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


[Link]
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.