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The Israelite:Desmond Dekker And The Aces. #1 in UK and #9 in USA in 1969. (Capo 1st fret.) INTRO:

^AGet up in the morning, slaving for bread, sah, so that every ^A7mouth can be fed. ^Dpoor, ^Epoor me, me-^AIsraelite. Aah^F. ^G

#1.

^AGet up in the morning, slaving for bread, sah, so that every ^A7mouth can be fed. ^Dpoor, ^Epoor me, me-^AIsraelite. Aah^F. ^G

#2.

^AWife and kids, dem pack up and-a leave me. Darling, she said, I was ^A7yours to receive. ^Dpoor, ^Epoor me, me-^AIsraelite. Aah^C. ^D

#3.

^AShirt dem a tear up, trousers a go. I don't want to end up like ^A7Bonnie and Clyde. ^Dpoor, ^Epoor me, me-^AIsraelite. Aa^Ch.^D

#4.

^AAfter a storm there must be a calm. catch me in your farm..you ^A7sound an alarm. ^Dpoor, ^Epoor me, me-^AIsraelite. Aah^C. ^D

(INTERLUDE:) #6.

^AGet up in the morning, slaving for bread, sah, so that every ^A7mouth can be fed. ^Dpoor, ^Epoor me, me-^AIsraelite. Aah^F. ^G

#7.

^AWife and kids, dem pack up and-a leave me. Darling, she said, I was ^A7yours to receive. ^Dpoor, ^Epoor me, me-^AIsraelite. Aah^C. ^D

#8.

^AShirt dem a tear up, trousers a go. I don't want to end up like ^A7Bonnie and Clyde. ^Dpoor, ^Epoor me, me-^AIsraelite. Aa^Ch.^D

#9.

^AAfter a storm there must be a calm. catch me in your farm..you ^A7sound an alarm. ^Dpoor, ^Epoor me, me-^AIsraelite. Aah^C. ^D

OUTRO:

^Dpoor, poor ^Eme, me-^AIsraelite.(x3) F G A

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

Misc Unsigned Bands - Desmond dekker and the aces - the israelite