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They Set You Up My Son

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Bob Marley (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981), born Nesta Robert Marley which was later to be changed by passport officials to Robert Nesta Marley, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist. He was the most widely known writer and performer of Reggae, and more specifically Roots Reggae. He is famous for popularising the genre outside of Jamaica and the Caribbean. Much of his music dealt with the struggles of the spiritually wealthy rasta and/or spiritually powerful Jah Rastafari.

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[Verse 1]
G C G C
Life is for Living. Not for the giving.
G C G C
Life is for living. Not for the giving.
G C G C
We shall good thought.And saw i can draw
G C G C
Give him the kite. Will talk to the bride
G C G C
God would make the healers.They can’t unite again.

[Chorus]
Em Am
They set you up my son.
Em C G/B
They set you up my chil-dren.
Em Am
Why did you set up my children?

[Verse 2]
G C
They think they gotbow.Little bow .You know it out.
G C
Through us the flour.Sure us the hour.
G C
Men shall destrive.Men shall strive
G C
They shall be even try to take yer ____.

[Chorus]
Em Am
They set you up my son.
Em C G/B Am G
They set you up my s----o--------n.

[Verse 3]
G C
God Jah will protect you, You shall not pay
G C
This are the mouners, Sample my prayer
G C
As those do a curl of, To see your hurt
G C
Hope they are satisfied, For what it's worth

[Chorus]
Em Am Em C G/B Am G
They set you up my son, They set you up my peo-ple
Em Am Em C G/B Am G
They set you up my son, They set you up my peo-ple
Em Am Em C G/B Am7 G
They set you up my son, They set you up my chil--dr---e---n

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G C

[Verse 4]
G C
They know not day, They know not night
G C
They are so lost, In a life that so bright
G C
For umpteen years, We give these tears
G C
Yet they pass the sea. Seek give a plan
G C
Gone of their mind, We give their minds
G C
Play in their heads. Sues them for deaths
G C
Send them to rock. Send them to cliff
G C
Send them to upset. The ruling government.

[Chorus]
Em Am
They set you up my son. (Whoa yes they will)
Em C G/B Am G Em Am
They set you up my s----o--------n.

[Verse 5]
C G
State the words of my master
C G
State the words of my master
G C
I shall protect you, Keep wickedness away
G C
Men shall ripe of plenty, Lands I have should
G C
Thou shalt be free, Thou shalt see
G C
Though send victory, Of the enemy

[Bridge]
G C/G
Jah Is Our Strength.
G C/G
Jah Is Our Strength.
G C/G C C/B C/A C/G
Jah Is Our Strength.

[Chorus]
Em Am
They set you up my son. Oh yes they will now.
Em C G/B Am G
They set you up my s----o--------n.

[Link]
G C

[Verse 6]
G C
Oh people please. Lift with your eyes
G C
Be with your vision. Try to realize
G C
Offense that march. Give you much starch
G C
Play hand your mind. You can see that your blind
G C
Take your religion. Drive you away
G C
Surround you by water. On that day to this day
G C
You cannot move. Without all that pieces
G C
All of desassels. You will have to please them.

[Chorus]
Em Am
They'll set you up my son. I know they will now.
Em C G/B Am G
They set you up my s----o--------n.

[Bridge 2]
C G C G
Say the will of my masters. And not nothing from this disaster
G C G C
Time is at hand, We understand. We shall pay, For what they've done
G C G C
Mind just and stairs, Laughing is mine. So I shall turn, Now shall be blind

[Chorus]
Em Am
They try to set you up my son.
Em C G/B Am G
They set you up my s----o--------n.
C G/B Am7 G
my s----o---------n.
C G/B Am7 G
my s----o---------n.
C G/B Am7 G
my s----o---------n.

[Riff]
G A B C B A G

[Verse 7]
G C G C
As did their vision, Just not good men. Men just in chariots, Horses and plates.
G C G C
Theirs will be brainwashed, So many years. he gather 'till them.

[Chorus]
Em Am
But a king is never honoured in his own country.
C Am
And a prophet is never honoured in his own country.

G C G C G C G C
But Jah is our strength. She love by hand. He shall establish. He got his plan.
G C G C G C G C
No man and people, Can come take their life. So judgement day, Me struggle strive.
G C G C G C G C
Though the fire a go burn it. And now the fire a go burn it.
G C G C G C C#7 G
You miss. Yes you miss. You were wrong. You were wrong.

[Riff]
G D B E G D B E

[Chorus]
Em Am Em C G/B Am7 G
They’ll set you up my son. They’ll set you up my s----o---------n.

[Verse 8]
G C G C
How can you rest, In such a blaze night. How can you think, In suffer our side.
G C G C
So far away, The land we have known. Don’t be no fool, Please come on home.
G C G C
Hey baby, I am in the place. They don’t have no rastaman taste.
G C G C
Hey, baby, all in all, You lost.

[Outro]
Em Am7 G6 Em Am7 G6 G
Jah is our Strength. Jah is our Strength.