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

INTRO:
BbGet (x1333x@1)up in the morning, slaving for bread, sah,
              Bb7so (x13131@1)that every mouth can be fed.
Eb (x43121@3)  F (133211@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)       F# (244322@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">Ab
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.

#1.
BbGet (x1333x@1)up in the morning, slaving for bread, sah,
              Bb7so (x13131@1)that every mouth can be fed.
Eb (x43121@3)  F (133211@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)       F# (244322@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">Ab
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.

#2.
BbWife (x1333x@1)and kids, dem pack up and-a leave me..
                         Bb7Darling, (x13131@1)she said, I was yours to receive.
Eb (x43121@3)  F (133211@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)       F# (244322@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">Ab
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.

#3.
BbShirt (x1333x@1)dem a tear up, trousers a go.
                            Bb7I (x13131@1)don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde.
Eb (x43121@3)  F (133211@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)       F# (244322@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">Ab
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.

#4.
BbAfter (x1333x@1)a storm there must be a calm.
                           Bb7catch (x13131@1)me in your farm..you sound an alarm.
Eb (x43121@3)  F (133211@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)       F# (244322@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">Ab
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.

(INTERLUDE:)

#5.
BbGet (x1333x@1)up in the morning, slaving for bread, sah,
              Bb7so (x13131@1)that every mouth can be fed.
Eb (x43121@3)  F (133211@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)       F# (244322@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">Ab
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.

#6.
BbWife (x1333x@1)and kids, dem pack up and-a leave me..
                         Bb7Darling, (x13131@1)she said, I was yours to receive.
Eb (x43121@3)  F (133211@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)       F# (244322@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">Ab
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.

#7.
BbShirt (x1333x@1)dem a tear up, trousers a go.
                            Bb7I (x13131@1)don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde.
Eb (x43121@3)  F (133211@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)       F# (244322@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">Ab
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.

#8.
BbAfter (x1333x@1)a storm there must be a calm.
                           Bb7catch (x13131@1)me in your farm..you sound an alarm.
Eb (x43121@3)  F (133211@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)       F# (244322@1)name="chord_xx1114@1">Ab
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.

OUTRO:
Eb (x43121@3)       F (133211@1)    Bbpoor, (x1333x@1)poor me, me-Israelite.(x3)

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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