Get Up, Stand Up
Bob Marley & The Wailers
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[Intro][Chorus]Cm Gm Cm GmGet up, stand up: stand up for your rights!Cm Gm Cm GmGet up, stand up: stand up for your rights!Cm Gm Cm GmGet up, stand up: stand up for your rights!Cm Gm Cm GmGet up, stand up: don't give up the fight![Verse]Cm (Gm)Preacher man, don't tell me,Cm GmHeaven is under the earthCm (Gm)I know you don't knowCm GmWhat life is really worthCm (Gm)It's not all that glitters is gold;Cm GmHalf the story has never been told:Cm (Gm)So now you see the light, eh!Cm GmStand up for your rights. come on![Chorus]Cm Gm Cm GmGet up, stand up: stand up for your rights!Cm Gm Cm GmGet up, stand up: don't give up the fight!Cm Gm Cm GmGet up, stand up: stand up for your rights!Cm Gm Cm GmGet up, stand up: don't give up the fight![Verse]Cm (Gm)Most people think,Cm GmGreat god will come from the skies,Cm (Gm)Take away everythingCm GmAnd make everybody feel high.Cm (Gm)But if you know what life is worth,Cm GmYou will look for yours on earth:Cm (Gm)And now you see the light,Cm GmYou stand up for your rights. jah![Chorus]Cm Gm Cm GmGet up, stand up: stand up for your rights!Cm Gm Cm GmGet up, stand up: don't give up the fight!Cm Gm Cm GmGet up, stand up: stand up for your rights!Cm Gm Cm GmGet up, stand up: don't give up the fight![Bridge]Cm Gm Cm GmWe sick an' tired of-a your ism-skism game -Cm Gm Cm GmDyin' 'n' goin' to heaven in-a Jesus' name, lord.Cm Gm Cm GmWe know when we understand:Cm Gm Cm GmAlmighty god is a living man.Cm Gm Cm GmYou can fool some people sometimes,Cm Gm Cm GmBut you can't fool all the people all the time.Cm Gm Cm GmSo now we see the light (what you gonna do?),Cm Gm Cm GmWe gonna stand up for our rights! (yeah, yeah, yeah! )[Verse]Cm Gm Cm GmGet up, stand up: stand up for your rights!Cm Gm Cm GmGet up, stand up: don't give up the fight!Cm Gm Cm GmGet up, stand up: stand up for your rights!Cm Gm Cm GmGet up, stand up: don't give up the fight![Chorus]Cm Gm Cm GmGet up, stand up: stand up for your rights!Cm Gm Cm GmGet up, stand up: don't give up the fight!Cm Gm Cm GmGet up, stand up: stand up for your rights!Cm Gm Cm GmGet up, stand up: don't give up the fight!