They Set You Up My Son

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Life is for Living. Not for the 
C
giving.
G           C       G           
Life is for living. Not for the 
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giving.
G             C           G     
We shall good thought.And saw i 
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can draw
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Give him the kite. Will talk to 
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the bride
G              C                
God would make the healers.They 
G           C
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                   
    They set you up my 
  C    G/B  Am  G
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      
They set you up my son,   They 
          C    G/B   Am  G
set you up my peo-ple
Em                 Am   Em      
They set you up my son,   They 
          C    G/B   Am  G
set you up my peo-ple
Em                 Am   Em      
They set you up my son,   They 
              C    G/B  Am7  G
set you up my  chil--dr---e---n


[Link]
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[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
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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                   
    They set you up my 
  C    G/B  Am  G     Em    Am
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                   
    They set you up my 
  C    G/B  Am  G
s----o--------n.

[Link]
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                   
    They set you up my 
  C    G/B  Am  G
s----o--------n.


[Bridge 2]
C                    G         C
  Say the will of my masters.  
                         G
And not nothing from this disaster
G                C              
Time is at hand, We understand. 
G             C
We shall pay, For what they've done
G                     C          
Mind just and stairs, Laughing is
        G                C
 mine.  So I shall turn, Now shall 
be blind


[Chorus]
Em                           Am
   They try to set you up my son.
Em                   
    They set you up my 
  C    G/B  Am  G
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.

[Riff]
G  A  B  C  B  A  G


[Verse 7]
G                      C         
As did their vision, Just not 
        G                      C
good men.  Men just in chariots, 
Horses and plates.
G                           C    
Theirs will be brainwashed, So 
           G                     C
many years.  he gather 'till them.


[Chorus]
      Em                           
But a king is never honoured in his
     Am
 own country.
      C                            
And a prophet is never honoured in 
        Am
his own country.

    G          C         G       
But Jah is our strength. She love
    C      G        C          G
 by hand.  He shall establish. 
          C
He got his plan.
    G       C          G         
No man and people, Can come take 
      C      G            C       
their life.  So judgement day, Me 
G         C
struggle strive.
    G       C     G        C     
Though the fire a go burn it.  
 G         C     G       C
And now the fire a go burn it.
    G   C          G    C       
You miss.  Yes you miss.   You 
    G      C          C#7     G
were wrong.   You were wrong.

[Riff]
G D B E     G D B E


[Chorus]
Em                     Am    Em 
 They’ll set you up my son.     
They’ll set you up my 
C    G/B  Am7  G
s----o---------n.


[Verse 8]
G                      C         
How can you rest, In such a blaze
        G                      C
 night. How can you think, In suffer
 our side.
G                      C         
So far away, The land we have 
    G                      C
known. Don’t be no fool, Please come
 on home.
G                      C         
Hey baby, I am in the place. They
    G                      C
 don’t have no rastaman taste.
G                      C          
Hey, baby, all in all, You lost.
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[Otro]
Em   Am7     G6           Em   
Jah  is  our Strength.    Jah  
Am7     G6         G
is  our Strength.