Get Up, Stand Up - Bob Marley, ukulele chords

Published: 2010-02-04 18:00
Selection chords: Sofia Davis

A#m              Fm   A#m                Fm
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! 
A#m              Fm   A#m                Fm
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! 
A#m              Fm   A#m                Fm
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! 
A#m              Fm   A#m               Fm
Get up, stand up: donʼt give up the fight! 

Verse:
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Preacher man, donʼt tell me, 
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Heaven is under the earth. 
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I know you donʼt know 
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What life is really worth.
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Itʼs not all that glitters is gold; 
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Half the story has never been told: 
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So now you see the light, eh! 
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Stand up for your rights. come on! 

Chorus:
A#m              Fm   A#m                Fm
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! 
A#m              Fm   A#m               Fm
Get up, stand up: donʼt give up the fight! 
A#m              Fm   A#m                Fm
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! 
A#m              Fm   A#m                Fm
Get up, stand up: donʼt give up the fight! 

Verse:
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Most people think, 
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Great god will come from the skies, 
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Take away everything 
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And make everybody feel high. 
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But if you know what life is worth, 
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You will look for yours on earth: 
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And now you see the light, 
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You stand up for your rights. jah! 

Chorus:
A#m              Fm 
Get up, stand up! (jah, jah! ) 
A#m                Fm
Stand up for your rights! (oh-hoo! ) 
A#m              Fm 
Get up, stand up! (get up, stand up! ) 
A#m                Fm
Donʼt give up the fight! (life is your right! ) 
A#m              Fm 
Get up, stand up! (so we canʼt give up the fight! ) 
A#m                Fm
Stand up for your rights! (lord, lord! ) 
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Get up, stand up! (keep on struggling on! ) 
A#m                Fm
Donʼt give up the fight! (yeah! ) 

Verse:
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We sick anʼ tired of-a your ism-skism game - 
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Dyinʼ ʼnʼ goinʼ to heaven in-a Jesusʼ name, lord. 
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We know when we understand: 
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Almighty god is a living man. 
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You can fool some people sometimes, 
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But you canʼt fool all the people all the time. 
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So now we see the light (what you gonna do?), 
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We gonna stand up for our rights! (yeah, yeah, yeah! ) 

Chorus:
A#m              Fm 
So you better get up, stand up! (in the morning! git it up! ) 
A#m                Fm
Stand up for your rights! (stand up for our rights! ) 
A#m              Fm 
Get up, stand up! 
A#m                Fm
Donʼt give up the fight! (donʼt give it up, donʼt give it up! ) 
A#m              Fm 
Get up, stand up! (get up, stand up! ) 
A#m                Fm
Stand up for your rights! (get up, stand up! ) 
A#m              Fm 
Get up, stand up!
A#m                Fm
Donʼt give up the fight! (get up, stand up! ) 
A#m              Fm 
Get up, stand up!
A#m                Fm
Stand up for your rights! 
A#m              Fm 
Get up, stand up! 
A#m                Fm
Donʼt give up the fight!