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]
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[Chorus]
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They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs
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They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs
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They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs
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Makin' so many people lives so hard
[Verse 1]
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Now while those cats get fat, in came all the rats
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Stole away the cheese and doing as they please
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Jack Spratt ate all the fat, his wife ate all the lean
D E A
And so between the both, you see they licked the platter clean, so
[Chorus]
A D A
They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs
A D E
They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs
A A7 D A
They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs
D E A
Makin' so many people lives so hard
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[Verse 2]
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Now there's a gathering on Main Street, shuffling on Wall Street
A D E
To a new drum beat, turning up the heat, now
A A7 D A
Now the weak get strong, singing a new song
D E A
Time has come for us to right the wrong, and so
[Chorus]
A D A
They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs
A D E
They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs
A A7 D A
They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs, oh
D E A
Makin' so many people lives so hard, we're singin'
A A D A A A D E
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[Instrumental]
A A D A A A D E
A A7 D A D E A A
[Outro]
A D A
They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs
A D E
They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs
A A7 D A
They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs
D E A
Makin' so many people lives so hard, hey
D E A
Makin' so many people lives so hard, hey
D E A
Makin' so many people lives so hard
A A D A A A D E
A A7 D A D E A A
[Chorus]
A D A
They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs
A D E
They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs
A A7 D A
They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs
D E A
Makin' so many people lives so hard
[Verse 1]
A D A
Now while those cats get fat, in came all the rats
A D E
Stole away the cheese and doing as they please
A A7 D A
Jack Spratt ate all the fat, his wife ate all the lean
D E A
And so between the both, you see they licked the platter clean, so
[Chorus]
A D A
They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs
A D E
They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs
A A7 D A
They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs
D E A
Makin' so many people lives so hard
A A D A A A D E
A A7 D A D E A A
[Verse 2]
A D A
Now there's a gathering on Main Street, shuffling on Wall Street
A D E
To a new drum beat, turning up the heat, now
A A7 D A
Now the weak get strong, singing a new song
D E A
Time has come for us to right the wrong, and so
[Chorus]
A D A
They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs
A D E
They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs
A A7 D A
They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs, oh
D E A
Makin' so many people lives so hard, we're singin'
A A D A A A D E
A A7 D A D E A A
[Instrumental]
A A D A A A D E
A A7 D A D E A A
[Outro]
A D A
They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs
A D E
They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs
A A7 D A
They took the children's bread and give it to the dogs
D E A
Makin' so many people lives so hard, hey
D E A
Makin' so many people lives so hard, hey
D E A
Makin' so many people lives so hard
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