Tabs
TRACY CHAPMAN
THE RAPE OF THE WORLD
(Album: "New Beginning")
Intro (play it twice...)
Am7Am7 Am7Am7 
FF 
GsusGsus
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----1-----1---------1/3---3-3---1---1-----1---------1-----1---------1-|
G+G|--------0-----0-----------0-0---0-------2-----2---------0-----0-------|
D MajorD|----------------2-------------------------------3---------------0-----| x2
A augmentedA|----0---------------0-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------1---------------3-----------------|
Am7Am7 Am7Am7 FF GsusGsus
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----1-----1---------1/3---3-3---1---1-----1---------1-----1---------1-|
G+G|--------0-----0-----------0-0---0-------2-----2---------0-----0-------|
D MajorD|----------------2-------------------------------3---------------0-----| x4
A augmentedA|----0---------------0-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------1---------------3-----------------|
1. Mother of us all__________,
2. place of our birth________,
3. How Can we stand aside________,
4. And watch the Rape of the world_________???
(Now start playing only the chords or keep playing the tabs:)
verse 1:
Am7Am7 Am7Am7 FF G+G
This the beginning_____ of the end___.
Am7Am7 Am7Am7 FF G+G
This the most hei__nous of crimes.
Am7Am7 Am7Am7 FF G+G
This the deadliest___ of sins_______,
Am7Am7 Am7Am7 FF G+G
the greatest violation__ of all time.
Chorus
Am7Am7 (let ring) (Am7Am7) FF G+G
Mother of us all______, place of our birth___.
Am7Am7 (let ring) (Am7Am7) FF G+G
We all are witness____ to the rape of the world_______.
Am7Am7 Am7Am7 FF GsusGsus
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----1-----1---------1/3---3-3---1---1-----1---------1-----1---------1-|
G+G|--------0-----0-----------0-0---0-------2-----2---------0-----0-------|
D MajorD|----------------2-------------------------------3---------------0-----| x2
A augmentedA|----0---------------0-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------1---------------3-----------------|
verse 2:
Am7Am7 Am7Am7 FF G+G
You've seen her stripped mined________.
Am7Am7 Am7Am7 FF G+G
You've heard of bombs exploded underground.
Am7Am7 Am7Am7 FF G+G
You know the sun shines_________
Am7Am7 Am7Am7 FF G+G
hotter than ever before.
Chorus
Am7Am7 (let ring) (Am7Am7) FF G+G
Mother of us all______, place of our birth___.
Am7Am7 (let ring) (Am7Am7) FF G+G
We all are witness____ to the rape of the world______.
Am7Am7 Am7Am7 FF GsusGsus
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----1-----1---------1/3---3-3---1---1-----1---------1-----1---------1-|
G+G|--------0-----0-----------0-0---0-------2-----2---------0-----0-------|
D MajorD|----------------2-------------------------------3---------------0-----| x2
A augmentedA|----0---------------0-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------1---------------3-----------------|
verse 3:
Am7Am7 Am7Am7 FF G+G
Some claim to have crowned_____ her(spoken) a queen.
Am7Am7 Am7Am7 FF G+G
(sung)with cities of concrete____ and steel.
Am7Am7 Am7Am7 FF G+G
But there is no glory____, no honor
Am7Am7 Am7Am7 FF G+G
in what results____ from the rape of the world
Chorus
Am7Am7 (let ring) (Am7Am7) FF G+G
Mother of us all______, place of our birth___.
Am7Am7 (let ring) (Am7Am7) FF G+G
We all are witness____ to the rape of the world_______.
Am7Am7 Am7Am7 FF GsusGsus
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----1-----1---------1/3---3-3---1---1-----1---------1-----1---------1-|
G+G|--------0-----0-----------0-0---0-------2-----2---------0-----0-------|
D MajorD|----------------2-------------------------------3---------------0-----| x2
A augmentedA|----0---------------0-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------1---------------3-----------------|
verse 4:
Am7Am7 Am7Am7 FF G+G
She has been clear____ cut.
Am7Am7 Am7Am7 FF G+G
She has been dumped on____.
Am7Am7 Am7Am7 FF G+G
She has been poisond and (laodly sung) beaten up.
Am7Am7 Am7Am7 FF G+G
And we've been witness to the rape of the world.
Chorus
Am7Am7 (let ring) (Am7Am7) FF G+G
Mother of us all______, place of our birth___.
Am7Am7 (let ring) (Am7Am7)
How can we stand aside____
FF G+G
and watch the rape of the world_______?
Am7Am7 Am7Am7 FF GsusGsus
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----1-----1---------1/3---3-3---1---1-----1---------1-----1---------1-|
G+G|--------0-----0-----------0-0---0-------2-----2---------0-----0-------|
D MajorD|----------------2-------------------------------3---------------0-----| x2
A augmentedA|----0---------------0-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------1---------------3-----------------|
(Now the rythm changes, just hammer on the strings with your open ?hand while playing
chords Am7, FF and G+G)
Am7Am7 Am7Am7
If you look, you'll see it with your own eyes.
FF G+G
If you listen, you will hear her cries.
Am7Am7 Am7Am7
If you care, you will stand and testify...
(now the rythm continues normally)
FF G+G
and stop the rape of the world____.
Am7Am7 Am7Am7
FF G+G
stop the rape of the world____.
Am7Am7 Am7Am7
: Mother of us all____
FF G+G
Mother of us all____: (play 3 times)
Am7Am7 (let ring)
Mother of us all____ Mother of us all____
