Recruiting Soldiers

As recorded by Peter Tosh in 1978
Written by Winston Hubert McIntosh

Intro

( G C )x4

Chorus

            I'm recruiting
G C G C     soldiers for Jah army. Recruiting
G D G C     soldiers, Jah time is now. (Jah time is now!) Satan
G C G C     forces they all rise up to fight. They all
G D G C     rise up to fight Jah and the saints. I say. Only to
G D G D     fight, yeah, Jah and His saints.

Verse 1

G D Em C    See them fighting against Jah children.
G D Em C    See them slaughter them light slaves.
G D Em C    Hear them come say Jah is dead.
G D Em D7   But they didn't show me His grave. No, no.

Chorus

            So I'm recruiting
G C G C     soldiers for Jah army. Recruiting
G D G C     soldiers, Jah time is now.
G C G C     Anti-Christ forces they all rise up
G D G C     to fight against Jah and His saints. I can tell you. Only to
G D G D     fight against Jah and the saints.

Verse 2

G D Em C    But there is confusion in high places
G D Em C    about the lamb that was slain.
G D Em C    And all these years I hear them say they're building a nation
G D Em D7   but all these tricks were just a game.

Chorus

            So I'm recruiting
G C G C     soldiers for Jah army. Lightning
G D G C     soldiers, Jah time is now. Lucifer
G C G C     forces they all, they all rise up
G D G C     to fight against, to fight against Jah and His saints. But that won't work.
G D G D     To fight against Jah and His saints.

Verse 3

G D Em C    Hear them praising old Marcus Garvey.
G D Em C    Hear them exalting his name. Oh is great, yeah?
G D Em C    But all these times they be doing that I say.
G D Em D7   If he was here right now, he'd go to jail the same.

Coda

            Recruiting
G C G C     soldiers for Jah army. Recruiting
G D G C     soldiers for my father's army.
G C G C     Recruiting soldiers, Jah time is now. Satan
G D G C     forces they all rise up. Only to fight,
G C G C     to fight, to fight, to fight. Fighting a losing battle.
G D G C     But they fight, they fight, they fight. They keep on fighting.