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Israelites Chords by Desmond Dekker

Israelites chords by Desmond Dekker

Guitar chords with lyrics

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
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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#

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