Desmond Dekker - Israelites

^A#Get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir ^A#So that every mouth can be fed ^D#Poor^F me ^A#Israelites ^{F# G#}

^A#Get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir ^A#So that every mouth can be fed D# F A# (C#7) Poor me Israelites

^A#My wife an' my kids them a pack up an' a leave me ^A#Darlin' she said, "I was yours to be seen" D# F A# (C#7) Poor me Israelites

^A#Shirt dem a tear-up trousers a go ^A#I don't want to end up like Bonny and Clyde D# F A# (C#7) Poor me Israelites

^A#After a storm there must be a calm ^A#You catch me in your farm, you sound your alarm D# F A# (C#7) Poor me Israelites

I said, "I ^A#get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir So that every mouth can be fed" D# F A# (C#7) Poor me Israelites

My ^A#wife an' my kids them a pack up an' a leave me ^A#Darlin' she said, "I was yours to be seen" D# F A# (C#7) Poor me Israelites

Look, ^A#shirt dem a tear-up trousers a go ^A#I don't want to end up like Bonny and Clyde D# F A# (C#7) Poor me Israelites

^A#After a storm there must be a calm ^A#You catch me in your farm, you sound your alarm D# F A# (C#7) Poor me Israelites ^D#A-poor, a-poor, ^Fa-poor, a-poor me ^A#Israelites ^A#7Ima wondering working for hard ^D#A-poor, a-poor, ^Fa-poor, a-poor me ^A#Israelites ^A#7I look a-down and out, sir ^D#A-poor, a-poor, ^Fa-poor, a-poor me ^A#Israelites...