Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

What happened up on Hemmingway

Well. we will never change

You used to be a friend of mine

The last 5 years went by so fast

So fast I find it strange

The beneficial medicine of time

Chorus

And I, I can hear your laughter

 It stays with me after

 All this time

And I, I still got your records

 Clash and The Selecter

And don’t worry Desmond Dekker's doing fine.

Horns:

Verse 2

But doors were shut, the lines were cut,

The walls went up so quick

The windows of opportunity were small

Brides collapsed, divides were wide

Sides we had to pick

And oh yeah, I forgot to call

(Chorus)

Bridge

Seeds to the roots to the trunk to the truth

It’s understanding when it first began

In the day up to the sky

And we climbed up so high

And we carried on the only way we can

Laugh on and live

Learn how to forgive

What we have could be as good as what we get

If you forgot,

Now, I still got

What you gave to me way back when we first met.

What you gave to me way back when we first met

(Chorus)

I, I still got your records

Clash and The Selecter

and don’t worry, Desmond Dekker's doing fine.