The Internationale chords by Billy Bragg

Guitar chords with lyrics

Dedicado a Le0n Trotsky, Emiliano Zapata y Comandante Che Guevara


Verse1:
      A augmentedA                 D MajorD
Stand up all victims of oppression
        E7E7                A augmentedA     E7E7
For the tyrants fear your might
      A augmentedA                     D MajorD
Don't cling so hard to your possessions
             E7E7                    A augmentedA
For you have nothing if you have no rights
    E MajorE      B7B7           E MajorE
Let racist ignorance be ended
      B7B7                      E MajorE   B7B7
For respect makes the empires fall
           E MajorE       E7E7       A augmentedA
Freedom is merely privilege extended
         E MajorE        B7B7      E MajorE   E7E7
Unless enjoyed by one and all


Chorus:
        A augmentedA            D MajorD
So come brothers and sisters
         E7E7              A augmentedA  E7E7
For the struggle carries on
    A augmentedA     E7E7   F# minorF#m C#7C#7
The Inter-national-E
 D MajorD         B7B7       E MajorE    E7E7
Unites the world in song
        A augmentedA            D MajorD
So come comrades and rally
         E7E7              A augmentedA    A7A7
For this is the time and place
    F#7F#7       Bm7Bm7
The international ideal
 A augmentedA         E7E7    A augmentedA
Unites the human race

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Verse 2:
Let no one build walls to divide us
Walls of hatred or walls of stone
Come greet the dawn and stand beside us
We'll live together or we'll die alone
In our world poisoned by exploitation
Those who have taken, now they must give
And end the vanity of nations
We have but one world on which to live


[Chorus]


Verse 3:
And so begins the final drama
In the streets and in the fields
We stand unbowed before their armor
We defy their guns and shields
When we fight provoked by their aggression
Let us be inspired by life and love
For though they offer us concessions
Change will not come from above


[Chorus]