Israelite:Desmond Dekker. #1 in UK and #9 in USA in 1968. INTRO:

^A#Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sah, so that every ^A#7mouth can be fed. ^D#poor, ^Fpoor me, me-^A#Israelite. ^F#Aah^G#.

#1.

^A#Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sah, so that every ^A#7mouth can be fed. ^D#poor, ^Fpoor me, me-^A#Israelite. ^F#Aah^G#.

#2.

^A#Wife and kids, dem pack up and-a leave me.. Darling, she said, I was ^A#7yours to receive. ^D#poor, ^Fpoor me, me-^A#Israelite. ^F#Aah^G#.

#3.

^A#Shirt dem a tear up, trousers a go. I don't want to end up like ^A#7Bonnie and Clyde. ^D#poor, ^Fpoor me, me-^A#Israelite. ^F#Aah^G#.

#4.

^A#After a storm there must be a calm. catch me in your farm..you ^A#7sound an alarm. ^D#poor, ^Fpoor me, me-^A#Israelite. ^F#Aah^G#.

(INTERLUDE:) #5.

^A#Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sah, so that every ^A#7mouth can be fed. ^D#poor, ^Fpoor me, me-^A#Israelite. ^F#Aah^G#.

#6.

^A#Wife and kids, dem pack up and-a leave me.. Darling, she said, I was ^A#7yours to receive. ^D#poor, ^Fpoor me, me-^A#Israelite. ^F#Aah^G#.

#7.

^A#Shirt dem a tear up, trousers a go. I don't want to end up like ^A#7Bonnie and Clyde. ^D#poor, ^Fpoor me, me-^A#Israelite. ^F#Aah^G#.

#8.

^A#After a storm there must be a calm. catch me in your farm..you ^A#7sound an alarm. ^D#poor, ^Fpoor me, me-^A#Israelite. ^F#Aah^G#.

OUTRO:

^D#poor, poor ^Fme, me-^A#Israelite.(x3)

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

Desmond Dekker - The israelite