The Israelite:Desmond Dekker And The Aces.
#1 in UK and #9 in USA in 1969.
(Capo 1st fret.)
INTRO:
A
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sah,
A7
so that every mouth can be fed.
D E A F G
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.
#1.
A
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sah,
A7
so that every mouth can be fed.
D E A F G
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.
#2.
A
Wife and kids, dem pack up and-a leave me.
A7
Darling, she said, I was yours to receive.
D E A C D
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.
#3.
A
Shirt dem a tear up, trousers a go.
A7
I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde.
D E A C D
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.
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#4.
A
After a storm there must be a calm.
A7
catch me in your farm..you sound an alarm.
D E A C D
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.
(INTERLUDE:)
#6.
A
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sah,
A7
so that every mouth can be fed.
D E A F G
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.
#7.
A
Wife and kids, dem pack up and-a leave me.
A7
Darling, she said, I was yours to receive.
D E A C D
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.
#8.
A
Shirt dem a tear up, trousers a go.
A7
I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde.
D E A C D
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.
#9.
A
After a storm there must be a calm.
A7
catch me in your farm..you sound an alarm.
D E A C D
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.
OUTRO:
D E A
poor, poor me, me-Israelite.(x3)
F G A
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
