[Intro] [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : don [Cm] 't give up the fight! [Gm]
[Verse] [Cm] Preacher man, don't tell [Gm] me, [Cm] Heaven is under the eart [Gm] h. [Cm] I know you don't kn [Gm] ow [Cm] What life is really wo [Gm] rth. [Cm] It's not all that glitters i [Gm] s gold; [Cm] Half the story has n [Gm] ever been told: [Cm] So now you see the lig [Gm] ht, eh! [Cm] Stand up for your rights. [Gm] come on!
[Chorus] [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : don [Cm] 't give up the fight! [Gm]
[Verse] [Cm] Most people think, [Gm] [Cm] Great god will come from [Gm] the skies, [Cm] Take away everythin [Gm] g [Cm] And make everybody fee [Gm] l high. [Cm] But if you know what life is [Gm] worth, [Cm] You will look for yo [Gm] urs on earth: [Cm] And now you see the li [Gm] ght, [Cm] You stand up for your righ [Gm] ts. jah!
[Chorus] [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : don [Cm] 't give up the fight! [Gm]
[Verse- repeat Cm and Gm] We sick an' tired of-a your ism-skism game - Dyin' 'n' goin' to heaven in-a Jesus' name, lord. We know when we understand: Almighty god is a living man. You can fool some people sometimes, But you can't fool all the people all the time. So now we see the light (what you gonna do?), We gonna stand up for our rights! (yeah, yeah, yeah! )
[Chorus] So you better [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : sta [Cm] nd up for your rights [Gm] ! [Cm] Get up, stand up [Gm] : don [Cm] 't give up the fight! [Gm] [Repeat until end]
[Verse] I [A] know there's [D] nothing to [A] say Someone has [D] taken my [A] place When [A] times go [E] bad, when [A] times go [E] rough, won't you [A] lay me down in the [D] tall grass, and [E] let me do my stuff? I [A] know I got [D] nothing on [A] you I know there's [D] nothing to [A] d When [A] times go [E] bad and you [A] can't get e [E] nough, won't you [A] lay me down in the [D] tall grass, and [E] let me do my stuff? do it
[BAM Section] [A] Bam bam bam bam ba bam [D] Bam bam bam bam ba bam [A] Bam bam bam babambabam [E] baba [A] bam do do de do [A] Bam bam bam bam ba bam [D] Bam bam bam bam ba bam [A] Bam bam bam babambabam [E] baba [A] bam
[Verse] One [A] thing I [D] think you should [A] know, I ain't gonna [D] miss you when you [A] g Been [A] down so [E] long, I've been [A] tossed around e [E] nough, Oh, [A] wouldn't you just [D] let me go [E] down and do my stuff? I [A] know you're [D] hoping to [A] find Someone who's gonna [D] give you peace of [A] mind When [A] times go [E] bad, when [A] times go [E] rough won't you [A] lay me down in the [D] tall grass, and [E] let me do my stuff? do it
[BAM Section] [A] Bam bam bam bam ba bam [D] Bam bam bam bam ba bam [A] Bam bam bam babambabam [E] baba [A] bam do do de do [A] Bam bam bam bam ba bam [D] Bam bam bam bam ba bam [A] Bam bam bam babambabam [E] baba [A] bam
[Outro - Final D to E is fast change] [A] I'm just [D] second hand [A] news, I'm just [D] second hand [A] news, [D] [A] ([D] ye [E] eh eh) (repeat 3 times)
