Get Up Off Our Knees - Housemartins, ukulele chords


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Published: 2014-05-16 19:07
Selection chords: Henry Walker


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C#              D#m  G#  F#                   C#    D#m  G#   F#
Famines will be famines, banquets will be banquets
 C#                D#m        G#  F#             C#    D#m  G#   F#
Some spend winter in a palace, some spend it in blankets.
       C#               D#m          G#             F#
Donʼt wag your fingers at them and turn to walk away
        C#              D#m          G#              F#
Donʼt shoot someone tomorrow that you can shoot today

Fm                 F#
Time to end the praying
Fm                    F#
Listen what theyʼre saying
G#
Get up off our knees
         C#                          D#m
You can wag your finger ʼtill your angerʼs sore
  G#                        F#
Shake your head ʼtill it shakes no more
         C#                          D#m
You can wag your finger ʼtill your angerʼs sore
  G#                        F#
Shake your head ʼtill it shakes no more

   C#              D#m  G#  F#                 C#    D#m  G#   F#
Paupers will be paupers, bankers will be bankers
 C#               D#m      G#  F#              C#    D#m  G#   F#
Some own pennies in a jar, some own oil tankers
      C#                D#m     G#              F#
What may sound like tomorrow could be ours today
        C#                  D#m              G#              F#
Thereʼs no more need for sorrow if we get off our knees to pray

Fm                 F#
Time to end the praying
Fm                    F#
Listen what theyʼre saying
G#
Get up off our knees
         C#                          D#m
You can wag your finger ʼtill your angerʼs sore
  G#                        F#
Shake your head ʼtill it shakes no more
         C#                          D#m
You can wag your finger ʼtill your angerʼs sore
  G#                        F#
Shake your head ʼtill it shakes no more

   C#                D#m     G#    F#            C#    D#m  G#   F#
Countries will be countries, borders will be borders
 C#                    D#m         G#  F#        C#    D#m  G#   F#
Some have lost their folks at war, some have given orders
       C#               D#m           G#            F#
Donʼt wag your fingers at them and turn to walk away
        C#              D#m          G#              F#
Donʼt shoot someone tomorrow that you can shoot today

Fm                 F#
Time to end the praying
Fm                    F#
Listen what theyʼre saying
G#
Get up off our knees
         C#                          D#m
You can wag your finger ʼtill your angerʼs sore
  G#                        F#
Shake your head ʼtill it shakes no more
         C#                          D#m
You can wag your finger ʼtill your angerʼs sore
  G#                        F#
Shake your head ʼtill it shakes no more

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