Israelites Chords

A# Get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir A# So that every mouth can be fed D# F A# F# G# Poor me Israelites A# Get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir A# So that every mouth can be fed D# F A# (C#7) Poor me Israelites A# My wife an' my kids them a pack up an' a leave me A# Darlin' she said, "I was yours to be seen" D# F A# (C#7) Poor me Israelites A# Shirt dem a tear-up trousers a go A# I don't want to end up like Bonny and Clyde D# F A# (C#7) Poor me Israelites

A# After a storm there must be a calm A# You catch me in your farm, you sound your alarm D# F A# (C#7) Poor me Israelites A# I said, "I get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir So that every mouth can be fed" D# F A# (C#7) Poor me Israelites A# My wife an' my kids them a pack up an' a leave me A# Darlin' she said, "I was yours to be seen" D# F A# (C#7) Poor me Israelites A# Look, shirt dem a tear-up trousers a go A# I don't want to end up like Bonny and Clyde D# F A# (C#7) Poor me Israelites A# After a storm there must be a calm A# You catch me in your farm, you sound your alarm D# F A# (C#7) Poor me Israelites D# F A# A-poor, a-poor, a-poor, a-poor me Israelites A#7 Ima wondering working for hard D# F A# A-poor, a-poor, a-poor, a-poor me Israelites A#7 I look a-down and out, sir D# F A#