Israelite:Desmond Dekker(& The Aces.)
#1 in UK and #9 in USA in '68.
***(Check out the video on YouTube.
When we heard this song back in '68 we
thought he was singing 'me ears are a-light.')***

#1.(Capo 2nd fret for orig. Plus there are slightly
    different versions of this song.)

AGet (x02220@1)up in the morning, slaving for bread, sah,
              A7so (x02020@1)that every mouth can be fed.
D (xx0232@1)   E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)        F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.

#2.
AWife (x02220@1)and kids, dem pack up and-a leave me.
                         A7Darling, (x02020@1)she said, I was yours to receive.
D (xx0232@1)   E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)        C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.

#3.
AShirt (x02220@1)dem a tear up, trousers a go.
                            A7I (x02020@1)don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde.
D (xx0232@1)   E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)        C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.

#4.
AAfter (x02220@1)a storm there must be a calm.
                           A7catch (x02020@1)me in your farm..you sound an alarm.
D (xx0232@1)   E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)        C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.

REPEAT WHOLE SONG:
ADD:
D (xx0232@1)        E (022100@1)    Apoor, (x02220@1)poor me, me-Israelite.(x3)

F G A


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.