F#ms in brackets are optional. In case you don't play them strum the Bm six times
and then F#m twice. If you are one of those who believe that sounds better if
played in Cm then the chords are Bm-->Cm and F#m-->Gm.
Bm F#m Bm F#m
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Bm (F#m)
Preacher man, don't tell me,
Bm F#m
Heaven is under the earth.
Bm (F#m)
I know you don't know
Bm F#m
What life is really worth.
Bm (F#m)
It's not all that glitters is gold;
Bm F#m
Half the story has never been told:
Bm (F#m)
So now you see the light, eh!
Bm F#m
Stand up for your rights. come on!
Bm F#m Bm F#m
Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights!
Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight!
Bm (F#m)
Most people think,
Bm F#m
Great god will come from the skies,
Bm (F#m)
Take away everything
Bm F#m
And make everybody feel high.
Bm (F#m)
But if you know what life is worth,
Bm F#m
You will look for yours on earth:
Bm (F#m)
And now you see the light,
Bm F#m
You stand up for your rights. jah!
