The Israelite:Desmond Dekker And The Aces. #1 in UK and #9 in USA in 1969. (Capo 1st fret.) INTRO: A Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sah, A7 so that every mouth can be fed. D E A F G poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah. #1. A Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sah, A7 so that every mouth can be fed. D E A F G poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah. #2. A Wife and kids, dem pack up and-a leave me. A7 Darling, she said, I was yours to receive. D E A C D poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah. #3. A Shirt dem a tear up, trousers a go. A7 I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde. D E A C D poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah. #4. A After a storm there must be a calm. A7 catch me in your farm..you sound an alarm. D E A C D poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah. (INTERLUDE:) #6. A Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sah, A7 so that every mouth can be fed. D E A F G poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah. #7. A Wife and kids, dem pack up and-a leave me. A7 Darling, she said, I was yours to receive. D E A C D poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah. #8. A Shirt dem a tear up, trousers a go. A7 I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde. D E A C D poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah. #9. A After a storm there must be a calm. A7 catch me in your farm..you sound an alarm. D E A C D poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah. OUTRO: D E A poor, poor me, me-Israelite.(x3) F G A A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.