Biography:
Jimmy Cliff OM (Jamaican Order of Merit) born as James Chambers (1 April 1948, St. Catherine, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae musician. He is best known among mainstream audiences for songs like "Sittin' in Limbo", "You Can Get It If You Really Want," "Many Rivers to Cross" and the title track from The Harder They Come, a film soundtrack which helped popularise reggae across the world.
Cliff moved to Kingston in 1962. After he released two singles that failed to make much of an impression
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Other songs:
- I Can See Clearly Now
- The Harder They Come
- You Can Get It If You Really Want
- Blessed Love
- Bongo Man
- Childrens Bread
- Club Paradise
- Come Into My Life
- Guns Of Brixton
- Hard Road To Travel
- Hard To Road To Travel
- Hello Sunshine
- I Got To Move On
- King Of Kings
- Let Your Yeah Be Yeah
- Lonely Streets
- Looking Forward
- Many Rivers To Cross
- Miss Jamaica
- My Ancestors
- No Justice
- One More
- Peace
- People
- Rebel In Me
- Reggae Night
- Remake The World
- Ruby Soho
- Shelter Of Your Love
- Ship Is Sailing
- Sitting In Limbo
- Son Of Man
- Strugglin Man
- Sufferin In The Land
- The Lion Awakes
- Use What I Got
- Vietnam
- We All Are One
- Wonderful World Beautiful People
- World Upside Down
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Jimmy Cliff - Struggling Man
Intro D |G |F#m |D ||x2
Verse 1
D C G D
Every man has the right to live
D C G D
Love is all he has to give
D C G D
Together we struggle by the will to survive
D C G D
Together we fight just to stay alive
Chorus
G A D
Strugglin' man has got to move
G A D A/C# Bm
Strugglin' man got no time to lose
G A D
I'm a strugglin' man, and I've got to move on
Interlude (D) |G |F#m |D ||x2
Verse 2
D C G D
As the sun likes the day, and the moon likes the night
D C G D
Strugglin' man keeps reaching for the higher heights
D C G D
Sew and plant for tomorrow as we live for today
D C G D
Like the flower we bloom and then later fade away
Chorus
G A D
Strugglin' man has got to move
G A D A/C# Bm
Strugglin' man got no time to lose
G A D
I'm a strugglin' man, and I've got to move on
Interlude (D) |G |F#m |D ||x2
Chorus
G A D
Strugglin' man has got to move
G A D A/C# Bm
Strugglin' man got no time to lose
G A D
I'm a strugglin' man, and I've got to move on
Outro (D) |G |F#m |D ||x4 and fade
struggling man, struggling man
Intro D |G |F#m |D ||x2
Verse 1
D C G D
Every man has the right to live
D C G D
Love is all he has to give
D C G D
Together we struggle by the will to survive
D C G D
Together we fight just to stay alive
Chorus
G A D
Strugglin' man has got to move
G A D A/C# Bm
Strugglin' man got no time to lose
G A D
I'm a strugglin' man, and I've got to move on
Interlude (D) |G |F#m |D ||x2
Verse 2
D C G D
As the sun likes the day, and the moon likes the night
D C G D
Strugglin' man keeps reaching for the higher heights
D C G D
Sew and plant for tomorrow as we live for today
D C G D
Like the flower we bloom and then later fade away
Chorus
G A D
Strugglin' man has got to move
G A D A/C# Bm
Strugglin' man got no time to lose
G A D
I'm a strugglin' man, and I've got to move on
Interlude (D) |G |F#m |D ||x2
Chorus
G A D
Strugglin' man has got to move
G A D A/C# Bm
Strugglin' man got no time to lose
G A D
I'm a strugglin' man, and I've got to move on
Outro (D) |G |F#m |D ||x4 and fade
struggling man, struggling man
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