Israelites

	  		
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Get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir 
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So that every mouth can be fed 
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Poor me Israelites 

A# 
Get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir 
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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 
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Darlin' she said, "I was yours to be seen" 
D#  F   A#        (C#7) 
Poor me Israelites 

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Shirt dem a tear-up trousers a go 
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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 
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You catch me in your farm, you sound your alarm 
D# F    A#        (C#7) 
Poor me Israelites 

           A# 
I said, "I get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir 
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 
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Darlin' she said, "I was yours to be seen" 
D# F    A#        (C#7) 
Poor me Israelites 

      A# 
Look, shirt dem a tear-up trousers a go 
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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 
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You catch me in your farm, you sound your alarm 
D# F    A#       (C#7) 
Poor me Israelites 
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A-poor, a-poor, a-poor, a-poor me Israelites 
A#7 
Ima wondering working for hard 
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A-poor, a-poor, a-poor, a-poor me Israelites 
A#7 
I look a-down and out, sir 
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A-poor, a-poor, a-poor, a-poor me Israelites...