happy I'll be
         F          C     G        C
Know that I am home, where I am free
             F    C              G     C
Talking 'bout war, and rumours of war
                 F                 C
Talking 'bout the coming of the Negus
           G         C
The time is not far
      F      C            G  C
Oh my, oh my, oh my, majesty
         F                C  G  C
Can't you rescue, rescue me

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[Verse 2]
F               C         G            C
When I look upon creation, all I see is man's abomination
F      C            G           C
Causing complication amongst the younger generation
F   C          G    C
War, rumours of war
                 F               C                G    C
Talkin' 'bout the coming of Jah Jah, the time is not far
      F               C          G             C
When I reach that place, gonna be happy and free
            F           C                    G       C
Knowing that I'm in that land and I've got my liberty
         F             C  G              C
And I see war in a Beirut, war in a Lebanon
F            C       G              C
War in a Syria, yeah, war in a Pakistan
F            C  G          C
War in Namibia, war in Soweto, I say
F              C    G               C
War in Johannesburg, war in South Africa
              F                   C
Make sure your hands and heart are clean
          G                C
So you can rally around the red, gold and green
F    C          G    C
Wars, rumours of war...