[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]
[Intro * downpick the notes in this phrase to make them really stand out] [C][G/B][Am][F] [C][F][C][G]
[C][G/B][Am][F][C][F]* [C][G] E x*------0---3-----0----5---0---1-0-x---0---3------ B 0-------1---0-----1----6---1---1-1-3---1---0------ G 0-2-4-0-0---0-----2----5---0---2-2-2---0---0-2-4-0 D 0-------2---0-----2----7---2---3-3-x---2---0------ A x-------3---2-----0----8---3---3-3-3---3---x------ E 3-------x---x-----x----5-------1-0-x---x---3------ (move first finger to play 1st fret on C for second chord and then just use little finger to play the 3rd fret)
[Chorus * you can play the intro riff bit to emphasise the chorus] [C] No [G/B] woman no cry [Am][F] [C] No [F] woman no [C] cry [G] [C] No [G/B] woman no [Am] cry [F] [C] No [F]* woman no [C] cry
[Verse] [G] Said said [C] said I [G/B] remember [Am] when we used to sit [F] [C] In the govern [G/B] ment yard in [Am] trenchtown [F] [C] Oba oba [G/B] serving the [Am] hypocrites [F] As they would [C] mingle [G/B] with the good people we [Am] meet [F] [C] good friends [G/B] we had oh [Am] good friend we los [F] [C][G/B] along the [Am] way [F] [C] In this bright [G/B] future you [Am] cant forget your [F] past [C] So dry your [G/B] tears I [Am] say [F]
[Chorus] [C] No [G/B] woman no cry [Am][F] [C] No [F] woman no [C] cry [G] [C] Here little [G/B] darlin' don't [Am] shed no [F] tears [C] No [F] woman no [C] cry
[Verse] [G] Said said [C] said I [G/B] remember [Am] when we used to sit [F] [C] In the govern [G/B] ment yard in [Am] trenchtown [F] [C] And then Georgie [G/B] would make a [Am] fire [F] light as it was [C] log wood [G/B] burnin through the [Am] night [F] [C] Then we would [G/B] cook corn [Am] meal porridge [F] [C] of which I'll [G/B] share with [Am] you [F] yeah [C] my [G/B] feet is my [Am] only carriage [F] and so [C] I've got to [G/B] push on [Am] through [F] But while I'm gone
[Bridge - Drop snare on first back beat to really emphasise this bit] [C] Ev'ry thing's gonna [G/B] be alright. [Am] Ev'ry thing's gonna [F] be alright. [C] Ev'ry thing's gonna [G/B] be alright. [Am] Ev'ry thing's gonna [F] be alright. [C] Ev'ry thing's gonna [G/B] be alright. [Am] Ev'ry thing's gonna [F] be alright. [C] Ev'ry thing's gonna [G/B] be alright. [Am] Ev'ry thing's gonna [F] be alright.
[Chorus] So [C] no wo [G/B] man no cry [Am][F] [C] No [F] woman no [C] cry [G] [C] Her [G/B] e little dar [Am] lin' do [F] n't shed no tears [C] No [F] woman no [C] cry
