Sugar Trade
Ton : DEnglish
Now bDack when this eartGh was a siClver blue jeDwel
And back when your grGandfather's fCathers were yoDung
MBmen of these shEores made and gavAe up their liveDs
PBmulling up fisEh from the seaA
While dDown in the African slaC/Dvery trade
SDtealing young men to cC/Dut sugar cane
RuDm to New BedfCord and codG/Bfish frCom MainDe
They were building a wallC that will alBbways rCemaiDn
Oh the crown and the cross the muC/Dsket and the chain
The whDite man's religion the fC/Damily name
Two hundDred years latCer and who G/Bis to Cblame?D
The captain or the cCargo or the juiBbce of the sugar cane?C/D
The doDryman he knoGws when the ripCtides will runD
He sets out his nets Gand he waiCts in the sunD
He thBminks of his faEmily and drinksA of his rumD
And he waBmits for the codfiEsh to comeA
It's the saDme goddamn ocean that keepsC/D them alive
It will swDallow you up it will letC/D you survive
It will heDal you and steal Cyou and takeG/B you aC/Dway
Like a note in a bottCle with nothiBbng toC sayD
Now bDack when this eaGrth was a silvCer blue jewDel
Back when your graGndfather's faCthers were youDng
MeBmn of these shoEres made and gave Aup their livesD
PuBmlling up fishE from the A Em/G Dm/F G D