Desmond Dekker - Israelites

^AGet^Bb up in the morning slaving for bread, sir ^ASo ^Bbthat every mouth can be fed ^DPo^Ebor ^{Eb F} m^Bbe Israelites^Gb, ah^Ab

^BbGet up in the morning slaving for bread, sir ^BbSo that every mouth can be fed ^C7#9Poor ^Dm9 me I^Bbsraelites ^Db

^BbMy wife and my kids, they packed up and leave me ^BbDarling, she said, "I was yours to be seen" ^C7#9Poor ^Dm9 me I^Bbsraelites ^Db

^BbShirt them a-tear up, trousers are gone ^BbI don't want to end up like Bonny and Clyde ^C7#9Poor ^Dm9 me I^Bbsraelites ^Db

^BbAfter a storm there must be a calm ^BbThey catch me in the farm, you sound your alarm ^C7#9Poor ^Dm9 me I^Bbsraelites ^Db

I said, I g^Bbet up in the morning slaving for bread, sir ^BbSo that every mouth can be fed ^C7#9Poor ^Dm9 me I^Bbsraelites ^Db

^BbI said, my wife and my kids, they packed up and leave me ^BbDarling, she said, "I was yours to be seen" ^C7#9Poor ^Dm9 me I^Bbsraelites ^Db

Look,^Bb shirt them a-tear up, trousers are gone ^BbI don't want to end up like Bonny and Clyde ^C7#9Poor ^Dm9 me I^Bbsraelites ^Db

^BbAfter a storm there must be a calm ^BbThey catch me in the farm, you sound your alarm ^C7#9Poor ^Dm9 me I^Bbsraelites ^Bb7

^C7#9A-poor, a-poor, ^Dm9a-poor, a-poor me ^BbIsraelites ^Bb7Ima wondering working for hard ^C7#9A-poor, a-poor, ^Dm9a-poor, a-poor me ^BbIsraelites ^Bb7I look a-down and out, sir ^C7#9A-poor, a-poor, ^Dm9a-poor, a-poor me ^BbIsraelites...