You can get it if you
really want
C - F - C
C F
You can get it if you really want,
C F
you can get it if you really want,
C F
you can get it if you really want,
C G F
but you must try, try
and try, try and try,
G - - - - - - - - - - - - C
you'll succeed at last.
+ C - F - C - F
C G
F
1. Persecution
you must bear,
C G F
win or lose, you got to get your share,
Em F
got your mind set on a dream,
G G7
you can get it, though hard it may seem,
now.
+ CHORUS + C - F - C - F
C
G F
2. Rome
was not built in a day,
C G
F
opposition will come your way,
Em F
but the harder the battle you see,
G G7
it's the sweeter the victory, now.
+ CHORUS + C - D# - F - G (2x)
+ CHORUS + C - F - C - F ....
(orig. = capo
1st) (Desmond Dekker)