[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]
[Practise Notes] - Play the riff over D and A when it is played
[Intro - No drums to begin with - Sometimes D riff is over A chord section] [G][D][Dsus2][A] x 4 (D riff on 3rd round)
(Drums in) [G][D][Dsus2][A] x 4
[Verse 1] [G] Happiness [D] mor [Dsus2] e or less [A] it's just a change in me something in my libert [G] y o-o- [D] h [Dsus2] m-y m-y [A] ..
[Verse 2] [G] happiness [D] co [Dsus2] ming and going [A] I watch you look at me watch my fever growing, I [G] know just [D] w [Dsus2] here I a [A] -m
[Bridge] well, [Em] how many corners do I have to turn [G] how many times do I have to learn [D] all the love I have is in my [A] mind.
[Chorus] But I'm A [G] lucky m- [D] a- [Dsus2] a-a-n [A] with fire [G] in my h- [D] a- [Dsus2] a-a-nd [A] s
[Verse 3] [G] happiness [D] som [Dsus2] ething in my own place [A] I'm stood here naked smiling I feel no dis [G] grace with [D] who I [A] a-m
[Verse 4] [G] happiness [D] co [Dsus2] ming and going [A] I watch you look at me watch my fever growing, I k [G] now with [D] who I [A] a-m
[Bridge] well, [Em] how many corners do I have to turn [G] how many times do I have to learn [D] all the love I have is in my [A] mind. I hope you [G] under [D] st [Dsus2] -A-A-n [A] d I hope you [G] under [D] st [Dsus2] -a-a-n [A] d
[Pre-verse] o-o- [G] o-o- [D] o- [Dsus2] h-h-h-h [A] no no no no no no no no Gotta [G] love that never [D] d- [Dsus2] i-e-s [A]
[Verse 5] [G] Happiness [D] mo [Dsus2] re or less [A] it's just a change in me something in my liber [G] t
[Verse 6] [G] happiness [D] co [Dsus2] ming and going [A] I watch you look at me watch my fever growing, I [G] know [G] o- [D] o- [Dsus2] h, my m [A] y - X 4
[Pre-verse] Gotta [G] love that never [D] d [Dsus2] -i-e-s [A] X 3 it's just a change in me something in my liber [G] ty X 3
[Fade out] [G] o- [D] o- [Dsus2] h, my my [A] - X it's just a change in me something in my liber [G] ty [G] o- [D] o- [Dsus2] h, my m [A] y - X 2
[End] [D riff - Hold D chord whilst playing the notes] E 0-2------0------ B 3--0-3-~-3------- G 2--0---0-2-------- D 0--------------- A ---------------- E ----------------
