Chords with lyrics
Its played in 6/8 time I think; and feel free to change it, if you want to!
(G+G) C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
They call it the law, apartheid, internment, conscription, partition and silence
E minorEm D MajorD
It's a law that they made to keep you and me, where they think we belong
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
They hide behind steel and bulletproof glass, Machine guns and spies
E minorEm D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
And you tell us who'll suffer the tear gas and torture that we're doing wrong
Ref.:
C majorC G+G
No time for love if they come in the morning
D MajorD G+G
No time to show tears over fears in the morning
C majorC G+G
No time for goodbyes, no time to ask why
B minorBm C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G
And the sound of the siren the cry of the mourning
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
They came for Sacko, Vanzetti, Connolly and Pearce in their time
E minorEm D MajorD
They came for Newton and Seal, Bobby Sands and some of his friends
C majorC C majorC G+G C majorC
In Boston, Chicago, Saigon, San Diego, Warsaw and Belfast
E minorEm D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
And places that never make headlines the list never ends
Ref.
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
The boys in blue are only a few of the everyday cops on their beat
E minorEm D MajorD
The CID branchmen informers and spies do their job just as well
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
And behind them the men who tap phones and load down computers and files
E minorEm D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
And the man that tells them when to come to take you to your cell
Ref.
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
So come on you people who give your brothers and sisters the will to live on
E minorEm D MajorD
They say you can get used to this war but that doesn't mean that this war isn't on
C majorC G+G C majorC G+G
The fish need the sea to survive just like your comrades need you
E minorEm D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
And the death squads can only get through to them if first they can get through to you