After The Revolution chords by David Rovics

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

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Verse 1:
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It was a time I'll always remember
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I could never forget
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How reality came down around us
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Like some Western movie set
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And when the dust all settled
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The sun shone so  bright
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And a great calm took over us
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Like it was all gonna be alright
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 That's how it felt  to be alive
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After the revolution

Verse 2:
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From Groton to Tacoma
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On many a factory floor
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The workers talked of solidarity
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And refused to build weapons of  war
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No more will we make missiles
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We're gonna do something different
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 And for the first  time
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Their children were proud of their parents
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 And somewhere in Gaza a little boy smiled and cried
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Verse 3:
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Prison doors swung open
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Mothers hugged their sons
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The Liberty Bell was ringing
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When the cops put down their guns
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A augmentedA million innocent people
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Lit up in the springtime air
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And Mumia and Leonard and Sarah Jane Olson
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Took a walk in Tompkins Square
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 And they talked about   what they'd do now
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Verse 4:
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Debts were all forgiven
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In all the neo-colonies
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Soldiers left their bases
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Went back to their families
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A augmentedA non-aggression treaty
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Was signed with every sovereign state
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All the terrorist groups disbanded
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With no empire left to hate
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 And they all started   planting  olive trees
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Verse 5:
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George Bush and Henry Kissinger
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Were sent off to the World Court
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Their plans for global domination
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Were pre-emptively cut short
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Their weapons of mass destruction
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Were inspected and destroyed
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Battleships dismantled
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Never again to be deployed
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 And the world   breathed  a sigh of relief
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Verse 6:
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Solar panels were on the rooftops
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Trains upon the tracks
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Organic food was in the markets
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No GMO's upon the racks
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And all the billionaires
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Had to learn how to  share
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Bill Gates was told to quit his whining
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When he said it wasn't  fair
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 And his mansion   became  a collective  farm
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Verse 7:
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And all the political poets
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Couldn't think of what to say
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So they all decided
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To live life for today
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I spent a few years  catching up
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With all my friends and  lovers
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 Sleeping til eleven
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Home beneath the covers
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 And I learned     how to play the accordion
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After the revolution

Riff
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Outro
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