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Poor Mi Israelites

Desmond Dekker

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Intro:
 Bb/C
e-----|
B-----|
G-----|
D-8/9-|
A-8/9-|
E-6/7-|
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir

Bb/C
e-----|
B-----|
G-----|
D-8/9-|
A-8/9-|
E-6/7-|
   so that every mouth can be fed

Eb/E        F/F#          Bb/C
e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G-8/9------10/11---------------|
D-8/9------10/11-----------8/9-|
A-6/7-------8/9------------8/9-|
E--------------------------6/9-|
 Poor,      Poor,        Me Israelite sir

  G           A
e-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
B-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
G-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
D-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-|


       Bb
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir,

So that every mouth can be fed
   Eb   F         Bb     C#
Poo-oooor, me Israelite

Repeat verse chords

My wife and my kids, they pack up and leave me
Darling, she said, I was yours to be seen
Poor, me Israelite

Shirt them a-tear up, trousers are gone
I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde
Poor, poor, me poor, me Israelite

After a storm there must be a calm
They catch me in the farm You sound the alarm
Poor, me Israelite

Solo chords: Bb C#

Solo: x2
             Eb                        F
e--------------6--6--6-6-----------------10--10--10-10-|
B--------------8--8--8-8-----------------10--10--10-10-|
G--------------8--8--8-8-----------------10--10--10-10-|
D--------------8--8--8-8-----------------10--10--10-10-|
A---8----------6--6--6-6------8----------8---8---8--8--|
E-6---9--6--6---------------6---9--6--6----------------|


Verse again

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Poor Mi Israelites

Desmond Dekker