Cygnet Committee
Ton : CEnglish
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I Dbless you D/Cmadly
BmSadly Bbas I tie my Dshoe
I love you D/Cbadly
BmJust in Bbtime at times I Dguess D/C
BmBecause of Bbyou I need to Drest D/C
BmBecause it's Bbyou that sets the Dtest
EbSo much has gone and Bbmlittle is new
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BbmAnd as the Asparrow sings
Dawn Gbchorus for
BbmSomeone else to hear
BbmThe thinker Asits alone
GbGrowing Bbmolder
BbmAnd so bitter
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I Fgave Them life I gave Them all Bbm
They Cdrained my very Fmsoul...dry
I Fcrushed my heart to ease Their Bbmpains
No Cthought for me Fmremains there Ab
BbmNothing can they Dbspare
What of Cme?
Refrain
AmWho praised Their efforts to be free? F
GWords of strength and care and sympathy C
I Amopen doors that would have blocked their way F
I Gbraved Their cause to guide for little pay C
I Amravaged at my finance just for Those F
Those whose claims Gwere steeped in peace tranquility C
AmThose who said a new world new ways ever free F
Those whose promises stretched in Ghope and grace for me.'' C
Am F G
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I Dbless you madly D/C
BmSadly as BbI tie my shoe D
I love you badly D/C
BmJust in time Bbat times I guess D D/C
BmBecause of you I Bbneed to rest D D/C
BmBecause it's you Bbthat sets the test D
EbSo much has gone and little Bbmis new
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BbmAnd as the sunrise Astream
GbFlickers on me Bbm
My friends talk of Bbmglory Auntold dream
Where all Gbis God and God is Bbmjust a word
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FWe had a friend a talking man Bbm
Who spoke Cof many powers Fmthat he had
FNot of the best of men but Ours Bbm
We Cused him We let him use his Fmpowers Ab
We Bbmlet him fill our needs Db
Now we are strong. C
Refrain
AmAnd the road is coming to its end F
GNow the damned have not time to make amends C
AmNo purse of token fortunes stands in Our way F
The Gsilent guns of love will blast the sky C
AmWe broke the ruptured structure build of age F
Our Gweapons were tongues of crying rage C
Where Ammoney stood we planted seeds of rebirth F
And Gstabbed the backs of fathers sons of dirt C
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AmInfiltrated business cesspools
Hating through Our Fsleeves
Yea and We slit Gthe Catholic throat
Stoned the poor on slogans Cas:
-Wish You Could CHear-
-Love Is All We Need- Am
-Kick Out The Jams- Am
-Kick Out Your Mother- Am
-FCut Up Your Friend-
-Screw Up Your Brother or He'll Get You In Gthe End-
And We Know Cthe Flag of Love is from Above Am
And We Can Force FYou to Be Free
And We Can Force GYou to Believe.'' C
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And I close my eyes and tighten up Ammy brain
For I once read a book in which the lovers were Fslain
For they Knew not the words of the Free States' Refrain G
It said
G
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I CBelieve in the Power of Good
I AmBelieve in the State of Love
I Will Fight FFor the Right to be Right
I Will Kill Gfor the Good of the Fight for the Right to be Right.' C
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And I open my eyes Amto look around F
And I see a child laid slain on the ground G
CAs a love machine lumbers Amthrough desolation rows
FPloughing down man woman Glistening to its command
But not Chearing anymore
Not Amhearing anymore F
Just the shrieks Gfrom the old rich
And I Want to Believe C
In the madness that calls 'GNow'
And I Want to Believe C
That a light is shining through Gsomehow
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And I Want to Believe Bb
And You Want to Believe F
And We Want to Believe C
And We Want to Live G
Oh We Want to Live Ab
We Want to Live Bb
We Want to Live C
We Want to GLive
We Want to Live Ab
We Want To Live Bb
I Want to Live C
I Want to Live G
I Want to Live Ab
I Want to Live Bb
I Want to Live C
I Want to Live G
AbLive
BbLive
CLive
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