Get Up Stand Up

by Bob Marley & The Wailers & Peter Tosh · posted by dino

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

+6  -6   -7   +7   +6   -6 +7   +6   -6
Get Up, Stand Up, stand up for your right
+6  -6   -7   +7   +6   -6 +7   +6   -6
Get Up, Stand Up, stand up for your right
+6  -6   -7   +7   +6    -6  +7  +6  -6
Get Up, Stand Up, don't give up the fight

+8   +7  +8   -8   +7    +7  +7   +7   -7   -6 -6
Most people think great God will come from the sky
-8   +7-8 -6 -8   -6   +7  +7  +7 -7 +7-6  -6   +7
Take away ev'rything, and make ev'rybod-y feel high
+8  -8 -8   +7   +8   +8  -6  -6
But if you know what life is worth
-8   -8    -6  +8   +7   +7   +7
You would look for yours on earth
+6   -6  -7  -7 -7   +8
And now you see the light
+6   +8   +9 -8  +7   -6     +8  -8
You stand up for your right, yea--h!

+6  -6   -7   +7   +6   -6 +7   +6   -6
Get Up, Stand Up, stand up for your right
+6  -6   -7   +7   +6    -6  +7  +6  -6
Get Up, Stand Up, don't give up the fight
+6  -6   -7   +7   
Get Up, Stand Up. (Life is your right)
-7 +7  +6    -6  +7  +6  -6
So we can't give up the fight
+6    -6 +7   +6   -6
Stand up for your right, (Lord, Lord)
+6  -6   -7   +7 
Get Up, Stand Up. (Keep on struggling on)
 +6    -6  +7  +6  -6
Don't give up the fight

 +7    -6  -6   -6   -6  -6   -6 -6-6   -6
We're sick and tired of your ism skism game
-6   +6 -6 +6 -6 -6  -6 +6 -6-6    -6    +5
Die and go to heaven in a  Jesus' name, Lord
+8  -8   +7 -6 +7 -6 -6   
We know and we understand
+6 -7 -6  -6 -6 +6 -6-6   -6
Almighty God is a living man
+6   -6  +7   +7  -8 +7  +6  +7
You can fool some people sometimes
+6  -6   +8    -8  +7   +7 +7 -6   +6 +6   -6  
But you can't fool all the people all the time
+6  -6 -7  -7 -7   +8
So now we see the light
+8 +8 -8   -8  +7 -6  +6   -6
We gonna stand up for our rights

+8  +8   -8 -8  +6  -6   -7   +7   +6   -6 +7   +6   -6   
So you'd better get up, stand up, stand up for your right
+6  -6   -7   +7   +6   -6 +7   +6   -6
Get Up, Stand Up, don't give up the fight
+6  -6   -7   +7   +6   -6 +7   +6   -6
Get Up, Stand Up, stand up for your right
+6  -6   -7   +7   +6   -6 +7   +6   -6
Get Up, Stand Up, don't give up the fight.

FADE

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