Spanish Civil War Song chords by Phil Ochs

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: A minorAm

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
  A minorAm     DmDm    G+G    A minorAm
Oh, say do you remember 25 years ago,
   E MajorE         A minorAm     E MajorE         A minorAm  C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
They fought the fascist army, they fought the fascist foe?
  A minorAm      DmDm   G+G      A minorAm
Do you remember Franco, Hitler's old ally?
  E MajorE         A minorAm        E MajorE        A minorAm  C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
He butchered Spain's democracy,half a million free men died.

Chorus:
G+G
Ai, ai, ai, ai
FF
Did you wonder why?
    C majorC       E MajorE  E7E7
Did you ever pause and cry?

Verse 2:
  A minorAm        DmDm        G+G         A minorAm
And don't forget the churches and the sad role that they played:
   E MajorE        A minorAm     E MajorE         A minorAm   C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
They crucified their people and worked the devil's trade;
  A minorAm         DmDm        G+G     A minorAm
But now the wounds are healing with the passing of time,
   E MajorE          A minorAm     E MajorE        A minorAm  C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
So we send them planes and rifles and recognize their crime.

Chorus:
G+G
Ai, ai, ai, ai
FF
Did you wonder why?
    C majorC       E MajorE  E7E7
Did you ever pause and cry?

Verse 3:
  A minorAm         DmDm     G+G        A minorAm
So spend your tourist dollars and turn your heads away.
  E MajorE       A minorAm         E MajorE         A minorAm  C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
Forget about the slaughter, it's the price we all must pay,
  A minorAm         DmDm      G+G        A minorAm
For now the world's in struggle, to win we all must bend:
  E MajorE        A minorAm          E MajorE        A minorAm   C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
So dim the light in Freedom's soul: sleep well tonight, my friend.

Chorus:
G+G
Ai, ai, ai, ai
FF
Did you wonder why?
    C majorC       E MajorE  E7E7
Did you ever pause and cry?

A minorAm