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

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

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

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

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

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

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