Chords for Desmond Dekker- "Israelites" 1969 (Reelin' In The Years Archive)

Get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir, [Bb] _ so that every mouth can be [G] fed.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ [F] Oh, _ _ _ [Bb]
me _ _ Israelite.
_ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
Get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir, so that every mouth can be [Eb] fed.
_ Oh, [F] _ _ _ [Bb] me _ Israelite.
[Db] The _ _ [Bb]
white man, my kids, they're up and they're leaving.
The lady said I was yours to _ [Eb] receive.
_ _ _ [F] Oh, _ [Bb] me _ Israelite.
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Bb]
Shut them up, tear up, chose his son.
I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde.
[Eb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ Oh, [Bb] me _ Israelite.
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
The rest of them, they must be your foes.
In the farm, you sound your [Eb] alarm.
_ _ _ [F] Oh, _ [Bb] me _ Israelite.
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ Get [Bb]
up in the morning slaving for bread, sir, so that every mouth can be [Eb] fed.
_ _ _ [F] Oh, _ _ [Bb]
me Israelite.
Get up in the morning slaving for bread, [Db] sir, so _ [Bbm]
[Bb] that every mouth can be fed.
The white man, my kids, they're up and they're leaving.
The lady said I was yours to _ [Eb]
receive.
_ _ [F] _ _ Oh, [Bb] me _ Israelite.
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
Get up in the _ _ _ morning _ _ slaving [Eb] _
for _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb]
bread, _ [Fm] sir, _ _ _ [Bb]
so that every mouth can be fed.
In the farm, you sound your [Eb] alarm.
_ _ [F] Oh, _ _ _ [Bb]
me _ Israelite.
_ _ _ [Cm]
Oh, _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] me _ Israelite.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
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