Israelites tab by Desmond Dekker

Intro

A#A#
Get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir
A#A#
So that every mouth can be fed
D#D# FF  A#A#     F#F# G#G#
Poor me Israelites

A#A#
Get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir
A#A#
So that every mouth can be fed
D#D# FF  A#A#    (C#7C#7)
Poor me Israelites

A#A#
My wife an' my kids them a pack up an' a leave me
A#A#
Darlin' she said, "I was yours to be seen"
D#D# FF  A#A#    (C#7C#7)
Poor me Israelites

A#A#
Shirt dem a tear-up trousers a go
A#A#
I don't want to end up like Bonny and Clyde
D#D# FF  A#A#    (C#7C#7)
Poor me Israelites

A#A#
After a storm there must be a calm
A#A#
You catch me in your farm, you sound your alarm
D#D# FF  A#A#    (C#7C#7)
Poor me Israelites

      A#A#
I said, "I get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir
So that every mouth can be fed"
D#D# FF  A#A#    (C#7C#7)
Poor me Israelites

  A#A#
My wife an' my kids them a pack up an' a leave me
A#A#
Darlin' she said, "I was yours to be seen"
D#D# FF  A#A#    (C#7C#7)
Poor me Israelites

   A#A#
Look, shirt dem a tear-up trousers a go
A#A#
I don't want to end up like Bonny and Clyde
D#D# FF  A#A#    (C#7C#7)
Poor me Israelites

A#A#
After a storm there must be a calm
A#A#
You catch me in your farm, you sound your alarm
D#D# FF  A#A#    (C#7C#7)
Poor me Israelites
D#D#       FF         A#A#
A-poor, a-poor, a-poor, a-poor me Israelites
F#7A#7
Ima wondering working for hard
D#D#       FF         A#A#
A-poor, a-poor, a-poor, a-poor me Israelites
F#7A#7
I look a-down and out, sir
D#D#       FF         A#A#

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