They Set You Up My Son chords by Bob Marley

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
G+G      C majorC    G+G      C majorC
Life is for Living. Not for the giving.
G+G      C majorC    G+G      C majorC
Life is for living. Not for the giving.
G+G       C majorC      G+G     C majorC
We shall good thought.And saw i can draw
G+G      C majorC     G+G      C majorC
Give him the kite. Will talk to the bride
G+G       C majorC        G+G      C majorC
God would make the healers.They can't unite again.


Chorus:
E minorEm           A minorAm
  They set you up my son.
E minorEm           C majorC  G/BG/B
  They set you up my chil-dren.
E minorEm            A minorAm
  Why did you set up my children?

Verse 2:
   G+G         C majorC
They think they gotbow.Little bow .You know it out.
   G+G          C majorC
Through us the flour.Sure us the hour.
   G+G          C majorC
Men shall destrive.Men shall strive
   G+G           C majorC
They shall be even try to take yer ____.


Chorus:
E minorEm           A minorAm
  They set you up my son.
E minorEm           C majorC  G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
  They set you up my s----o--------n.


Verse 3:
G+G             C majorC
God Jah will protect you, You shall not pay
G+G           C majorC
This are the mouners, Sample my prayer
  G+G           C majorC
As those do a curl of, To see your hurt
G+G            C majorC
Hope they are satisfied, For what it's worth

Chorus:
E minorEm         A minorAm  E minorEm        C majorC  G/BG/B  A minorAm G+G
They set you up my son,  They set you up my peo-ple
E minorEm         A minorAm  E minorEm        C majorC  G/BG/B  A minorAm G+G
They set you up my son,  They set you up my peo-ple
E minorEm         A minorAm  E minorEm          C majorC  G/BG/B Am7Am7 G+G
They set you up my son,  They set you up my chil--dr---e---n


Link:
G+G         C majorC


Verse 4:
G+G         C majorC
They know not day, They know not night
G+G           C majorC
They are so lost, In a life that so bright
G+G         C majorC
For umpteen years, We give these tears
G+G           C majorC
Yet they pass the sea. Seek give a plan
G+G          C majorC
Gone of their mind, We give their minds
G+G         C majorC
Play in their heads. Sues them for deaths
G+G         C majorC
Send them to rock. Send them to cliff
G+G          C majorC
Send them to upset. The ruling government.


Chorus:
E minorEm           A minorAm
  They set you up my son. (Whoa yes they will)
E minorEm           C majorC  G/BG/B A minorAm G+G   E minorEm  A minorAm
  They set you up my s----o--------n.


Verse 5:
C majorC           G+G
State the words of my master
C majorC           G+G
State the words of my master
G+G          C majorC
I shall protect you, Keep wickedness away
G+G             C majorC
Men shall ripe of plenty, Lands I have should
G+G           C majorC
Thou shalt be free, Thou shalt see
G+G          C majorC
Though send victory, Of the enemy


Bridge:
G+G     C/GC/G
Jah Is Our Strength.
G+G     C/GC/G
Jah Is Our Strength.
G+G     C/GC/G   C majorC C/BC/B C/AC/A  C/GC/G
Jah Is Our Strength.


Chorus:
E minorEm          A minorAm
  They set you up my son. Oh yes they will now.
E minorEm           C majorC  G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
  They set you up my s----o--------n.

Link:
G+G         C majorC

Verse 6:
G+G         C majorC
Oh people please. Lift with your eyes
G+G          C majorC
Be with your vision. Try to realize
G+G          C majorC
Offense that march. Give you much starch
G+G          C majorC
Play hand your mind. You can see that your blind
G+G          C majorC
Take your religion. Drive you away
G+G           C majorC
Surround you by water. On that day to this day
G+G         C majorC
You cannot move. Without all that pieces
G+G         C majorC
All of desassels. You will have to please them.


Chorus:
E minorEm           A minorAm
 They'll set you up my son. I know they will now.
E minorEm           C majorC  G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
  They set you up my s----o--------n.


Bridge 2:
C majorC          G+G     C majorC             G+G
 Say the will of my masters. And not nothing from this disaster
G+G        C majorC       G+G       C majorC
Time is at hand, We understand. We shall pay, For what they've done
G+G           C majorC         G+G        C majorC
Mind just and stairs, Laughing is mine. So I shall turn, Now shall be blind


Chorus:
E minorEm              A minorAm
  They try to set you up my son.
E minorEm           C majorC  G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
  They set you up my s----o--------n.
  C majorC  G/BG/B Am7Am7 G+G
my s----o---------n.
  C majorC  G/BG/B Am7Am7 G+G
my s----o---------n.
  C majorC  G/BG/B Am7Am7 G+G
my s----o---------n.

Riff:
G+G A augmentedA BB C majorC BB A augmentedA G+G


Verse 7:
G+G           C majorC         G+G           C majorC
As did their vision, Just not good men. Men just in chariots, Horses and plates.
G+G              C majorC        G+G           C majorC
Theirs will be brainwashed, So many years. he gather 'till them.


Chorus:
   E minorEm                A minorAm
But a king is never honoured in his own country.
   C majorC                  A minorAm
And a prophet is never honoured in his own country.

  G+G     C majorC     G+G      C majorC   G+G    C majorC     G+G     C majorC
But Jah is our strength. She love by hand. He shall establish. He got his plan.
  G+G    C majorC     G+G        C majorC   G+G      C majorC    G+G     C majorC
No man and people, Can come take their life. So judgement day, Me struggle strive.
  G+G    C majorC   G+G    C majorC   G+G     C majorC   G+G    C majorC
Though the fire a go burn it. And now the fire a go burn it.
  G+G  C majorC     G+G  C majorC      G+G   C majorC     C#7C#7   G+G
You miss. Yes you miss.  You were wrong.  You were wrong.

Riff:
G+G D MajorD BB E MajorE   G+G D MajorD BB E MajorE


Chorus:
E minorEm           A minorAm  E minorEm            C majorC  G/BG/B Am7Am7 G+G
 They'll set you up my son.   They'll set you up my s----o---------n.


Verse 8:
G+G           C majorC         G+G           C majorC
How can you rest, In such a blaze night. How can you think, In suffer our side.
G+G           C majorC       G+G           C majorC
So far away, The land we have known. Don't be no fool, Please come on home.
G+G           C majorC       G+G           C majorC
Hey baby, I am in the place. They don't have no rastaman taste.
G+G           C majorC      G+G   C majorC
Hey, baby, all in all, You lost.


Outro:
E minorEm  Am7Am7   G6G6      E minorEm  Am7Am7   G6G6     G+G
Jah is our Strength.  Jah is our Strength.