They Set You Up My Son chords by Bob Marley

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?

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.