Guitar chords with lyrics
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C majorC In a building of gold, with riches untold,
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C majorC lived the families on which the country was founded.
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C majorC And the merchants of style, with their red velvet smiles,
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E minorEm
D MajorD were there, for they also were hounded.
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C majorC And the soft middle class crowded in to the last,
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E minorEm
B minorBm for the building was fully surrounded.
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G+G And the noise outside was the ringing of revolution.
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C majorC Sadly they stared and sank in their chairs
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C majorC and searched for a comforting notion.
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C majorC And the rich silver walls looked ready to fall
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E minorEm
D MajorD As they shook in doubtful devotion.
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C majorC The ice cubes would clink as they freshened their drinks,
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E minorEm
B minorBm wet their minds in bitter emotion.
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G+G And they talked about the ringing of revolution.
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C majorC We were hardly aware of the hardships they beared,
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C majorC for our time was taken with treasure.
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C majorC Oh, life was a game, and work was a shame,
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E minorEm
D MajorD And pain was prevented by pleasure.
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C majorC The world, cold and grey, was so far away
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E minorEm
B minorBm In the distance only money could measure.
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G+G But their thoughts were broken by the ringing of revolution.
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C majorC The clouds filled the room in darkening doom
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C majorC as the crooked smoke rings were rising.
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C majorC How long will it take, how can we escape
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E minorEm
D MajorD Someone asks, but no one's advising.
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C majorC And the quivering floor responds to the roar,
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E minorEm
B minorBm In a shake no longer surprising.
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C majorC
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D7D7
G+G As closer and closer comes the ringing of revolution.
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C majorC Softly they moan, please leave us alone
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C majorC As back and forth they are pacing.
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C majorC And they cover their ears and try not to hear
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E minorEm
D MajorD WIth pillows of silk they're embracing.
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C majorC And the crackling crowd is laughing out loud,
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E minorEm
B minorBm peeking in at the target they're chasing.
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C majorC
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G+G Now trembling inside the ringing of revolution.
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C majorC With compromise sway we give in half way
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C majorC When we saw that rebellion was growing.
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C majorC Now everything's lost as they kneel by the cross
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E minorEm
D MajorD Where the blood of christ is still flowing.
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C majorC To late for their sorrow they've reached their tomorrow
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E minorEm
B minorBm and reaped the seed they were sowing.
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G+G Now harvested by the ringing of revolution.
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C majorC In tattered tuxedos they faced the new heroes
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C majorC and crawled about in confusion.
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C majorC And they sheepishly grinned for their memoroes were dim
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E minorEm
D MajorD of the decades of dark execution.
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C majorC Hollow hands were raised; they stood there amazed
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E minorEm
B minorBm in the shattering of their illusions.
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G+G As the windows were smashed by the ringing of revolution.
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C majorC Down on our knees we're begging you please,
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C majorC We're sorry for the way you were driven.
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C majorC There's no need to taunt just take what you want,
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D MajorD and we'll make amends, if we're living.
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C majorC But away from the grounds the flames told the town
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E minorEm
B minorBm that only the dead are forgiven.
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D7D7
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ⓘ Guitar chords for 'Ringing Of Revolution' by Phil Ochs, a male artist. Phil Ochs was born in 1940. He passed away in 1976