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They Set You Up My Son Chords by Bob Marley

They Set You Up My Son chords by Bob Marley

Guitar chords with lyrics

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


Chorus:
Em                     Am
    They set you up my son.
Em                     C    G/B
    They set you up my chil-dren.
Em                       Am
   Why did you set up my children?
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Verse 2:
     G                 C
They think they gotbow.Little bow .You know it out.
     G                   C
Through us the flour.Sure us the hour.
     G                   C
Men shall destrive.Men shall strive
     G                     C
They shall be even try to take yer ____.


Chorus:
Em                     Am
    They set you up my son.
Em                     C    G/B  Am  G
    They set you up my s----o--------n.


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


Chorus:
Em                 Am   Em                C    G/B   Am  G
They set you up my son,   They set you up my peo-ple
Em                 Am   Em                C    G/B   Am  G
They set you up my son,   They set you up my peo-ple
Em                 Am   Em                    C    G/B  Am7  G
They set you up my son,   They set you up my  chil--dr---e---n


Link:
G                  C


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


Chorus:
Em                     Am
    They set you up my son.  (Whoa yes they will)
Em                     C    G/B  Am  G     Em    Am
    They set you up my s----o--------n.


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


Bridge:
G         C/G
Jah Is Our Strength.
G         C/G
Jah Is Our Strength.
G         C/G      C  C/B  C/A   C/G
Jah Is Our Strength.


Chorus:
Em                    Am
   They set you up my son. Oh yes they will now.
Em                     C    G/B  Am  G
    They set you up my s----o--------n.

Link:
G                  C

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


Chorus:
Em                      Am
  They'll set you up my son.  I know they will now.
Em                     C    G/B  Am  G
    They set you up my s----o--------n.


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


Chorus:
Em                           Am
   They try to set you up my son.
Em                     C    G/B  Am  G
    They set you up my s----o--------n.
   C    G/B  Am7  G
my s----o---------n.
   C    G/B  Am7  G
my s----o---------n.
   C    G/B  Am7  G
my s----o---------n.

Riff:
G  A  B  C  B  A  G


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


Chorus:
      Em                                Am
But a king is never honoured in his own country.
      C                                    Am
And a prophet is never honoured in his own country.

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

Riff:
G D B E     G D B E


Chorus:
Em                     Am    Em                       C    G/B  Am7  G
 They'll set you up my son.     They'll set you up my s----o---------n.


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


Outro:
Em   Am7     G6           Em   Am7     G6         G
Jah  is  our Strength.    Jah  is  our Strength.

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