Bob Marley – They Set You Up My Son (Guitar)
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Chords
[Verse 1]
G C G C Life is for Living. Not for the giving. G C G C Life is for living. Not for the giving. G C G C We shall good thought.And saw i can draw G C G C Give him the kite. Will talk to the bride G C G C God would make the healers.They can’t unite again.
[Chorus]
Em Am They set you up my son. Em C G/B They set you up my chil-dren. Em Am Why did you set up my children?
[Verse 2]
G C They think they gotbow.Little bow .You know it out. G C Through us the flour.Sure us the hour. G C Men shall destrive.Men shall strive G C They shall be even try to take yer ____.
[Chorus]
Em Am They set you up my son. Em C G/B Am G They set you up my s----o--------n.
[Verse 3]
G C God Jah will protect you, You shall not pay G C This are the mouners, Sample my prayer G C As those do a curl of, To see your hurt G C Hope they are satisfied, For what it's worth
[Chorus]
Em Am Em C G/B Am G They set you up my son, They set you up my peo-ple Em Am Em C G/B Am G They set you up my son, They set you up my peo-ple Em Am Em C G/B Am7 G They set you up my son, They set you up my chil--dr---e---n
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G C
[Verse 4]
G C They know not day, They know not night G C They are so lost, In a life that so bright G C For umpteen years, We give these tears G C Yet they pass the sea. Seek give a plan G C Gone of their mind, We give their minds G C Play in their heads. Sues them for deaths G C Send them to rock. Send them to cliff G C Send them to upset. The ruling government.
[Chorus]
Em Am They set you up my son. (Whoa yes they will) Em C G/B Am G Em Am They set you up my s----o--------n.
[Verse 5]
C G State the words of my master C G State the words of my master G C I shall protect you, Keep wickedness away G C Men shall ripe of plenty, Lands I have should G C Thou shalt be free, Thou shalt see G C Though send victory, Of the enemy
[Bridge]
G C/G Jah Is Our Strength. G C/G Jah Is Our Strength. G C/G C C/B C/A C/G Jah Is Our Strength.
[Chorus]
Em Am They set you up my son. Oh yes they will now. Em C G/B Am G They set you up my s----o--------n.
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G C
[Verse 6]
G C Oh people please. Lift with your eyes G C Be with your vision. Try to realize G C Offense that march. Give you much starch G C Play hand your mind. You can see that your blind G C Take your religion. Drive you away G C Surround you by water. On that day to this day G C You cannot move. Without all that pieces G C All of desassels. You will have to please them.
[Chorus]
Em Am They'll set you up my son. I know they will now. Em C G/B Am G They set you up my s----o--------n.
[Bridge 2]
C G C G Say the will of my masters. And not nothing from this disaster G C G C Time is at hand, We understand. We shall pay, For what they've done G C G C Mind just and stairs, Laughing is mine. So I shall turn, Now shall be blind
[Chorus]
Em Am They try to set you up my son. Em C G/B Am G They set you up my s----o--------n. C G/B Am7 G my s----o---------n. C G/B Am7 G my s----o---------n. C G/B Am7 G my s----o---------n.
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G A B C B A G
[Verse 7]
G C G C As did their vision, Just not good men. Men just in chariots, Horses and plates. G C G C Theirs will be brainwashed, So many years. he gather 'till them.
[Chorus]
Em Am But a king is never honoured in his own country. C Am And a prophet is never honoured in his own country. G C G C G C G C But Jah is our strength. She love by hand. He shall establish. He got his plan. G C G C G C G C No man and people, Can come take their life. So judgement day, Me struggle strive. G C G C G C G C Though the fire a go burn it. And now the fire a go burn it. G C G C G C C#7 G You miss. Yes you miss. You were wrong. You were wrong.
[Riff]
G D B E G D B E
[Chorus]
Em Am Em C G/B Am7 G They’ll set you up my son. They’ll set you up my s----o---------n.
[Verse 8]
G C G C How can you rest, In such a blaze night. How can you think, In suffer our side. G C G C So far away, The land we have known. Don’t be no fool, Please come on home. G C G C Hey baby, I am in the place. They don’t have no rastaman taste. G C G C Hey, baby, all in all, You lost.
[Outro]
Em Am7 G6 Em Am7 G6 G Jah is our Strength. Jah is our Strength.