Biography:
Jimmy Cliff OM (Jamaican Order of Merit) born as James Chambers (1 April 1948, St. Catherine, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae musician. He is best known among mainstream audiences for songs like "Sittin' in Limbo", "You Can Get It If You Really Want," "Many Rivers to Cross" and the title track from The Harder They Come, a film soundtrack which helped popularise reggae across the world.
Cliff moved to Kingston in 1962. After he released two singles that failed to make much of an impression
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Other songs:
- I Can See Clearly Now
- The Harder They Come
- You Can Get It If You Really Want
- Blessed Love
- Bongo Man
- Childrens Bread
- Club Paradise
- Come Into My Life
- Guns Of Brixton
- Hard Road To Travel
- Hard To Road To Travel
- Hello Sunshine
- I Got To Move On
- King Of Kings
- Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
- Lonely Streets
- Looking Forward
- Many Rivers To Cross
- Miss Jamaica
- My Ancestors
- No Justice
- One More
- Peace
- People
- Rebel In Me
- Reggae Night
- Remake The World
- Ruby Soho
- Shelter Of Your Love
- Ship Is Sailing
- Sitting In Limbo
- Son Of Man
- Strugglin Man
- Sufferin In The Land
- The Lion Awakes
- Use What I Got
- Vietnam
- We All Are One
- Wonderful World Beautiful People
- World Upside Down
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[Intro]
C# G# F# G# C# G# F# F#
[Verse 1]
G#
Well they tell me of a pie up in the sky
F#
Waiting for me when I die
G#
But between the day you're born and when you die
F#
They never seem to hear even your cry
[Chorus]
Fm
So as sure as the sun will shine
Bbm
I'm gonna get my share now of what's mine
G# F# C#
And then the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
G# F# C#
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
[Verse 2]
(same as verse 1)
Well the officers are trying to keep me down
Trying to drive me underground
And they think that they have got the battle won
I say forgive them Lord, they know not what they've done
[Chorus]
Fm
So as sure as the sun will shine
Bbm
I'm gonna get my share now of what's mine
G# F# C#
And then the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
G# F# C#
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
[Interlude]
C# G# F# G# C# G# F# F# C# G# F# G# C# G# F# F#
ooh yeah oh yeah woh yeah ooooh
[Verse 3]
(same as verse 1)
And I keep on fighting for the things I want
Though I know that when you're dead you can't
But I'd rather be a free man in my grave
Than living as a puppet or a slave
[Chorus]
G# F# C#
Yeah, the harder they come, the harder they'll fall one and all
G# F# C# G# F#
What I say now, what I say now, awww
C#
What I say now, what I say one time
G# F# C#
The harder they come the harder they'll fall one and all
G# F# C#
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall one and all
[Intro]
C# G# F# G# C# G# F# F#
[Verse 1]
G#
Well they tell me of a pie up in the sky
F#
Waiting for me when I die
G#
But between the day you're born and when you die
F#
They never seem to hear even your cry
[Chorus]
Fm
So as sure as the sun will shine
Bbm
I'm gonna get my share now of what's mine
G# F# C#
And then the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
G# F# C#
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
[Verse 2]
(same as verse 1)
Well the officers are trying to keep me down
Trying to drive me underground
And they think that they have got the battle won
I say forgive them Lord, they know not what they've done
[Chorus]
Fm
So as sure as the sun will shine
Bbm
I'm gonna get my share now of what's mine
G# F# C#
And then the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
G# F# C#
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall, one and all
[Interlude]
C# G# F# G# C# G# F# F# C# G# F# G# C# G# F# F#
ooh yeah oh yeah woh yeah ooooh
[Verse 3]
(same as verse 1)
And I keep on fighting for the things I want
Though I know that when you're dead you can't
But I'd rather be a free man in my grave
Than living as a puppet or a slave
[Chorus]
G# F# C#
Yeah, the harder they come, the harder they'll fall one and all
G# F# C# G# F#
What I say now, what I say now, awww
C#
What I say now, what I say one time
G# F# C#
The harder they come the harder they'll fall one and all
G# F# C#
Ooh the harder they come the harder they'll fall one and all
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