Lyrics: "Jah Guide the Way" - With Vocal Arrangements
Intro
(Am – F – C – G) x2
(Guitar skank and slow, deep bass rhythm establishes the groove. A faint echo of a vocal "Jah Guide..." can be heard.)
Verse 1 - Call and Response
(Am - Lead Vocal / Call) Another dawn breakin' on the (F)mountain side,
(C - Response / Backing Vocals) Mountain side!
(Am - Lead Vocal / Call) See the people walkin' with no (F)place left to hide.
(C - Response / Backing Vocals) No place to hide!
(Am - Lead Vocal / Call) Pressure comin' down like the (F)heavy rain,
(C - Response / Backing Vocals) Heavy rain now!
(Am - Lead Vocal / Call) Tryna wash away the future (F)and multiply the pain.
(C - Response / Backing Vocals) Oh, the pain!
(Am - Lead Vocal / Call) But we stand tall on the (F)foundation built on rock,
(C - Response / Backing Vocals) Built on rock!
(Am - Lead Vocal / Call) We got the righteous message, (F)it's time we start to talk.
(C - Response / Backing Vocals) Yes, time to talk!
Question / Answer Interlude 1
(G - Lead Vocal / Question) Tell me, brothers, what's the truth we seek?
(Am - Choir / Answer) Truth is freedom, strong and never weak!
(G - Lead Vocal / Question) And what's the lesson that we need to learn?
(Am - Choir / Answer) Love and unity, for the world to turn!
Chorus - Preacher, Choir, Unison Duet, Octave Doubling
(Preacher - Spoken Word over Am-F-C-G)
"Hear me now, children! In these troubling times, there is only one true light!"
(Am - Unison Duet: Lead + Alto - octave doubling Tenor) Jah Guide the Way, keep the (F - Unison Duet: Lead + Alto - octave doubling Tenor) fire burnin' bright,
(C - Choir full harmony) Chase away the shadows, (G)walk into the light.
(Am - Unison Duet: Lead + Alto - octave doubling Tenor) Hold up your head, youthman, (F - Unison Duet: Lead + Alto - octave doubling Tenor) don't let your spirit fall,
(C - Choir full harmony) Hear the call of Zion, (G)free your mind from the wall!
Verse 2 - Call and Response
(Am - Lead Vocal / Call) Too much confusion in the (F)air we breathe,
(C - Response / Backing Vocals) Confusion!
(Am - Lead Vocal / Call) Too many promises they (F)never meant to weave.
(C - Response / Backing Vocals) Never meant to be!
(Am - Lead Vocal / Call) They want to divide us, (F)make us forget the plan,
(C - Response / Backing Vocals) Forget the plan!
(Am - Lead Vocal / Call) But one love is stronger, (F)it makes a wiser man.
(C - Response / Backing Vocals) Wiser man now!
(Am - Lead Vocal / Call) So we chant down Babylon, (F)let the truth be heard,
(C - Response / Backing Vocals) Chant it down!
(Am - Lead Vocal / Call) Every single action backed (F)by a powerful word.
(C - Response / Backing Vocals) Yes, powerful word!
Question / Answer Interlude 2
(G - Lead Vocal / Question) How do we rise above the daily strife?
(Am - Choir / Answer) With strength and courage, for a righteous life!
(Music and end)
